Wise Guidance for Empaths and Highly Sensitive People with Judith Orloff, M.D.

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What is the difference between having empathy and being an empath? This deep dialogue explores the blessings and challenges of being an empath. Highly sensitive people have much to be grateful for. They are able to experience exquisite passion and joy. They can perceive the big picture on a deep level. They’re attuned to the beauty, poetry, and energy of life, and their compassion gives them the capacity to help others. Their sensitivities allow them to be caring, vulnerable, and aware beings. They also need to take special care to protect themselves from overload or absorbing too much negativity and stress from others. Orloff shares her goal: “Empaths don’t have the same neurological wiring that other people do and so they tend to absorb things and take on the world’s angst. My goal is to give people strategies on how to keep empathy open, alive, and growing while still protecting oneself as well as learning how to set very clear boundaries with others who might snatch it away. They need to protect themselves from adrenal fatigue and energy vampires.” (hosted by Justine Willis Toms) 

Bio

Judith Orloff, M.D. is assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at U.C.L.A., and has been a presenter at medical schools, hospitals, universities, and the American Psychiatric Association. For more than two decades she has helped patients achieve physical and emotional healing through the synthesis of traditional medicine with intuition, energy, and spirituality.

She’s the author of:

• The Ecstasy of Surrender: 12 Surprising Ways Letting Go Can Empower Your Life (Harmony books 2014)
• Emotional Freedom: Liberate Yourself from Negative Emotions and Transform Your Life (Harmony Books 2009)
• Second Sight: An Intuitive Psychiatrist Tells Her Extraordinary Story and Shows You How to Tap Your Own Inner Wisdom (Warner Books 2010)
• The Empath's Survival Guide: Life Strategies for Sensitive People (Sounds True 2017)

To find out more about the work of Judith Orloff, M.D. go to www.drjudithorloff.com.

Topics Explored in This Dialogue

• Are empaths born, or can one be trained to be an empath
• Is there a difference between highly sensitive people (HSP) and empaths
• What was Orloff’s childhood experience of being an empath
• What are some of the special needs for empathic teenagers
• What are some of the questions to ask to help you discover whether you are an empath
• As an empath, what are some strategies for taking care of oneself
• Why empaths are often attracted to those with narcissist personalities
• What is the heart meditation and how does help with anxiety disorders
• Why and how we can take an energy inventory of the people with whom we are in regular contact
• What are some of the different kinds of energy vampires
• Why empaths need to take special care in love relationships
• What is the earthing technique
• What is the compassion revolution and how does it aid in the healing of the planet
• How an empath can use a shield of white light as protection

Host: Justine Willis Toms           Interview Date: 1/13/2017       Program Number: 3602

Music Playlist

From Album: Oracle
Artist: Michael Hedge
1996 Windham Hill Records #01934-11196 

Opening Essay: Track 01 The 2nd Law
Music Break 1: Track 03 Baal T'shuvah
Music Break 2: Track 03 Baal T'shuvah (reprise)
Music Break 3: Track 09 Theme From HATARI!