Below are the best resources we could find on Highly Sensitive People and empathy.
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While it might seem like you’re being kind and helpful to others (and you might be!), I want to shed light on how the unconscious mechanism of auto-accommodating could be compromising your precious mental and emotional space and what you can do about it.
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Stop Being Manipulated NOW! (For Empaths + Nice People) Terri Cole RLR 2018 https://terricole.com/stop-manipulated-now-empaths-nice-people/
People who are able to feel more deeply and help others heal can find those gifts also bring loneliness and some pain. This book explores the most common challenges of the spiritually sensitive as well as exercises and meditations for embracing and not being overwhelmed by those gifts.
So called ‘late-bloomers’ get a bad rap. Sometimes the people with the greatest potential often take the longest to find their path because their sensitivity is a double-edged sword—it lives at the heart of their brilliance, but it also makes them more susceptible to life’s pains.
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Anecdotal observations from my own dealings.
Empathy is a skill and a talent that you can develop at any stage of your life. If your empathy is too intense, you can learn to calm it down—and if your empathy is very muted, you can learn to increase it in healthy and sustainable ways.
Empaths have so much to offer as healers, creatives, friends, lovers, and innovators at work. Yet highly sensitive and empathic people often give too much at the expense of their own well-being―and end up absorbing the stress of others.
Our brains may be wired to empathize more with people who look like us, but being more empathetic starts with just listening.
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So called ‘late-bloomers’ get a bad rap. Sometimes the people with the greatest potential often take the longest to find their path because their sensitivity is a double-edged sword—it lives at the heart of their brilliance, but it also makes them more susceptible to life’s pains.
