Self-Care Support for Empaths 

I feel the weight of the world on my shoulders. Extremely depressing but I send love and light to everyone and I try my hardest to stay grounded. I also feel a pull to the world . I want to run to the people that are hopeless, down and saddened. I want to offer everyone a hand . I always did but now I feel I need to self love more than anything so I can be healthy and have the strength to help others and animals and be less absorbent of peoples energies. Live and light to everyone! Namaste

I look at you as the ambassador of empaths. Thank you for this sneak peak and enlightening talk. ♥️

I am listening to The Empaths Survival Guide and I was surprised to see the suggestion of attending 12 step meetings. I’ve been for over 15 years and I feel that being in meetings has done so much damage to me on an empath level. I can feel everything that goes on in the meetings from innuendoes, to favoritism, to attaching, to others I’ll will. With the pandemic I started doing the zoom ones and still the same thing. I now only do phone meetings.

I thought it was just me who felt that this time we're in, is a reset button to reflect more within. Surprisingly, I never thought I'd adjust to the distancing! It's such a good feeling and a breath of fresh air knowing that I can have my "space" both physically and energetically! Not having other's energy smack my own chakras like before. It was like I was a tiny boat riding the wave of other's issues and energy. It was sooo hard to stay grounded. I've never thought I'd reach this stage of having and owning my space! Thank you Judith for posting this topic during this time!!

Sharing is caring, love is truth, this resonates Mammoth, Judith dear generous soul, blessings to you.

Thank you Judith for your time and guidance.

At approximately 12:00 on as Judith speaks of taking on the pain of others I felt myself trying to ' go into Denial". Thank you so much for your words. I have found great help in Al-Anon books and meetings which by Loves guidance I've adapted to being me- what I now know is Empath. Thank you for your help and support!

I love your guide book for empaths and I love your you tube videos! where have you been all my life!!? lol

Social distancing is really good for empaths :) We inhale LIGHT and deeply exhale stress in form of smoke . May our meditation always prosper ... may all be GROUNDED and protected by the mother Earth and bright space .

You’re information has been life saving! I was told or felt I was wired wrong. My life coach pointed me to you. I was explaining to her I feel such responsibility for the state anyone else is in. It is exhausting!

Thank you .....thank you.....thank you 🥰

II am a sensitive empath since a child. I was watching the CPAC in Florida on TV, and by the second day I felt so low and helpless and depressed from all the conservative speakers who were talking about all the negative cultural and political issues in this world. It was way too much and I was depressed for 2 days. I should have known not to watch any news of state of the nation, totally overwhelming. So this video by Dr. Judith Oroloff is so helpful and welcoming, especially from her book, "Thriving As An Empath: 365 days of Self-Care for Sensitive People."

I have all Judith Orloff's great books. She is wonderful !

Thank You Dr. Judith Orloff for helping me to understand myself. As I am understanding what being an Empath means you are helping me understand myself more so I can continue growing and have a balanced life. I just purchased your book The Empath’s Survival Guide and It’s helping me understand how to navigate my stuff and other peoples stuff. I look forward to purchasing you other books like the one you are talking about today. 2023

You talk about the light I believe in the light of Jesus Christ and his sacred heart is full of compassion for us and our suffering - if we only ask him through prayer we will feel this love Bless you ❤️

I just discovered your book “Emotional Freedom” and I just want to say thank you so much for all the work you. Thank you thank you thank you!

Not listening to the news, .........and not looking at all the health gobbledegoo on youtube or anywhere! Decreased stimulation. Thank you Judith!

I had taken all my families pain when my father died but for empaths is not a good thing, and there is no way i am going to release this emotion I had carrying inside me for almost 5 years, for others its burden but for me it helped me to utilize negative energy and fully harmonize both Positive and Negative utilize it at the same time, and i was able to go beyond my limitations and overcome the weaknesses of being an empath. I remember the late great Bruce Lee Quotation “If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.”

I'm doing good during the "shelter in place" quarantine. The only things I have trouble dealing are the news outlets & social media platforms. The anxiety is ridiculous so I have to step away from them for a while.

Mind blowing. Thank you. I’m also finding it interesting how articulate empath commenters seem to be.

Thank You - You are a very bright light shining with encouragement and tremendous love reaching to the core of my soul in Louisiana - getting hit hard here - so grateful to feel I am not alone!!!

I feel like you’re my soul aunt lol I feel you & I appreciate you, thank you for sharing & helping empaths find clarity

God is with us. Amen!!!

Thank you that helps me a lot 🙏

Thank You! 💛🙏🌻🦋😇

I am like Wow! This is amazing ! I just found out at 64 years old . I knew I was very different from most man ! OMG ! This is so powerful ! I am not along my !I love myself or I would not have made it !

This is constructive help and also comforting to me, Ms. Orloff. I appreciate you. Thank you!

Most times i go to nature to feel better and doing meditation to 🙏

So timeless and important. Now and then❤🌎❤ Thankyou so MUCH!!! You are a spectacular light☀

Good morning Dr. Orloff and God bless you... #3

My husband is up my nerves. He watches the news 24/7 and constantly yelling at us to wash our hands and criticizing my cooking or housework. I am teaching online all day with classes back to back with no break and he’s worried if I folded a towel. I tried the Bible and the shield but LAWD! I am holed up in my room trying to get around his negativity.

The Great Creator is in control of everything.

Feels nice in here! 🙏🦋☮️✨ Thank you..

Thank You So Very Much!!

YES! Thank you for your loving words. You look natural on camera and I can feel the wisdom in your words and vibe. Blessings! I also love Taoist practices and teachings!!

I definitely know the earth is being purifies.

Thanking you so much for ur kindness and genorosity

Glad find you here

Totally feel better as empath social distancing! Most time anyway, as long as I make time in nature!!

Still having a hard time realizing the reality of this. Self help previously was, "Can't save everybody" which was a horrible way to handle this. I understand now. Thank you

Did the heart meditation and my hands were so warm it felt like they were burning like putting your hands next to a campfire. So beautiful and a really helpful meditation for centering which is just what I needed

Dear beautiful souls, Sending love and light from my heart to yours❤🙌💙🙏🌈😻🦋💜🌺

Thank you!

Good evening Dr. Judith... and God bless you... #3

Thank you!!

Hi, Nice. I love the feeling of PEACE. Amen!!!

Thank you, teacher

Thank you so much Judith! I have all your books and recommend them highly. Thank you too for your wonderful facebook group as well. It is so awesome to have other empaths to connect with. I felt so all alone in the world until you came along. Now I know I have a tribe!

I find I sponge everything it makes me drop fit so nice to hear there are others

Sending love around the world

Thank you for being you Judith. Your honest work has given me hope. I’m an empath who takes on other people’s emotional pain. I have that myself but I have this cross to bear. Even my cat doesn’t escape my intuitive attention I feel she needs. I have to stop and start over again and not give my power away. I’ve tried everything. Even now I want these chains off me. My therapist ask me why I’m caring my dead husband pain around. And I was. Thank God she labeled that. I work hard doing & reading so to help myself it does help a bit but deep inside I carry his pain & my pain & everyone’s pain. I need real help

Thank you god bless you

Thanks Judith, I feel a lot of connection to the Earth since my childhood. I feel this social distancing is so useful, I needed it a lot. Thanks for the book as I everyday go through everyday's intentions....and they work awesome. I am so grateful to you for that. I was having a very hard time to set limits and with your guidance it is helping me a lot. Thanks a lot Judith. I pray a lot, the feeling and knowing that there is a higher power helps a lot to control my attitude.The self affirmations are so helpful.I used to take so much of pain from others and especially with by BF, I absorbed his negative energies and positive to such an extent that I started living his life. Hardly did I realise that it was not my work and I suffered myself for so many years and after I came to explore your book....The Ecstasy of Surrender and Empath's Survival guide, I figured out that I am a full blown empath and what was happening to me since my childhood. I am so blessed that I came to explore your books. Thanks a lot and Luv u.I am trying to explore more about my sensitivities. I am so glad that I found you.

Thank you for this. I am now working from home...which i love. I am blessed to still have a job. But am having huge issues with my work going over the top on digital connections. The expectation to zoom, skype, teamspace video call is overwhelming. Having all that energy beaming into my private santury is hard. I feel like the odd one out as i don't need that level of connections.

Lost for words!

Thank you for such a wonderful video ✨

Reluctance to express my needs

Judith Orloff, It has taken 60 years to this point, I have developed a process I call the CURE it is a body crystal rendering, will talk more time limited now, love your light just found you, I will review all your works, thankyou for sharing.

I wish there was a different word other than empath. It seems like when we use that word, other people take it as we think we are something extra special and have special powers.

Thanks 🙏🏻 Agree. Very similar with Thich Nath Hahn.

My husband is definately an empath. It causes harm to him. It makes me so sad he needs pointers on how to make himself an empowered empath.

That was excellent and very helpful! How can we discern Guts from Fear? Sometimes what seems to be guts is fear and what seems to be fear is guts.

Ty so much for this video ❤️☺️

Phew finally yes I'm knackered and feel sick

Thank you god bless you y0u are best

I'm very social!

Thank you for this. I value being informed as well, and yet - balance is a full-time task, especially lately. But, I think I can hold out for a while longer - I gotta lotta ammo: "The Complete Far Side" - Volume 1980-1986 and Volume 2 1987-1994 - Gary Larson is patient zero for my disease... Right now, it is like nutrition for me, actually. ;-)

I’m sitting here smiling because August 18 is my birthday! Yes, I’m in the right place.

If I heard you speak 10 or 20 years ago, I would think you are cuckoo. Now, I am like yes this is totally me! I believe it is because my chakras were closed and I was walking around depressed and anxious and in body pain. Now, I am actually meditating and going to a reiki and buying spiritual and empathic books and saving station... I am listening to speakings of those with gifts. I have started an anxiety medication and cbd and it helps tremendously. I would have never tried holistic methods and now I am obsessed with integrative medicine! This pandemic has brought major anxiety and panic attacks that the US is going to have a civil war and the world has started the apocalypse!!! I am slowly feeling better this last month which is giving me the time and energy to practice meditation. THANK YOU for speaking to ME at this exact moment in my life. It is Sunday April 11. 2021!

The spirit is connected to the psyche. In turn it thus works like a key to change/transmute/shield.

It made me cry really hard….I’m not sure why 😭

I am a clerk at a hospital. I find it so hard to protect myself from all the energy in and around the hospital. I come home and am exhausted. I want to eat and drink to numb myself. HOW do i protect myself? Please help me

Hi, I appreciate for your the title of the book. Thanks.

What reassuring words! It has puzzled me why I have been feeling been feeling so calm lately, especially because I do feel the pain. Do you think we can use this time to Declare Peace on the world, and from our isolation craft a plan to mindfully dismantle the war machine? Am I delusional to think this is our big chance?

I love to help people be around people gives me joy. At same time i just get negative feelings from some people. they act & say nice things but without them saying a negative word i don't like the feeling to be around them until i pushed myself to the point of emotional stress without realizing. A couple years ago i came across your book thank you so much it gave me so many aha moments of what i was dealing with & how to handle it. It helped me to set boundaries started to say no, be ok to be alone to protect my peace as I'm emotional sponge still need to work on myself on emotional healing as you call it from emotional hung over. Your book is helpful thank you

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I don't hang with people that make me uncomfortable. Period.

I'm from Va.

Hi from Simi valley, California... ---> Samuel

I am sensetive and people mistake me with having a mental disorder.

Thanks for posting this video on RU-vid. I am starting to own the fact that I am an empath and reading "The Empath's Survival Guide" - Learning how to take care of myself as an empath. Is there an online community of empaths anywhere that I can join?

Judith, Thank you so much for this video❣I've been feeling disconnected from myself & keep feeling like I can't even go out to work unless I'm all good & everything's cleaned & organized since I got so behind due to some illness. It's been overwhelming! And it affects my productivity level/ how much I earn. How do I navigate through this? Positive Suggestions are welcomed ❣❣❣

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i am empath, but i don't get stressed and don't get drained even though i don't know how to ground and shield myself from negative energy.

I need that book thank you

Hi from madison fl

I crave human contact but I need to cool down afterwords; like you said. This will be what time of empath?

We need a regular therapist as empath.

Very similar to Thich Nath Hahn my Thay

We need to talk!

I don’t want to feel that again!! And when he attacks her I might! Really bad pain! Don’t know who else to talk to!

What do you do when you get burnout from your job and get stressed out,headaches and achy chest everyday do you stay at that job or early retire

I need a mental health evaluation to get my kids back. How can you help me?

How could I missed it?

Empaths can absorb emotions from film &T.V. WHY AND how to stop it.

What should I do, if, people think differently about me?

Hello Judith. It appears that you're doing very well with your teachings. I've never liked the term "EMPATH". It has "Hokey Pokey" mystical horse crap associated with the term. I wish I had a better name for this special personality type, buuut, I don't. There is absolutely nothing magical about it. It only appears to non-empaths to be a psychic gift. It is neither psychic in nature or a gift. Many people (who watch too many movies ) wish they could be an empath but they don't really understand what it is they're wishing for. I've read statistics stating that 1-2% of the population are empaths. From my personal experience it's more like 1/2 %. I rarely run across them and when I do we both know without saying a word to each other, just a small barely noticeable smile at each other. Nowadays everybody thinks they are an empath. I guess it sells books and seminars but 99% of the people claiming to be....are not. Frankly most of them just plain would not be able to handle it. An empath can spot a "wanna be" empath in the blink of an eye so those that think they are fooling someone, you are only fooling the non empaths. We (empaths) don't read your energy, your aoras, chakras, or any of that other crap. Subconsciously I listen to every word you say, which words you choose, what order you put them, where you place the emphasis, facial expressions so small and insignificant that no one else in the room would ever see it even on slow motion film. We read your body language , your breathing rate, perspiration rate, your heart rate all without thinking about any of it. Personally I believe it's just a survival skill a rare few individuals are born with. I didn't realize until I was in my 20's that no one else could do this. In the beginning I thought it was a gift because I could help people and that's why I became a Doctor of Chiropractic. Soon I would begin to think of my abilities as a curse. I have suffered tremendously over the years. I sometimes still wish I was normal for ignorance is bliss! Dr. Ron

Hi , Love Your Work,,. Dont understand some of your Vocab

How are you doing today and how was your Thanksgiving?

It's not if you staying with family that were abusive during your childhood and a sister who is mean. Uhm how do I leave. ...am I too old to leave ? I'm over thirty ...