Confessions of an Empath

I know I can be weird but I have a good reason

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Hi, my name is Jocelyn, and I am an empath. I am also a writer, mother, baseball, basketball, F1, sports enthusiast, Aquarius, and San Franciscan. But yeah that other thing, the empath bit? I’m only just getting that it’s a big part of who I am.

I only recently really accepted I was an empath. For many years I clung to the hope I was only sensitive. Why? I was afraid. I believe empaths are the most sensitive types on the planet. I didn't want to be that sensitive. I resisted it.

If an empath resists being who they are, like anyone, it means they create suffering for themselves. It means they are not living their truth. When we are out of alignment with our truth life throws us all types of lessons to help get us back in alignment.

So that we can do the things we came here to do in this lifetime.

Isn’t it only a label? I argued with myself. I knew it was futile, the answers came to me swiftly. While it is true it’s a label, it is one that helps you better understand yourself if you are an empath. It means you can start to embrace who you are rather than hiding from it. It means you can finally understand why you are sometimes so very different than those around you. It is simply put, validating.