It’s the morning of a conference, and as an empath, I find myself thinking about how to deal with all the people with heightened emotions that I am going to encounter.

How can I deal with the overwhelm that comes with being a sensitive? How can I make sure that I am getting everything I want to out of the conference without being distracted by the thoughts and feelings of others? What if I accidentally sit next to a highly emotional or anxious person?

This is nothing new for me, since I’ve been dealing with it for years now, and I have discovered 3 tips that greatly reduce overwhelm and emotional exhaustion.

1. Grounding meditation

Normally, before I connect with someone’s energy or try to connect with my highest self, I visualize going up a staircase to my white room. This is a room where I can get all kinds of wonderful intuitive information about my life, the people I work with and for (with their permission, of course).

This is great when I want to heighten my connection to my intuition and open up so I can feel more intensity, but it’s the exact opposite of what I need for dealing with large groups of people. So, when I know I am going to be in a large group, especially a large group with lots of excitement and heightened emotional experiences, I use a different meditation. I use a grounding meditation.

Instead of visualizing myself going up a staircase to connect, I visualize myself growing roots into the earth. I feel the strength of the earth and the steadiness of her. I grow the roots as deep as I can, and visualize all my inner power coming from her. The earth is such a large and strong force, that it is powerful enough to drown out the other conference participants’ emotions.

I can stay in touch with myself, and even though I’ll still feel everyone else’s emotions, it will be at a much lower “volume.”

2. Connect with someone happy and calm

As an empath, it’s important to find people who are experiencing what I want to experience emotionally. As soon as I show up to a conference, I start scouting for someone who is happy and calm. Sometimes I luck out and already know people at the conference, which is wonderful. This saves a lot of time as well as any awkwardness I feel from being a little shy.

Other times, I have to look through the room and find someone I don’t know and connect. This can be a little tricky if you’re shy, like me, but I simply start a conversation about the workshop or conference, and build rapport.

The reason for connecting with someone happy and calm is because when I’m connected with someone, I will feel his or her energy more than any other person in the room. It only makes sense to find someone who has an emotional experience I want.

3. Have a clear goal or objective

When I have a clear goal or objective, it’s like having my own personal lifeline. If I start to feel other people’s emotions too clearly or if things start to feel a little overwhelming, I can reconnect with my goals or objectives, and it has an immediate calming and grounding effect on me. When I recall my objective for being at the conference, my “why”, I almost always feel less stressed and more connected with myself. It pulls me away from the energy and emotions of other people in the room.

Do you have any techniques for dealing with large groups of people as an empath? Share in the comments!

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