Category: Empaths
Articles for and about empaths — the highly sensitive among us who feel what others feel, often without warning. These posts explore what it means to live as an empath, how to protect your energy, the everyday challenges and gifts of the work, and the deeper currents of empath identity that show up in real life and in fiction.
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Lorna Meets the Lion-Boi
Okay. Well. So now I’m having visions. Not in the way you’d think, either. These start as a 2-dimensional visual flash and then I “step into them,” for lack of a better description. Sometimes I step into the person and feel their emotions; sometimes, I just observe. Last year, for my birthday, I got the…
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Look Away, Look Away
Copyrighted by Lorna Tedder. Originally published in Crimes to the Third Degree. It’s always been the eyes of a man that I’m first attracted to. Eyes and hands, though I usually notice the eyes first. Especially if they’re pale-blue or gray, even green. Windows of the soul? Yes. There’s so much going on in there,…
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My Conflicting Feelings on Brokeback Mountain
I finally went to see Brokeback Mountain, then came home, talked to a counselor of mine a while on the phone, and stayed up until 5:30 a.m. before meditating to make myself sleep. And still, the movie had me grinding my teeth in my sleep. I knew what it was about and had said I…
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Promises, Intentions, and the Road to Hell
I wrote a sentence today that shocked me as soon as it came off my fingertips. I probably stared at the computer screen for another five minutes, thinking of the implications. While arguing today with the roofer over whose responsibility it is to fix an error in the way they input my account, shaving six…
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The To-Do-Do-Do List
For such a crazy week, today turned out pretty good in that ordinary, mundane sort of way. Though I knew when I wrote shave my legs on my to-do list, I was already too busy. From the Bookshelf Unapologetically Happy — 23 lessons from a life reimagined, and your permission slip to find happiness on…
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In Tarot readings, the 9 of Pentacles often shows up in readings to represent me, almost as often as the Queen of Wands. The 9 of pents, the Lady in the Garden, showed up in an unusual spot last week and I didn’t quite grasp it…until tonight when I was reading over a recent journal…
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Will It Be an Early Spring?
Changes are coming. Huge changes in my life. I feel them in the same way my parents feel the coming rain in their joints. I feel them in the same way an animal skitters to safer ground when they feel an earthquake coming. This morning, I walked outside, heading to work, and felt Spring in…
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Can You Look at Yourself in the Mirror?
Self-Portrait, April 2010 I will believe in honor. I will not become jaded. From the Bookshelf Shielding Techniques for Empaths — practical protection against negative energy for the person who feels everything. Available direct from the author → I will not lose my compassion. I will not be a victim. I will conduct my relationships…
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My Kingdom for an Honest Man!
I have developed a tremendous appreciation for honest men. Not honesty wielded as a weapon or as a shield but more like a cup of clear water for a thirsty woman. Relationships are the best place to see honesty in action—and the different interpretations of honesty and the different rationales for deception. Abuse is never…
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The Compelling Little Things: Your Facebook Status Can Betray You
Little things can be so compelling. Sometimes they’re red flags that end a relationship. Other times, they’re white flags of surrender. Most of the time, they’re signs all their own, which-put together-can tell a story that lifts or break our hearts. I enjoy observing human dynamics, how people interact with each other, what drives a…
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Capturing Souls in Photographs
The eyes are the windows of the soul, indeed! Yes, her eyes really are that color and those are lichens on the ground in this beautiful natural setting. Some cultures believe (or did initially) that a photographer could steal your soul if he took pictures of you. I’m not sure about “stealing,” but I now…
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Psychic Connections Know No Bounds
Can you feel psychic connections across time and space? As in, can I connect with someone from 2 years ago or from 2 years from now? I don’t know. I haven’t been able to, at least not much. Or have I just never really thought about what’s also known as, empathic connections, and quantum entanglement?…
