{"quotes":[{"text":"Why is sensitivity perceived as being dangerous? When we’re sensitive, we feel things we were taught not to feel. When we’re sensitive, we are completely open to attack. When we’re sensitive, we are awake and in touch with our hearts – and this can be very threatening to the status quo indeed.","author":"Aletheia Luna","tags":["bravery","courage","empath","empaths","highly-sensitive-people","intuition","sensitive","sensitiveness","sensitivity"],"id":616,"author_id":"Aletheia+Luna"},{"text":"As empaths, one of the quickest ways to completely losing our grounding in reality is by deferring our needs and wants in relationships.","author":"Mateo Sol","tags":["caring-for-others","emotional-intelligence","empath","empaths","highly-sensitive-people","intuition","self-sacrifice","sensitivity"],"id":3587,"author_id":"Mateo+Sol"},{"text":"Sensitive people care when the world doesn't because we understand waiting to be rescued and no one shows up. We have rescued ourselves, so many times that we have become self taught in the art of compassion for those forgotten.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["activists","against-bias","artists","compassion","counselors","creatives","divergent","diversity","dreamers","empaths","equality","feeling-deeply","infj","life-coach","musicians","nurturers","rescuers","sar","survivors","therapists","warriors","wounded","writers"],"id":7787,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"},{"text":"She had a very inconvenient heart. It always insisted on feeling things ever so deeply.","author":"John Mark Green","tags":["emotions","empaths","feelings","heart","heart","about-women"],"id":51666,"author_id":"John+Mark+Green"},{"text":"Take heart, brothers and sisters. Keep working on keeping yourself clear, balanced and in a peace. It takes some kind of daily practice to remain in a higher consciousness and maintain our center in the heavy, chaotic energy created by humans at this time. I always find that those called upon to change our world are the most affected by it.","author":"Eileen Anglin","tags":["activism","earth","empathic-people","empaths","energies","environmentalism","spiritual-wisdom"],"id":141271,"author_id":"Eileen+Anglin"},{"text":"Love, to empaths, isn’t just a shallow experience based on looks, social status or great sex. Instead, love is something that comes from the very heart and soul of what an empath is. Love is intense passion, unconditional devotion, and absolute fierce vulnerability.","author":"Aletheia Luna","tags":["empath","empaths","highly-sensitive-people","intuition","love","sensitivity","shallow","soul","togetherness","unconditional-love"],"id":154871,"author_id":"Aletheia+Luna"},{"text":"Many empaths are diagnosed with chronic illnesses such as fibromyalgia, CFS, lupus, and various autoimmune diseases, as well as psychological disorders such as agoraphobia, social anxiety, ADHD, depression, sensory processing disorder, among many others.","author":"Aletheia Luna","tags":["chronic-illness","emotional-pain","empath","empaths","highly-sensitive-people","intuition","mental-illness","sensitivity","sickness"],"id":169840,"author_id":"Aletheia+Luna"},{"text":"A prophet is not someone with special visions, just someone blind to most of what others see.","author":"Nassim Nicholas Taleb","tags":["empaths","empathy","intuition","prophet","wisdom"],"id":191472,"author_id":"Nassim+Nicholas+Taleb"},{"text":"When it comes to relationships, empaths truly shine. This is because it is not the face, body or personality of a person that empaths fall in love with, it is their Soul.","author":"Mateo Sol","tags":["devotion","empath","empaths","highly-sensitive-people","intuition","love","sensitivity","soul","true-love","unconditional-love"],"id":235359,"author_id":"Mateo+Sol"},{"text":"As emotional radars, empaths instantly pick up on the vibes around them and tend to gravitate the most towards those who are hurting – even if they’re not in a good place. Their intense desire to help and soothe the pain of others often results in a whole range of interpersonal and inner issues.","author":"Mateo Sol","tags":["empath","empaths","helping-others","highly-sensitive-people","intuition","sensitivity","vibes","vibrations"],"id":245240,"author_id":"Mateo+Sol"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":19,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}