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Energetic Literacy: Empaths, Gain Clarity
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Ever notice how sometimes what goes around comes around… upside down? I’ll explain. In the process, you’ll find out why for this column I’ll be calling you Clarity-Seeking Reader. Besides the promise of gaining more clarity—always a good thing— here are three extra reasons for you to read what follows: To start, this article can help you if you personally are an empath. Or, if you know some folks who are confused about their sensitivity you’ll also benefit by maybe offering them some long-overdue words of wisdom as a result of what you learn here. And finally, there’s the additional possi- bility of solving a certain problem with guilt. You see, an ugly victim-y trend in a lot of empath teachings today is encouraging misguided empaths to demand special treat- ment, blaming people like you if you don’t tiptoe around them. For that problem I don’t blame empaths but rather, certain upside-down empath teachings. As for my standing to tackle this tricky topic…First, I teach (and use) energetic literacy, which you may have noticed if you’re even a regular reader of this Energetic Literacy column. Second, I pioneered (and use) the sys- tem of Empath Empowerment ® , so it’s not as though I’ve recently jumped on the empath bandwagon. And I have been concerned in recent years, as I’ve noticed the spread of misinformation directed toward empaths. How to counter that? While this article won’t tell you how to think, you’ll learn some right-side-up truths for empaths, aimed at helping you decide for yourself. What IS Right-Side-Up Info for Empaths? Clarity-Seeking Reader, I happen to know something regarding what’s true about being an empath. I was origi- nally inspired by Elaine Aron’s book, The Highly Sensitive Person , the first book for HSPs , which I rave-reviewed for Pathways in 1997. Guess what happened next? A mere four years later, in 2001, I published the first book for em- paths , Empowered by Empathy , thereby founding a field as it turns out. Currently, there are 5,000 books for empaths are available at Amazon.com. Seriously, 5,000! Back at the right-side-up version, here’s more about the connection between HSPs and empaths. According to Dr. Aron, just 1 in 5 people are HSPs, and I discovered that 1 in 4 HSPs are empaths. Or put differently, 1 in 20 people are empaths. And just as HSP s are hardwired with life- long sensitivity compared to others, we born empaths are hardwired as Highly Highly Sensitive Persons, with a va- riety of empath gifts being possible. This Empath Coach
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