If you’re like me, you surely have the tendency to feel deeply for the emotional well-being of others. This is a personality trait that many people have, which has also been verified in modern times by science.

We who are more sensitive towards other people’s emotions are called empaths.

Being an empath might feel like a curse when you are not aware of the fact that your brain takes in more information on how people feel, which leads you to end up feeling overwhelmed and exhausted.

The good news is that by learning how to handle your sensitivity, you will turn this “curse” into a blessing, and this article is all about learning strategies to deal with it. By embracing your sensitivity, you will care deeply for others while staying in your center and not being swayed by their emotional state.

We who are more sensitive towards other people’s emotions are called empaths.

But before I introduce you to those strategies, let’s dive deeper into how the trait of being an empath influences you energetically, not just emotionally.

Why Energy Protection Matters for Sensitive Souls

In the past, before learning that I was an empath, I couldn’t distinguish my emotions from the emotions I was absorbing from other people.

I would empathize with others, care for them, understand them deeply, but I ended up going home feeling almost sick, and regretting spending so much time with people.

At some point, I craved isolation, not wanting to interact with others, since I felt I was losing my sense of self when I was around people.

In the past, before learning that I was an empath, I couldn’t distinguish my emotions from the emotions I was absorbing from other people.

But after finding out I was an empath, and what it meant to be one, I learned the importance of setting up boundaries both energetically and psychologically.

You see, even though I’m a firm believer in the power of energy and spiritual work, at the same time from my experience I support that we also need to lean on the traditional models of psychology, and its therapeutic approaches.

On that note, we need sometimes to learn how to say “no” compassionately. That shows the other that we have reached our capacity to be there for them. This is an approach that I have learned after many years of therapy, since my need to please others was hidden underneath my desire to be there for everyone.

But after finding out I was an empath, and what it meant to be one, I learned the importance of setting up boundaries both energetically and psychologically.

And talking about boundaries, I also like to set them energetically around my aura so I can stop absorbing unwanted energies, especially emotional ones, from other people while I’m around them.

3 Essential Empath Energy Protection Strategies

What follows are three strategies that can assist you in transforming your personality trait of an empath from being a burden to becoming a gift, to yourself and to the people that you surround yourself with.

Taking care of yourself first is the key to using your gift of feeling deeply for others without sacrificing your own emotional balance.

If you feel guilty of indulging yourself with these practices, remember that you cannot change another or take the responsibility of the challenges that they face as your own but you can only be for them by being a good listener and also someone that can provide them comfort while they figure out things on their own.

1. Creating Protective Shields and Boundaries

Creating energy shields and setting up boundaries of light is, for me, the cornerstone to healthy connections with other people as an empath.

To shield myself from unwanted heavy energies, I like to meditate and visualize that I sit in the middle of a golden bubble. This color has a specific energetic signature, connecting you with your higher self, which can affect your energy and the surrounding energy.

The golden color, from my experience, has a very high vibration, and it’s connected with Christ Consciousness, thus keeping me under the wings of the Christ within that I and everyone else possesses.

Creating energy shields and setting up boundaries of light is, for me, the cornerstone to healthy connections with other people as an empath.

While talking about the Inner Christ, I also like to call upon my higher self, adding one more boundary between me and any unwanted energies.

I also like to ground this energy work into a tangible form by carrying with me a piece of hematite, which can disperse negativity and that is small enough to carry around and that will protect you while being exposed to heavy energies coming from people or even an environment outside your home.

2. Restoring Balance Through Renewal Practices

Besides setting up energy shields and boundaries, an empath needs to engage in activities that will help them restore their energetic well-being by picking up habits that will extend their sense of positivity beyond the practice of just keeping negative emotional energy coming from others at bay.

These practices usually involve removing those pesky energies from your energy field that managed to infiltrate your energetic guards.

The most accessible one is the use of water. Taking intentional showers (which means setting your intention that the water that pours over you takes away any energy that is heavy as it moves down the drain) is the first step that you can learn to keep your field clean.

These practices usually involve removing those pesky energies from your energy field that managed to infiltrate your energetic guards.

I also like to take “sound baths”, where I lie down and put on an audio of a solfeggio frequency (a topic that I covered in another article on the nature of these frequencies), and especially the 417 Hertz frequency and let this sound bath remove anything emotionally toxic from my system.

3. Honoring Personal Needs and Preventing Overload

Another important thing that an empath needs to remember is the need for personal space.

Even if you have adopted all the above approaches on building energetic shields and setting up boundaries, if you have the tendency to spend a lot of time with other people, in detriment to your own needs, you will end up doing a disservice to yourself by overloading your nervous system with too much information and energies that do not belong to you.

Another important thing that an empath needs to remember is the need for personal space.

To remedy this, I would advise you to create a space in your home where you can decompress and recharge.

I’ve talked about creating a sanctuary for yourself in other articles, and I won’t go into detail here but point you to some practices that will help you create a simple sacred space.

You can start by finding a place where you live where you spent a lot of time when you need to relax. This is the perfect space for you to set up a small altar, with objects like crystals, scented candles, call mom or an essential oil diffuser, which is an energetic device that keeps the energies around you high and subtle.

What can also help you relax your nervous system is setting up time for a deep relaxation session.

I like to imagine, while lying down, that a soft blue light enters the soles of my feet and gradually moves upwards, setting the intention that wherever this light goes it immediately relaxes the part of my body it touches.

What can also help you relax your nervous system is setting up time for a deep relaxation session.

Relaxing deeply in this way helps you release a lot of negative energy and keep your nervous system calm and healthy.

Conclusion

Even if being an empath can be overwhelming learning how to use tools that will help you filter out any emotions that are not yours along with the energies that accompany them, will keep you not only grounded and centered but will help you have healthier relationships with other people when you are there for them if they need your support.

And as I showed you in this article protecting yourself energetically, doesn’t have to be complicated but simple, and what is most important is that you pick up one practice at a time, build a habit out of it and you will be amazed by the positive results that will build up.

Till next time, take care.