Hi, I’m Kelly and I’m a natural born Empath. I have one son whose also an Empath and I come from three generations of Empaths, unfortunately none of them knew they were Empaths and lived their lives feeling misunderstood and confused.
It wasn’t until I was studying counselling in my thirties while working through postpartum depression/anxiety and PTSD that I was told by my tutor that I was highly empathetic and that it was making me ill. I remember returning home and researching what ‘Empathy” meant and soon discovered the word ‘Empath’ (which I prefer not to be called, but labels have their uses). That was a day I’ll never forget because it meant I wasn’t crazy, delusional or losing my mind, instead I was extremely perceptive to the invisible energy that other carry around and I was naturally able to listen, hold space and give comfort to others.
After years and years of feeling like a doormat, or having people emotionally dump their ‘stuff’ onto me I become burnt out. I since have suffered from chronic pain for nearly 16 years now, I got diagnosed with thyroid disease and Pernicious Anaemia after becoming unable to get out of bed, even my speech became slurred, , TMJ, general anxiety disorder and hormone imbalances, that was until one day I decided that maybe all my illnesses were related to the way I lived my life.
After the death of a childhood friend I started my spiritual journey and discovered that my emotions, thoughts and feelings (when unresolved) maybe the root cause of my illnesses, so I started unraveling my programmed thoughts and beliefs using my NLP knowledge and eventually my life started to change for the better, I’m now 80% off all my pain meds, my thinking style changed, my limiting beliefs started reducing and I no longer suffer with panic attacks and my depression and PTSD have been healed through self awareness and spiritual development.
I’m living proof that an Empath can heal the wounds they believed would last a lifetime, I now help myself without guilt and am excited for the future. There’s no one in this world just like me, like there is no one just like you, we all have strengths and weaknesses, but we can choose to focus on growing our strengths to become stronger, happier and free.
If like me you’ve lived your life believing everyone else comes before you, that what people think is important and eventually led you to become a chronic people pleaser, you’ll be happy to know I do not suffer this fate any longer, I am in charge of who I give my time and energy to and if someone doesn’t like it, tough, that’s on them, not me. You too can become confident and empowered through my experiences and teachings.