A Wonderful Guidebook for Empaths, Part 2

     Last week I was raving about the terrific book by Dr. Judith Orloff, The Empath's Survival Guide: Life Strategies for Sensitive People.  What a find!  I only wish I had read it years ago (but that would have necessitated time travel, since it was just published last year).

     What I found most helpful is the list of  strategies to combat toxic energy (and if you're an empath, you know exactly what I'm talking about).  Here are a few of the suggestions I found most useful:

• Ask yourself, "Is this symptom or emotion mine or someone else's?"
• Step away from what's disturbing you
• Limit physical contact
• Set limits and boundaries
• Plan alone time to regroup
• Spend time in nature
• Get plenty of sleep and take power naps
• Be fully present in your body

     If I had known how to practice those strategies years ago, I would have saved myself days of emotional overwhelm, physical symptoms such as sudden headaches or body aches, and so on.  Do you experience those issues, too?  If so, get this book.