Empath Heart: Relationship Strategies for Sensitive People

by Tanya Carroll Richardson

Overview

Empaths are highly sensitive and feel other people’s energies and emotions as if they were their own. Uniquely intuitive and hyper-perceptive, empaths are also more sensitive to collective energy, the energy of spaces, and in some cases even physical stimuli like noise. Interacting with the world so intimately is a blessing, yet it also means your relationship strategies as an empath—not just regarding romantic love, but in all areas—must be navigated thoughtfully.

Romantic partners, friends, coworkers, and family members all present opportunities for uncommonly close connections, though empaths might fall into rescuing, codependency, or people-pleasing as unhealthy relationship coping skills.
 

Instead, learn to:

* More mindfully choose between feeling with others or staying in your own energy and emotions.

* Support loved ones from a place of healthy detachment and discernment.

* Be more assertive about getting your needs and desires met.

* Protect and nourish your sensitive system.

* Understand and maximize your intuition.

* Nurture your relationships to create more healing intimacy.

* Engage with collective energy in an empowered way to be of service and live with more purpose.
 

Author and professional intuitive Tanya Carroll Richardson has worked with thousands of empath clients from all over the world. Here she presents a guide to relationships of all kinds with empaths and sensitives specifically in mind, complete with quizzes, interactive exercises, and helpful mantras that make this book a valuable resource for connecting with yourself as well as creating more fulfilling interactions with others. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781454946885
Publisher:	Sterling Ethos
Publication date:	02/14/2023
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	613,797
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Tanya Carroll Richardson is a writer and professional intuitive who has worked with thousands of empath clients all over the world. She is a regular contributor to MindBodyGreen and the author of nine nonfiction books including Self-Care for Empaths and an annual self-love calendar. 

Editorial Reviews

12/19/2022

Richardson (Love Notes to My Self) sets out to help empaths better navigate relationships in this upbeat guide. Empaths, she writes, are hyper-perceptive and pick up energies of other people and groups, which frequently leaves them drained or overstimulated. She encourages readers to “treasure energetic heart” but also to manage their sensitivity and maintain meaningful relationships with partners, friends, and others. To that end, she emphasizes personal “assertiveness” and advises empaths against becoming default mediators in social settings, and instead “own their power”—which involves setting healthy boundaries. She addresses empaths’ tendencies to share in loved ones’ emotions, and recommends they instead validate others’ feelings without internalizing them. And as empaths can be vulnerable to relationship issues like codependency, it’s important to form habits that strengthen self-identity, such as maintaining close friendships or keeping up hobbies. Richardson does a good job of highlighting empaths’ strengths without sugarcoating challenges they face, lending her advice credibility and real-world applicability. Empaths aiming to improve their relationships and coping skills should take a look. (Feb.)

Publishers Weekly

Richardson does a good job of highlighting empaths’ strengths without sugarcoating challenges they face, lending her advice credibility and real-world applicability. Empaths aiming to improve their relationships and coping skills should take a look.” —Publishers Weekly

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