Self-Care

The salad you see pictured below was my dinner last night. It was so beautiful, I had to take a picture. The mixture of colors, textures, and aromas promised to be a treat to my eagerly awaiting stomach. Before I could dig into this plate of heaven, I had been cooking and prepping mails to

What is an Empath? An empath is a person who is in tuned with the energies of others. This is different from the empathy you feel when a friend or loved one is in distress. An empathic person picks up on the emotional and spiritual auras of other people and environments to varying degrees. Empaths consciously or

Napping for productivity and a clearer mind is essential for wellness. I was half way through my day at work, and I decided to have a late lunch. When I got back to my car I turned on a YouTube video and was enjoying it, but it did not prohibit my mind from racing uncontrollably.  So I

Internal Processor Because of our inward focus nature, we empaths tend to carry things inside for a long time, especially those of us who skew introverted. Introverts have a wonderful gift for formulating ideas and concepts in a self-contained, cerebral manner. However, in the same way, we introverts tend to process emotions internally, which can

Tidy Up Your Boundaries In my previous post, “Finding My Voice after Years of Neglect,” I briefly described some of my struggles throughout life to find the power in my self-expression. However, the story doesn’t end there. In this post, I explain how finding my voice started with establishing boundaries: first with other people, then with

Goodness, where do I begin? I’ve always struggled with expressing myself. When I was a child, my mom would say to me, “Krystal, you have the ability to express yourself.” See, I was a quiet little girl. Quiet, introspective, contemplative. I remember struggling with words, struggling with language because I literally did not have the