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What if the way you “read a room” isn’t always empathy?
In this episode of The Energy Xchange, I unpack the often-blurred line between empathy and hypervigilance and why sensitivity isn’t a personality trait, but a spectrum that shifts based on how safe and grounded you feel in your body.
This episode is about understanding sensitivity as a spectrum, unpacking why hypervigilance develops, and learning how to work with your awareness instead of letting it run your life.
This Episode Dives Into:
- The backlash around the word "empath"
- The difference between empathy and hypervigilance
- How hypervigilance develops as a survival response
- Why scanning other people’s energy isn’t always about care
- How nervous system safety changes the way awareness shows up
- Simple ways to signal safety to your nervous system in real time
Who This Episode Is For:
- Highly sensitive people, empaths, and deep feelers
- Introverts and quiet leaders who notice everything
- People who feel drained by constantly reading others
- Anyone who struggles with fight or flight in social or work settings
- Those learning to trust themselves and their bodies again
- Sensitive professionals who want to stay grounded without hardening
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