The Best Black Friday Deals for an Empath
I love shopping, and finding the best Black Friday deals has a joy of its own. The problem? I’m an empath. Being an empath on Black Friday is its own little version of hell, and…
Seeing Clearly: Hidden Mental Illness in Men I’ve Loved
What’s done is done One more second chance would be enough Only on the brink can we see so clearly — “Nocturne, ” Tesseract How could I have been conscious on this planet for…
Ask an Empath: Feeling Someone Else’s Physical Pain
Question: Can an empath really feel someone else’s physical pain? From my personal experience and the experience of empaths I’ve been close to, the short answer is yes. Not only emotional pain, but we can…
Can Empaths Be Cruel? The Science of Evil and Its Effect on What I’m Writing
I’m glad I didn’t read Simon Baron-Cohen’s The Science of Evil: On Empathy and the Origins of Cruelty before I began writing The Secret Lives of Librarians. Not that it’s a bad book. If I’d…
An Empath Discovers the High Heart Chakra: Speaking your Truth, Being Yourself
As an empath, I have become acutely aware of the High Heart Chakra , also known as the Thymic Chakra or Thymus Chakra. I didn’t even know I had one until recently until it was…
The Metaphysical Energy of Oil: Earth my Body, Oil my Blood?
Standing on the Walton-Okaloosa county line in a hazy sunset, looking out across the Midbay Bridge toward Okaloosa Island and Destin. This is Choctawhatchee Bay, which the local county is trying to block oil from…
