9 Strategies Empaths Can Use To Keep Their Energy Balanced

Before you dive in, you can practice using your naturally strong empath intuition to decide which energy-balancing suggestion might help you most now. Ask your intuition for a number between 1 and 9, either in words, pictures, or thoughts. You can also feel into each number and see which one has the strongest energy for you now:

Watch a documentary where everything works out in the end and people overcome big obstacles, or read a spiritual book with a positive message. Choose something positive—like something small you are grateful for or a positive mantra—to focus your energy on each day.

Empaths are therefore more easily overwhelmed and overstimulated, so they need what I call retreat-and-recovery time. That means pulling back into your own energy in a gentle, low-stimulation setting. This could look like taking a walk in nature by yourself, taking a bath and listening to a great podcast, reading in bed quietly beside your partner, or putting together a puzzle with the kids on a rainy day. Healthy retreat-and-recovery time—as opposed to numbing out with too much binge-watching, shopping, drinking, etc.—helps your energy rebalance.

Make a point of joking with a friend in a loving way, listening to your favorite standup comedian, getting lost in a fun creative project, or acting silly with a child, partner, or a pet. Playful energy is light, and when life feels too serious, playful energy is a great de-stressor that will give you more stamina to handle the heavy lifting of serious issues. 

The food you eat and beverages you drink have a significant effect on your mood and energy levels. Healthy choices can make you feel calmer and less drained. If you suspect there is anything slightly off with your hormones, thyroid, vitamin and mineral levels, gut flora, or anything else in your physical body, see your preferred health care professional for a tuneup. Sometimes energy-sensitive empaths can assume that they feel "off" because of the energy and emotions they are absorbing, when there may actually be something slightly off with their physical body.

Because the collective energy has been intense, and many people are going through personal shifts, you need to give yourself more rest to stay balanced. Sleep in sometimes, or give yourself an open afternoon once or twice a week when there is nothing specific on the agenda. Sometimes the best way to increase overall productivity is to give yourself a lazy day. There's a very sped-up, transformative energy afoot lately that is encouraging change, and you can ground that by occasionally slowing down and catching up with yourself. 

Empaths crave healthy connection. Whether it's a Zoom date with a bestie, taking a nature walk with a new friend, or sending a care package to a relative who lives far away, make sure you are opening up to feel all the good feels of healthy human connection. 

Whenever you are reading this article, look at what sign the sun is in and see how it might be affecting your energy and how you might lean into that astrological energy in a healthy way.

If anxiousness is something you've been struggling with a lot lately, make sure you also reach out for help from humans like health care professionals, counselors, and loved ones. Angels are never a substitute for competent human assistance, but they are a nice complement to it!

The more you allow yourself to admit and process your sadness, anger, or fear about issues in your own life or issues happening in the world, the easier it is to sit with these emotions and move through them. Avoiding or denying them never helps, and then over time, they build up in your system. Journaling, talking about your emotional experience with others, dancing, listening to music, and gentle exercise can all be powerful ways to process emotions. If you ever feel out of control with an emotion or that it's too much for you to handle alone, get the help you deserve.