Heather, the First Truesday Story

*This is a true story, though names and places have been changed for privacy. Heather was a bright, tenacious young woman who set out on her own at an early age to seek a better life than that which was promised if she stayed in the small, rural Southern town where her family lived. She…

What’s an Empath?

It wasn’t until I was in my forties that I discovered Dr. Judith Orloff’s books. According to the self-assessment test (link below), I am a “full-blown empath”. Once it became clear that there was not anything actually wrong with me, everything was different. It was brighter. I understood so much more about myself and was…