You might be an empath if you walk into a room and immediately know who's mad, who's sad,

and who's lying and full of it before anyone even says a word.

I'd walk in the room as young as four years old and observe the energies of each individual person and the energies

that were exchanged as they related. Some of us are born with more observational skill.

I want you to know that as you grow an age with intention, with proper healthy permission,

and emotional strength training, and a more regulated nervous system,

you really can keep this gift a skill. This is an asset. You can learn to turn it way up

or turn it down low and this respects the amount of energy that you decide to burn.

Hello, welcome to the show. This is emotional badass where a moxie meets mindful. I'm your host, Nikki Eisenhower, live coach and

psychotherapist. And on today's episode, we're playing around with the idea you might be an

empath if.

You may remember Jeff Foxworthy if you grew up with him like I did, and he would say,

you might be a redneck if. That was his big comedy tagline, right? So I thought we'd do,

you might be an empath if. Some of these may be new to you.

For others who've been listening along with me for a while, it may be more of a self-reflection

episode where you really tap into, huh, how am I today with this dynamic? Is this easier for me? Is this harder? Is this something I've worked on? Is this

something that could use some work? Use this episode and every episode exactly the way that you need.

So number one, you might be an empath if you walk into a room and immediately know who's mad, who's sad, and who's lying

and full of it before anyone even says a word. Now, many people in mental health argue that this is a

trauma response, that this is hypervigilance and attempt to be safe when we walk into

that room. And certainly having severe trauma, betrayal, or growing up under the shame of never good

enough narcissism, it does make us hyper aware and hypervigilant. We notice more towards self-protection.

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