Day 6: Being an Empath at work

Unless you work in a highly spiritual business, you're probably the only self-aware Empath...Don't worry, I've been there myself: I'm a Software Engineer!

Upon discovering their Empath abilities, most people I have talked with feel an urge to quit their job to work in a setting that will use their Empath skills.
Before you make that jump, let's clarify a few things:

• Unless you're a Functional or Professional Empath, you are probably not ready to put the pressure of "perfomance" on your skills. It's very different to use your skills just for yourself than having to rely on them to help someone else. It's important to get trained (as you are doing now) before you ask someone to trust you to interpret their intimate emotional states.
  
  
• You might already by in the right place! Before you quit your job (or start feeling bad about the fact that you can't do that right now), consider the fact that Empath skills can be used in pretty much every situation in life. I have seen Empaths in marketing, office administration, school teaching, CEO of corporations...even at my local Starbucks Coffee! There might be plenty of opportunity to train your Empath skills at your current job, until you're ready to move on to something else.
  
  

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Exercise 6: Claiming your emotional space at work

Being surrounded with stressed, anxious, angry, competitive or depressed co-workers can easily send Empaths in a tailspin. Especially in settings where you have very little personal space. I worked in cubicles for years and I experienced first hand how tough that can be.

Typical side effects of emotional information overload include fatigue (your brain is working overtime trying to filter out other people's stuff), sporadic anger (you're reading other people's anger, feeling entangled with them) and depression (you're feeling powerless to do anything about all this). You might have your own special side effect...I can't list them all!

Of course, something else might be going on at work that makes you feel tired, angry or depressed. But until you're sure that your feelings are not coming from the outside world, you can't effectively address the core problem.

In this exercise, you'll reclaim your own bubble of personal space, even in a cramped setting.

1. Ensure that you are practicing Exercise 1 and Exercise 2 on a daily basis, until you get the hang of it and can do it automatically.
   
   
2. Think for a moment about the concepts of "having space", "freedom" and "serenity"...What images come to mind? Do you think of the beach? A trip to the lake? Being at church? Being alone at home?
   
   
3. Select an object that you will imbue with the emotional feelings that you associate with that sense of serenity. It can be a crystal, a picture of your vacation spot, a stuffed animal, etc.
   
   
4. Hold the selected object in your hands, while you think about "having space", "freedom" and "serenity". Visualize your emotions running through the object (remember that magnetic waves can go through solids!)
   
   
5. Anchor it in your mind by saying out loud: "I have space, freedom and serenity" while holding your object.
   
   
6. Bring the object at work (you can also keep it in your purse or pocket). When you start to feel tired, angry or depressed, touch this object and say (in your mind) the trigger words: "I have space, freedom and serenity" . It only takes a few seconds, but it will tell your mind to focus on these calming and centering thoughts.
   
   
7. Pay attention to how you feel after this exercise! Any sense of relief is an improvement!!!
   
   

For every exercise, I recommend that you practice it for at least 24 hours.
My official motto is quite simple: If it feels better, keep doing it!

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Checkpoint

In order to keep this program comfortable, I recommend that you wait 24 hours before moving on to the next topic.

It's easy to get overwhelmed without realizing it. We all need time to digest and integrate!
So take a moment right now to evaluate how you are feeling before moving on to another topic!

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