According to Dr. Judith Orloff, author of The Empath’s Survival Guide, not only are there different types of empaths, but certain characteristics as well. The types of empaths include emotional ...

A new scientific review challenges the popular assumption that highly intelligent people possess a naturally heightened ...

Empathy is wired into our brains, for better or for worse. Here’s how to use it to your benefit. Empathy, the ability to understand and share the feelings of others, is a beautiful but complex aspect ...

Dr. Chivonna Childs, a psychologist, succinctly expressed what it means to be an empath. “An empath is a person who has the ability to feel what others are feeling and understand what others are ...

My husband has been having medical problems, and I noticed that females in our family are more empathic than males. Intrigued by this observation, I started looking for research in this area to find ...

Empaths are people who take on the emotions of others. In psychology, this is known as affective empathy. Several studies have found an association between affective empathy and anxiety. The concept ...