Empaths can feel the pains of others in a way others can’t.  Often feeling other' emotions and pains as their own.  They often have the drive to be a healer in some form.

This carries the risk of becoming the 'rescuer'.  You can be blind to the outer-reality of people and situations as you hook into the inner-needs alone -this means you can lose themselves in others problems.

Getting to the root of your 'rescuer traits' that you will have developed as a coping mechanism when young, will help you to compassionately boundary with other peoples' journeys.

A powerful and evolved healer leads someone to the path of change - understanding that the person with the problem needs to be the one to choose to walk it

Empaths are deeply caring about the wellbeing of all.  We deeply understand the needs of others

However, there is a big difference between being of service and people-pleasing.  Between enabling and serving.

This tendancy to put their own needs last can lead to attracting relationships with narcissistic types and struggling to disengage with them.  Learning to connect with own inner-needs and learning to meet them for ourselves is transformational for empaths. 

Getting to the root of your 'inner pleaser'  will help you to regain control over your life and magnetise enriching relationships with emotionally mature people. 

Empaths like us can struggle in our work as we are often over-givers, perfectionists and deny our natural creative expression in favour of fitting-in.

The natural wiring that empaths have to feel other peoples' responses within us can mean that we stick with what is 'acceptable and known', rather than innovating.  This inner-vigilance towards what is accepted by others keeps us stuck in perfectionism and procrastination.  The tendency to meet others' needs over our own, without good boundaries makes us over-givers - and can lead us to burn-out.

Stripping back to your natural self-expression along with solid boundaries and feeling back into your own needs and inner-compass will help you to step onto your own path in your work and use all of your gifts and sensitivities to fuel your success.