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    Not Crazy: Confessions of a Closet Empath.
    Not Crazy: Confessions of a Closet Empath.
    Not Crazy: Confessions of a Closet Empath.
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    Not Crazy: Confessions of a Closet Empath.

    By DiAnne

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    Do you or someone you know feel drained after talking with certain people?
    Are crowded places overwhelming for you?
    Have you ever been in pain or felt sick with no corresponding disease?
    Gotten angry or sad for no discernable reason when two seconds before you were fine?
    Do you seem to draw people to you that constantly complain or tell you all their troubles?
    If any of these sound too familiar one of you may be an unskilled empath in dire need of instruction. If you’re ready to gain a better understanding of why you are experiencing life the way you do, this book is for you.
    DiAnne is an empath who has struggled throughout her life to understand why she experienced life so differently than those around her seemed to. She is a certified Accunect tm and BodyTalk tm Practitioner who lives, writes and practices in southwest Washington State.
    Not Crazy, Confessions of a Closet Empath. The Sensitive Soul’s Journey into....Another Way, defines much of what she has to share about being an empath.
    By the end of the book you’ll be able to control:
    with whom, when and how you connect empathically.
    Release energies that don’t belong to you.
    Gain control over how you perceive, the intensity with which you perceive, the discernment behind and skill in accessing, allowing, understanding and using these empathic and six-sensory gifts.
    To validate that the information coming to you is useful and what you might do with it.
    Set positive boundaries that stick.
    Not take on Other People's Stuff.
    Gain a better understanding of why you experience life the way you do.
    Being a skilled empath is a spiritual calling and part of walking your divine path. By comprehending your very impressive gifts, when understood and used with skill they become a boon to you that will change your life.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDiAnne
    Release dateFeb 23, 2015
    ISBN9781310273728
    Not Crazy: Confessions of a Closet Empath.
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    DiAnne

    DiAnne, as an empath struggled with her random, unsought connections to others throughout her life. Why did she experience life so differently than those around her seemed to? Not until she began to discover what empathy can be, that it is a skill to be desired, honed, and controlled was she able to make sense of much that life was presenting her.She is a certified Accunect and BodyTalk Practitioner, an Accunect SelfCare instructor and an empathy coach who lives, writes, practices, and teaches in southwest Washington State.

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    Not Crazy - DiAnne

    Not Crazy:

    Confessions of a Closet Empath

    A sensitive soul’s journey into. . Another Way.

    DiAnne

    Copyright 2015 Lighted Press

    Smashwords Edition

    Cover art copyright 2015 Seth Bennett

    All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced whether by graphic, visual, electronic, film, microfilm, tape recording, audio recording or any other means, without prior written permission of the author, except in cases of brief passages embodied in articles and reviews.

    Any representation in this book that is similar to any other depiction in a book written by someone other than DiAnne is to be considered coincidental. This book is intended for informational purposes only.

    The author DiAnne nor the publisher assume any responsibility or liability arising from the use of information in this book. The information is not intended to diagnosis, cure or heal illness. In no circumstances shall DiAnne, be liable for any damages arising out of or in any way connected with the use of the information in this book. Any use made by the consumer falls under their own liability. If you are in need of urgent help, hearing voices that you are compelled to follow or want to hurt yourself or others seek professional help.

    This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to your favorite ebook retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

    There are two ways to read this book.

    The first is to just enjoy reading it.

    The second is to enjoy reading it and get the Not Crazy: Discovery Journal companion workbook that goes with it. Doing the directed exercises will exponentially increase your understanding. As you do the suggested exercises, take notes, doodle, day dream and most importantly record your feelings about your experiences you’ll better be able to correlate, remember and integrate those insights that are important for you.

    Get out your journal now!

    These books are available in print at most online retailers.

    Dedication

    For my husband: thank you for your unfailing faith in me.

    For my children: thank you for your willingness to teach me.

    For those sensitive souls willing to connect deeply: thank you for trusting me. Thank you for your willingness to come out of the perceived safety of the closet and into another way of being.

    Not Crazy

    Confessions of a Closet Empath

    A Sensitive Soul’s Journey into……Another Way.

    Part 1: Honoring Your Sensitive Nature.

    Introduction to an Empath’s Life

    Empath Questionnaire

    Part 2: Decrease the Stresses of Life.

    Not Crazy Empathy for the Empath

    Applying Kindness for Yourself

    My Story Our Story

    Finding the Blessings Amid the Curse

    Part 3: Your Unique Abilities.

    What is Empathy

    Defaulting

    Global Aspects of Empathy

    Specific Types of Empathy

    Your Gifts are Valid

    Additional Gifts of the Subtle Senses

    Part 4: The Foundation of Your Tools.

    How it Works

    Imagination

    Perception

    Sending and Receiving

    Establishing Connection

    Connecting with Spirit or Higher Self

    Intention

    Symbols, Archetypes and Metaphors

    Inner Language

    Synesthesia

    Part 5:Safety Amidst the Storms.

    Shields

    Boundaries

    Core Beliefs

    Part 6: You Choose!

    Presence

    Holding Space

    Grounding

    Living in Default

    Putting it All Together

    Part 7:Techniques

    Defaulting

    Empathic Connection

    Grounding

    Release

    Shielding 1

    Shielding 2

    Yawn and Stretch

    Part 8:Resources

    Part 1:Honoring Our Sensitive Nature

    I don’t remember when my childhood self realized it wasn’t OK to be me. That it wasn’t acceptable to have grand day dreams, to bring home every suffering creature, to express to others that inanimate objects shout at me, to crave the peace of being alone, to know instinctively what others don’t believe you can know, to hurt so intensely with others, to be so sensitive and on the most basic levels, to be me. When that child accepted the judgments and bias of well-meaning loved ones as truth and began to hide her light in the closet. When the part of me that was just learning what it was to live was devalued, ridiculed, criticized, squashed, dismissed, suppressed, told I was wrong or that the grand thoughts I entertained were crazy. To protect myself, I outwardly conformed to what I thought others would find acceptable. To fit in and find safety I took to hiding that light that is me, at times, even from myself.

    What devaluation or outside criticism have you allowed to send you into hiding?

    What sent me into hiding in the first place was being sensitive. Sensitive to many things. I’ve been sensitive to pain all my life. Sensitivity not around liking to be in pain, I don’t know anyone that likes to be in pain but I not only feel my own aches and pains but I actually feel other people’s pain. It doesn’t matter if it’s physical or emotional I feel it and feel it as if it was my own. In fact I thought it was my own. I’m writing this to hopefully save you from experiencing so much pain in your life. My body is sensitive to all kinds of things fragrances, chemicals, certain medications, even noises but only as I’ve grown older have I realized the other types of sensitivities I have. Sensitivity to the feelings of others, to the point I changed my behaviors to let them feel comfortable or comforted.

    Inanimate objects do shout at me. I could make intuitive leaps others struggled with. I’m terribly sensitive to the emotional content of a room full of people or even animals. It’s the first thing I check when entering a new place. I will often know when someone is going to call me or I should make contact with them. I take things very personally because that’s how I feel them. Being with someone that is truly suffering is nearly crippling for me.

    Because others didn’t experience life this way they discounted my experience. I had no way to express to them in words what I knew and I didn’t understand that my experiences were simply different than theirs. This kept me distrusting myself, believing their devalued assessment of me and often wondering if I was just plain crazy.

    Are you privy to information that others just don’t seem to get? Do you feel things for no apparent reason? Does a cluttered environment feel suffocating or confining to you? Is it important to have down time by yourself? Does your imagination carry you away and entertain you for hours? Do you often feel that there is something close by that is different or wrong you just can’t see it? Are energies as palpable to you as the table you are sitting at? Do intuitive leaps other people don’t get, come out of nowhere for you, yet you know you’re right but don’t trust yourself to express them because of prior negative backlash? Do these very ways of experiencing your life have others questioning your judgment all the time? Are you always trying to fit into their way when you know there’s another way, a better way? What other things have sent you scurrying into the closet?

    Many people are experiencing things they can’t explain with their rational mind; smells, sounds, ideas, experiences and even insights no one else picks up but that carry deep meaning only for them. What do you believe these experiences you’re having are: a brush with darker spirits, an intuitive leap, a psychic experience, a brief glimpse of enlightenment, a spiritual awakening or are you certifiable? Brushing up against the unexplainable way we experience life or gaining unseen information is disquieting at best. It has us questioning: What is this? What is happening to me? What is real? Why did I experience this? Am I crazy? And sends us into the safe, seclusion of the closet to hide.

    Discovery Journal:

    Open your Journal and write about what sent you into hiding. Explain to yourself what has kept you hiding in that closet?

    There comes an urgency to understand the previously unexplainable. Learning the skills to access wisdom from our sensitive nature and acquire conscious wisdom through accessing the subtle energetic information around us is becoming of paramount importance for many because they are experiencing the effects of inexplicable information and emotion coming to them without their consciously seeking that experience. This urgency to understand the previously misunderstood experience is compounded as you experience more.

    Brushing up against the inexplicable or unseen is disquieting. It makes us question what is real. Is the wind real? Though you can’t see the wind itself you do see its effects. Years ago, my mother, was on a road trip with her sisters. They were staying on the second floor of a tiny motel, just off the highway, in a small town in Oregon. They were all tired from traveling and after a quick dinner went immediately to bed.

    My mother couldn’t sleep. She felt---wrong. Off. In pain. As the feelings intensified and being as quiet as possible so as to not wake the others in the room, she got up and began pacing. As the night progressed the feelings grew worse and worse. She felt like she was dying. When she would examine herself there was nothing wrong. Heart rate was normal. Digestion felt fine. No fever. Nothing was physically wrong. Yet, she was in pain. She felt like she was dying. She wrestled with these feelings throughout the long, black hours of the night. The pain she was experiencing made it hard to breath. She had opened the curtains to watch the headlights from what traffic was traveling the highway several blocks over. To be able to observe the normalcy of life outside of the feelings in this little, dark room.

    About 4:00 am she heard the shriek of a siren coming her way. The feelings of pain and a dreadful death seemed to hit a crescendo with the wailing of that siren and then finally, as inexplicably as they had come they dissipated. She could breath. The pain vanished. It was over. Exhausted, she could now go to sleep.

    An ambulance pulled into the parking lot of the motel. The paramedics rushed into one of the rooms across from where she stood silently watching in the dark. They were only there a few minutes and came out with a zippered body bag on the gurney.

    Through that long night she suffered from things she did not know and with feelings that were not hers. My mother painfully struggled with an unskilled empath’s way of experiencing empathy all her life. She understood little about her abilities to connect empathically and even less about how to not take on other’s emotion.

    By recognizing your ability to be empathic, to gain subtle information and learn how to deal with this information consciously and skillfully you will spare yourself from being in this kind of pain. This is the gift I want to share with you.

    As a society we have quit believing that only the things coming to us through our five senses such as only what you see, only what you hear or only what you smell is actually real. We are surrounded by a world that is no longer simply physically accessible.

    It’s incomprehensible to young people right now that anyone actually had to stand in one place to talk on a phone that was permanently affixed or wired to the wall, a phone that could only be used for talking and nothing else. That your phone line was accessible to all your neighbors, who could listen to your conversations as well as each other’s. That the keyboard and computer had to have a physical connection is so far out of their frame of reference as to be nearly incomprehensible.

    They now expect to hold a computer in the palm of their hand and access any information worldwide in a split second. By the way, they can also use it as a private phone to not only converse but see someone on the other side of the globe instantaneously. They can even instruct the phone vocally to make the call, when the other party answers they’re able to see and speak with them in real time, without ever touching the device.

    In our world, we fax documents from one place to a far distant place all the time. Place a paper in the machine, press the buttons, a copy of that paper comes out in a totally different place. This is our norm. We don’t have to see a thing to know it’s real. It’s a very different place than when I grew up.

    Our expanding knowledge of the quantum nature of the universe is shifting the very basis of our reality. What is real? What is not real? These are some of the greatest questions ever posed to humanity, along with, what is truth and why am I here? Humanity still searches for the answers. We now rely on so many unseen things to make our world function that reality is hard to quantify at times. The unseen is coming closer to our everyday understanding. In fact it’s invading our homes.

    More and more people are experiencing and looking to use unseen attributes like intuition, empathy, clairvoyance and changes in perception to improve their lives. Even as awareness of these senses better enhance people’s lives, people are often unwilling to stop and talk

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