Welcome, humble reader, and congratulations on taking your first step toward discovering who and what you really are. In order to truly accept ourselves, we need to understand who we are and what we're capable of. With this book, we're going to learn about empathy together. We are going to cover all the benefits of being an empath and how you can use these to your advantage. Naturally, there are some disadvantages to being an empath, which I am sure you have already experienced, and we're going to cover the best ways to overcome these downfalls to make your life more positive overall.

You may be aware that you are an empath or you may be looking to find out what an empath is. Perhaps you know that you've always been attuned to other people's emotions and feelings, perhaps someone said the word and it got you thinking, or perhaps you stumbled upon it all on your own. Whether you are an empath or you know someone else who is an empath, the contents of this book will help with several different things regarding this gift. That's what empathy is: a gift.

Empaths have a massive amount of potential, but not all of them know how to release this potential. I'm going to show you how to do that. If you want to do that, however, you need to realize how incredibly crucial it is to accept yourself. I know it's a lot easier said than done. That's another thing I hope to help you within this book. This journey is not one of mere self-discovery, but of self-acceptance and self-improvement. Once you've accepted being an empath, along with all its pros and cons, you can use that gift to unlock your full potential and live your best life. You will no longer fight the gift you have. Instead, you'll use it to your advantage. With self-acceptance and self-improvement, we can accomplish this.

The first thing I need to tell you is that while an empath is highly sensitive, it is not a bad thing. Often, this gift can feel like a burden and a struggle rather than a good thing. I can promise you right now, you're not being "too sensitive," as some would say. The ability to feel things deeply-even when they are not necessarily yours to feel-is a gift. I know that it may make things difficult sometimes. You may not always understand why you're feeling things as intensely as you are. Regardless, I'm going to show you why it's a gift. I'm going to tell you all about empathy so that you can better understand what that gift is. And most importantly, I'm going to show you how to use this gift to thrive in life, rather than allow it to bring you down.

You know what they say, confidence is attractive. There is more than one form of attractiveness. Sure, everyone likes looking good, and if you feel good, that does come through. However, I'm referring to emotional, mental, and universal attraction. Once you're confident with yourself and this gift of yours, good things are bound to come your way. They may be in the form of opportunities, they may be in the form of romance, and they may be in the form of friendships. Whatever the case may be, confidence will help you on your way to success.

We're going to cover several things in this book, such as:

• Empath types
• Are you an empath?
• Growing up as an empath
• Finding peace
• How empaths can understand and help other people
• Honest self-analysis
• The challenges and defenses of an empath
• Dealing with, avoiding, and cleansing negativity
• Emotional intelligence and empathy
• Ways to deal with energy vampires
• Managing your energy as an empath
• How to protect your energy reservoir as an empath
• How to recover and rejuvenate your lost energy