The Enlightened Entrepreneur: How to Start a New Career as an Empath, Healer, Lightworker or Spiritual Seeker https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-ecstasy-surrender/201402/are-you-physical-empath   Physical empaths do not have the defenses that others have to screen things out. As a psychiatrist, knowing this significantly changed how I treated these patients. My job became teaching them to center and protect themselves,