This book was a disappointment. There were some very well-written, insightful parts of it, that investigated what it means to be an empath (someone very in tune with their own feelings and the feelings of others), so it was useful in giving vocabulary to some instinctive reactions that many of us live with but don’t fully understand.

However, it was SO repetitive. After the initial relief of hearing her put into words how weighty it is to be a highly sensitive person, she just then repeated this same concept over and over and OVER again. There wasn’t really a full books’ worth of material here - it could have been a substantial sized booklet. And after initially feeling connected by her articulation of what the challenges were like, that confidence was lost for me when she purported that the solutions were found in mysticism, reiki, the kind of positive thinking that could cure cancer, etc. If that’s where the book was heading, it should have had a different title as it really felt like it was more of an advert for the new age movement rather than an exploration of the psychological advantages of being empathetic.