As an empath I often feel the pain and suffering of people quite literally in my gut. For me, the past few weeks have been unusually rough partly due to dear friend who had been struggling with severe depression (I didn’t really know), partly due to the headlines of two high profiled celebrity suicides (who seemingly had it all), and partly due to the horrific actions of our current administration who have been deliberately separating children from their families at the border. Of course, there is so much else going on, and all in all the energy of despair and fear is palpable and for good reason — these are seemingly dark times.

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