I'm excited to have Liz Rohr back on the Prosperous Empath® today, where I'll be sharing an episode that we originally recorded for their show, the Real World NP Podcast. If you listened to their past episode, you know that Liz is committed to embracing their zone of genius as an empath and avoiding burnout while staying committed to their values. Our past conversation was chock full of insights, and I am excited to expand on them and more today. We're unpacking caretaking, boundaries, codependency and how to stop neglecting your own needs – something that is all too common for empaths. We get vulnerable as we both talk about recognizing how sometimes we take care of other people to feel good about ourselves and ways to shift this behavior pattern. You may take care of other people because you feel capable and ambitious, just because you can do something, doesn't mean that you should do it. This is especially true as a coach, where you can only take care of others to the degree that you take care of yourself. If you're practiced in stepping over your needs, it's normal to feel like you don't know what your needs and desires are, but we give you a practical framework to start developing your authentic voice and boundaries with yourself and others. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as we did!

Topics:

• What caretaking is, how it manifests itself in relationships, and why you can't fill someone else's cup before you fill your own
• Learning how to protect and hold sacred your gifts as an empath so you don't end up using them against yourself
• Why you should recognize your caretaking and codependency traits and stop always jumping in to be a hero
• Normalizing that you may not know what your needs and desires are (yet!) after neglecting them for a long time
• How to start enforcing your needs and boundaries in your relationships with yourself and others and start feeling well-resourced and cherished

Episode Resources:

• To Weep for a Stranger: Compassion Fatigue in Caregiving by Patricia Smith
• Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself by Melody Beattie
• Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships by Marshall B. Rosenberg

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