I Don't Want to Be an Empath Anymore: How to Reclaim Your Power Over Emotional Overload, Maintain Boundaries, and Live Your Best Life

اشتريت الكتاب لأجد مجموعه من التمارين فيهتوقعت ان الكتاب يحكي بالتفصيل وبطريقة منطقيه أكثر عن رحلة الكاتبه وتعايشها مع كونها "امباث" لكني لم اجد ظالتي وشعرت بالملل اثناء قراءته ولم استطع اكماله

I can't remember where I found out about this book, I think I just was googling about being an empath and it popped up.I read a couple of sample pages and pretty much immediately ordered it.I'm about a third of the way through now. Not everything resonates with me especially some of the more heavily spiritual aspects as I consider myself a bit of a "layman's terms" person when it comes to spirituality and I do tend to associate it with religion.But otherwise.. oh my god. I regularly find myself reading something that just makes me put it down for a second and look around blinking in bewilderment. I have never had someone know who I am as an empath to this degree and tell me how to function more healthily as that person before. I have never seen in writing, an experience that kindled with mine such as this book depicts.Ora North's bravery in writing and publishing this book couldn't be described as anything other than enigmatic.It is sweetly ironic what this piece of work represents: a charitable, empathetic donation for the good of others. One that has clearly taken a long time, and a lot of processing; difficult processes at that.I don't know if North has other works, but, if this is the only one, it's almost like a last hurrah, to give back to us. To give back to ourselves.It's still giving, but at least it's to the givers!

Ich bin begeister von diesem Buch und habe es direkt weiterempfohlen.Für Empathen, die mit ihrer Empathie überfordert sind, nie gelernt haben effwktiv damit umzugehen, sich vom Leben rumgeschubst fühlen, eine klasse Lektüre. Die Autorin holt den Leser in jeder Situation ab, mit den Gefühlen und Erfahrungen, die man als Empath in der Schattenseite hat, und erläutert, warum das bei Empathen so anders ist. Abschließend gibt es immer kleine Übungen, die man als Denkanstoß nutzen kann und für sich selbst umsetzen oder umschreiben kann.Mir persönlich hat die Übung zum Indentifizieren von eigenen vs anderer Gefühle sehr geholfen, und ich arbeite immernoch, diesmal nicht ängstlich oder im Affekt mit meinen Schattengefühlen, sondern mit Neugierde, wenn ich mich wieder im Schatten ertappe.Ich kann es Empathen im Schatten nur ans Herz legen.

What I liked most about this book was the honesty involved in it. The parts about identifying your villain and your victim and learning how to make them coexist and be apart of you; realizing that you are whole because you have been broken; and taking the time to identify core wounds and learn to cope with them all spoke to me. At times it felt like I was having a conversation with an old friend and at other times it felt like a Goddess had stepped beyond the veil to teach a valuable lesson. There are plenty of sections that encourage you to get involved and work on yourself as well as plenty of recommendations for self care. I have never experimented with energy healing or crystals so I can't comment on the validity of those sections but I imagine that everything written there is accurate. All in all it was a quick but powerful read. Well done, Ora!

I've always been especially sensitive to the emotions of people around me and it's not something I can say I've enjoyed. I appreciate the author doesn't lightwash the realities of being an empath. It's overwhelming and sometimes draining, stressful and entirely unpleasant. I spent the better part of 2019 healing from an abusive relationship with a narcissist, which is a situation I never had to deal with prior to then. I felt terrified and lost for a long time. The experience changed me forever, and going forward has been a difficult process.I picked up this book in hopes I could learn some new info going forward to take better care of myself emotionally, to not be taken advantage of like I was ever again. I discovered new methods for finding peace and healing here, which I really appreciated. I especially loved the analogy of healing to Kintsugi, the japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold. There are a lot of great tips in here and I read through this book a few times in the past month. I'd highly recommend it.