Confessions of an Empath: Whose Weight Are You Carrying?

Episode: Confessions of an Empath: Whose Weight Are You Carrying?   Have you ever felt a heaviness in your belly that you couldn't explain? A dense knot of anxiety, urgency, or sadness that seemed to come out of nowhere — and because you felt it in your own body, you assumed it was yours? For years, that was my reality. It wasn't until I began studying Reiki and the subtle energy body that I discovered the truth: that heaviness didn't start with me. I was an empath — and I had been absorbing the emotional weight of everyone around me. In this episode, I share my confession. I talk about what it means to be an empath, why so many of us hold other people's energy in the solar plexus, and how that accumulated weight can lead to coping patterns like emotional eating, numbing out, and overgiving. I also explore one of the most important distinctions I have ever learned: the difference between rescuing and loving, and how a boundary is not a wall — it is a loving line between what is yours to feel and what belongs to someone else. This episode is part of our summer series, Confessions of a Shapeshifter: A Summer Journey Back to Yourself.   In This Episode We explore what it truly means to be an empath and why sensitive souls absorb the emotions of others into the solar plexus — the body's center of power and intuition. We look at how that absorbed energy can lead to coping patterns and how learning to distinguish your energy from others' is the first step to reclaiming your inner knowing. We also move through a guided GAP Tapping™ sequence to help you ask the deeper question — Is this heaviness actually mine? — and a full Reiki meditation to release what is not yours, reclaim your center, and return to your own natural resonance.   Guided Practice in This Episode GAP Tapping™ Sequence — Asking the Deeper Question Tap on the karate chop point and repeat: •Even though I feel all these emotions and energy, I love and accept myself. •Even though I feel this anxiety and I'm not sure it is mine, I love and accept myself. •Even though I feel everything — some is mine, but most of it isn't — I love and accept myself. Moving through the tapping points, ask yourself:   Is this heaviness actually mine? Whose energy am I holding right now? What if I release what does not belong to me? Reiki Meditation — Reclaiming Your Center   A guided visualization calling in golden-white Reiki light, releasing absorbed energy through the soles of the feet into the earth, and anchoring into your own center of power with the affirmations: I release all energy that is not mine.I send it back to the earth to be transformed, or back to its source with love.This belly is mine. This center is mine. I reclaim it now.I am safe in my own energy. I am clear. I am grounded. I am whole.   Resources Mentioned     Read the full summer series, including Post 5: The Empath's Confession, on Substack. Read on Substack    Book: Confessions of a Shower TapperThe Ultimate Guide to Living Your Purpose with EFT by Terri Ann Heiman. New to tapping? This is where to start.   Ready to go deeper? Book a one-on-one call with Terri to explore how energy healing, tapping, and spiritual mentoring can support your next evolution. Schedule a Complimentary Spiritual Upgrade Breakthrough Call       Connect with Terri •Website: terriannheiman.com •Podcast: The Empowered Spirit Show •Substack: [link here] •Instagram: [link here] •YouTube: [link here]     If This Episode Empowered Your Spirit Please subscribe, leave a review, and share this episode with a fellow empath who needs to hear it. Your review helps more sensitive souls find their way home to themselves. To your Spirit,   Terri Ann Heiman