Hi,
I'm Trevor Lewis,
Author of Thriving as an Empath,
Empowering Your Highly Sensitive Self.
I've been an empath all my life and since 2013 I've been on a mission to help other empaths learn more easily the lessons that I had to learn the hard way.
This talk is about the factors that influence us as empaths.
There are several factors I want to talk about that affect how we pick up energy from other people.
They are number one,
Our sensitivity to receiving,
Number two,
Their strength in sending,
Number three,
Our awareness,
Number four,
Their denial,
Number five,
Bloodlines,
Number six,
Emotional connections,
And number seven,
Physical proximity.
For the first two,
The analogy of a radio works well.
Number one,
Our sensitivity to receiving.
Like a good radio,
Our sensitivity as receivers will factor into how much energy we pick up.
People who are stronger receivers than most others are the people we call empaths.
Number two,
Their strengths sending.
Some people transmit their energy more strongly than others,
And the depth of the emotions that they are experiencing will also turn up the volume that they are sending out.
Number three,
Awareness.
The unaware person may be just as sensitive as the aware person.
The latter will understand why they have mood swings,
The former will not.
Number four,
Their denial.
The more the other person is in denial about their emotions,
The more the empath will be inclined to process the other person's energy for them.
This is an important one to remember.
It's not difficult for us to be around someone who's really owning their emotions.
In fact,
It can even be energizing for us,
Even if those emotions are intense.
On the other hand,
Most empaths are used to going up to someone and saying,
What's wrong?
Because we know that there's something going on for them only to be told wrong.
Nothing's wrong and fine.
Again,
The more the other person is in denial,
The more we have to process their emotions for them.
Number five.
Blood relatives will affect us regardless of where in the world we are and whether we are thinking about them or not.
The link between receiver and sender is often stronger where there is a blood connection.
Even the mainstream world understands this.
It is well accepted that a mother can tune into her children even when they are far from sight.
And the other way around,
Empath children may process the emotions of their parents or siblings long into adulthood.
Emotional connections.
Friends and acquaintances will impact us primarily based on the strength of the emotional connection we have to them,
Largely without regard to physical proximity.
The stronger the emotional connection is,
The less important the physical proximity is.
Having worked from home for many years with teams spread all over the country,
I have picked up energy from managers and teammates regardless of location.
Number seven,
Physical proximity.
Neighbors and strangers will influence us based on physical proximity.
This is true for the people living in our neighborhood and for the strangers we brush up against in the shopping mall or in a grocery store.
Thank you for listening to this talk.
Thank you for helping yourself learn to become a thriving empath.
