Empathic Mastery Quotes

“Codependency doesn’t acknowledge that we actually feel what others are experiencing and want it to stop because it hurts us too. Empaths as a group tend to be caretakers because we feel relief when we help others to find relief. We sense distress and feel drawn to help. When we alleviate discomfort, we feel better too. Of course we want to do this. It makes so much more sense when you recognize that the reason you, as an empath, want to help, fix, and change other people is because you feel their feelings so intensely.”
― Jennifer Elizabeth Moore, Empathic Mastery: A 5-Step System to Go from Emotional Hot Mess to Thriving Success

“One of the rights and responsibilities we agree to as recovering empaths is to witness deep emotions and to behold profound suffering. We agree to be mindful of intense events, but to allow them to simply be, without attempting to fix them. We avoid trying to reconcile things. We stop trying to change what is not ours to change.”
― Jennifer Elizabeth Moore, Empathic Mastery: A 5-Step System to Go from Emotional Hot Mess to Thriving Success

“Real intuitive information doesn’t unfold at a leisurely pace. It tends to come in a flash -- you get the full download in an instant. Fear, on the other hand, has a tendency to escalate and keep on ramping up.”
― Jennifer Elizabeth Moore, Empathic Mastery: A 5-Step System to Go from Emotional Hot Mess to Thriving Success

“Unless someone has asked for your help and given you overt permission to intervene on their behalf, it is not your job to fix them in any way, shape, or form. Your job is simply to deal with how their behavior or energy is affecting you, and to heal that.”
― Jennifer Elizabeth Moore, Empathic Mastery: A 5-Step System to Go from Emotional Hot Mess to Thriving Success

“The greatest paradox of the Universe is that whatever we resist persists, while whatever we accept transforms.”
― Jennifer Elizabeth Moore, Empathic Mastery: A 5-Step System to Go from Emotional Hot Mess to Thriving Success

“What I have realized is that the biggest mistake I made was to underestimate what it means to be an empath. I underestimated myself. I underestimated my needs. I underestimated my sensitivity. I was trying to act like a normal person, as though if I acted like a normal person hard enough, somehow things would be different.”
― Jennifer Elizabeth Moore, Empathic Mastery: A 5-Step System to Go from Emotional Hot Mess to Thriving Success

“The bottom line: as empaths, we do not have the density of energetic protection that regular folk have. It is much harder to control our exposure to both sensory and extrasensory input.”
― Jennifer Elizabeth Moore, Empathic Mastery: A 5-Step System to Go from Emotional Hot Mess to Thriving Success

“Periods of extreme challenge or trauma can also wreak havoc on filters and shields. After an intense ordeal, the energy body may be damaged and depleted. It then becomes more vulnerable, more susceptible to leaks in the protective bubble.”
― Jennifer Elizabeth Moore, Empathic Mastery: A 5-Step System to Go from Emotional Hot Mess to Thriving Success

“Stress and tension tend to affect how susceptible you are. If you’re calm, relaxed, and grounded, it’s much easier to manage your sensitivity.”
― Jennifer Elizabeth Moore, Empathic Mastery: A 5-Step System to Go from Emotional Hot Mess to Thriving Success

“Every choice we make is an attempt to reach for something better. Real healing happens when we embrace our true selves, warts and all. We are innately resilient and capable of healing. Most pain is temporary; the keys to moving through it are acceptance and love.
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― Jennifer Elizabeth Moore, Empathic Mastery: A 5-Step System to Go from Emotional Hot Mess to Thriving Success