Empathic Awakening

How did you become an empath seems to be the most common question that I encounter from people that are curious about my particular gift. There is one simple answer to that: one does not simply become an empath. Either you were born an empath, or you were not. This gift is not a skill that can be acquired or learned. There are some of us, however, that were born empaths but did not realize it until later on in life. This is certainly the case for me.

Me Time

Once again, I need to vent about being an empath. This past week has been extremely difficult for me. There have been a lot of people in and out of my home with various emotions-all of which are intense and draining for me. My husband has been telling me that as an empath I need "me time". Now, for me, alone time is a joke. Between being a mother, wife, apartment manager, spiritual advisor, tarot reader, teacher and mentor, there just seems to be no time for myself. This tends to lead to me being absolutely drained with no time to recharge. When an empath is drained, physical pain comes on at full force.

Empath Blocking Techniques

Once again, I feel the need to blog about being an empath. This issue is very close to my heart and almost always on my mind due to the fact that I am what they call an "out of control empath", which means that I have trouble blocking out other people's emotional "garbage" and it becomes a problem for me. That said, I suspect that there are other out of control empaths reading this blog that may be enduring the same struggles that I am.

As an empath, I feel everything from everybody around me. If somebody is sad, I feel sad and have no idea why. The same goes for all of the other emotions: happiness, grief, anger, excitement, anxiety, etc. I can also feel when somebody is hiding something from me or someone else. I know when people are being deceptive or illusive. If somebody around me has bad intentions, I feel that too. Most of the time, the emotions are so strong that I can't determine whether what I am feeling are my own emotions or belong to somebody around me. At this point, being an empath becomes somewhat of a burden rather than a gift.

Update on The Ritual to Banish a Habit

Yesterday I performed the Ritual to Banish a Habit with only two of my coven members who have been having a hard time with various habits. The energies and emotions that I was feeling during the ritual were very intense (this is not unusual as I am a very strong empath). We made a few alterations to the ritual. Instead of burning the black candle then the white candle, we chose to burn both at the same time. And, of course, I took pictures which I will now share here with y'all.

Ritual to Banish a Habit

Tomorrow evening, I will be leading a ritual to help some of my coven members banish a bad habit, so I thought that I would put it up here for others to be helped by it, if such a need exists. I did not write this ritual, but it will be the one that is used.

Empath Hell

Before I begin a blog about being an empath, I will start with a very brief description of what an empath is. An empath is a person who can feel the emotions and energies of other people around them. They often feel it so strongly that they can not differentiate whether it is their own emotions that they are feeling or somebody else's.

Meet Lady Ariel

Welcome to the Witchy Wisdom Blog. Here you will be able to learn various things about Witchcraft, Wicca, Paganism and all things Magick. I'll start by telling you a little bit about myself. I'm Lady Ariel and I have been an active, practicing Eclectic Witch for over a decade. I am also an Empath, Medium, Tarot Card Reader, Teacher, Mentor and  Spiritual Advisor.