Listen up Empath: Has Your Compassion Gone Wild?

Bella Linda
Nov 5 · 7 min read

Ever since I can remember I have had the ability to sense other people’s energy and feelings. I never really thought about my sensitivity as good or bad… it was simply how I perceived the world.

Of course, helping others gives me a sense of being needed and useful. But it is not only that… I am also convinced that being an empath is a gift I was given, and not using it would be close to blasphemy.

Nonetheless, a few weeks ago, when I attended a meditation retreat called the Path of Love (access story here), I had to face…

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