Do you believe that you can make others happy? Surely you can. But do you believe you should, or must? If you believe deeply in your heart that you’re obliged to make other people happy, solve their problems, know their discomforts better than they do, and feel the need to fix them, these can be signs that you aim to please more than is probably healthy for you.

People-pleasing is a behavior that often starts at a young age. If it goes through to adulthood and never gets corrected, it can allow people, especially those who have the best intention to help others, to be taken advantage of by less considerate individuals. Because of this tendency, putting others’ needs before their own can be detrimental to a person’s wellbeing. Continue reading →

Are you someone who feels drained by negative events? Do you feel emotionally overwhelmed and feel the need to be on your own when everything feels too much? Do you find it easy to understand, even read other people, and feel strange to know them more than you think you should?

Being an empath can open you up to a lot of insights about others, including their emotions and energies. It can make you feel extra sensitive to your environment in general. Because of this, being an empath can also feel like a curse if you do not understand why your nature is what it is.

Being an empath can enable a person to feel deeply, even to the point of absorbing people’s emotions and even physical symptoms due to their highly sensitive nature. Continue reading →