Refuge for the Weary Empath: The Sacred Work of Healing Ourselves and Our World
“Dave’s work goes beyond typical empath advice about boundaries and protection. As someone who has both studied my own empathic sensitivity as well as counseled others for whom this time in human history is uniquely and shockingly challenging, I find his four “original wounds” model to be brilliant, insightful, and eminently “actionable.” Dave embodies what I think of as a “whole person,”
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recognizing that we are all integrated beings of multiple dimensions, perspectives, talents, and wisdom. His warmth and quiet humor opened my heart instantly, as I’m sure they will for you reading this book. It is an honor and a privilege to be both a colleague and a good friend to Dave Markowitz. May his wisdom and warmth flow gently into your heart.”
[ Read more ]– Bruce Cryer, former CEO, HeartMath
“In a combative world, an empath often feels under siege. But as Dave shows, when empaths do the systematic inner work to harness the real power in our sensitivity, we become agents of evolution, healing, and change, not only for ourselves and our families but for the world. A brighter future for humanity is going to require empaths to lead the way. Dave offers a powerful roadmap and compassionate guide for
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how to liberate ourselves from suffering and maximize our gifts.”
[ Read more ]– Stephen Dinan, CEO, The Shift Network
“Instantly, I was powerfully engaged—a rarity in my world. I was willing, and more than ready to move into the body’s buried trauma, the lifelong holdouts, the unseen but ever-present emotional residue. What a gift! I already feel lighter, more relaxed in my skin. This sweet little body seems to know what to do now, or at least has a colossal clue. I’m not sure which of the many remarkable phrases
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unlocked the storehouses of held energy, but I don’t need to. Bowed humbly to your brilliance, Dave.”
[ Read more ]– Amaya Gayle Gregory, self-aware author in on the cosmic joke, WA, USA
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Refuge for the Weary Empath is a profound gift for anyone who feels deeply. As someone deeply committed to using music and sound as medicine, I find Dave Markowitz’s work beautifully complementary: just as music can recalibrate the nervous system, Dave’s teachings recalibrate the emotional body. His message reminds us that individual healing fuels collective transformation — an essential insight
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for anyone seeking to create harmony within themselves and the world around them.”
[ Read more ]– Barry Goldstein, Multi-Award-Winning Producer/Composer, Author of The Secret Language of the Heart
“A sanctuary for the sensitive soul, this book is a powerful companion for anyone ready to heal deeply and live with more freedom and vitality.”
– Dr. Deborah Zucker, award-winning author of The Vitality Map
“Refuge for the Weary Empath: The Sacred Work of Healing Ourselves and Healing Our World is essential reading for every sensitive person. Whether you work in the field of empathic support, intuitive guidance, or psychic advice, or have always identified as a highly sensitive individual, this book is for you. It’s filled with practical tools that help you—and those you serve—reconnect with Source energy,
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especially when working with clients who may feel disconnected or overwhelmed.”
[ Read more ]– Devra Ann Jacobs, former ShirleyMaclaine.com, psychic, 48 years’ experience as an empath
- About the Author
Dave’s first glimpse of an Empath was in the original Star Trek series. Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, Dr. McCoy and a woman from another planet were captives of an alien race called Vians who wanted to explore the concept of empathy. The woman, named Gem by Dr. McCoy, was an Empath; someone who could feel the pain of others. But Gem took it one step further: she could heal others by absorbing their pain and then transmute it! The Vians, perhaps curious about empathy because they appeared to have none, continually tested Gem’s desire to experience the pain of others and heal them by progressively torturing the abducted members of the USS Enterprise.
While many thought, “How could those mean Vians do that to our heroes?” Dave thought, “Damn, wouldn’t it be amazing to do what Gem does?”
And now, four decades later Dave is more aware than ever that Empaths exist on this planet. He denied the label for himself until he had a rather rude awakening: he got drunk without drinking any alcohol. Just being around a group of people celebrating a friend of a friend’s birthday got him as drunk as he’d been since college.
This evening catalyzed an entirely new group of clients to his medical intuition and energy healing practice: Empaths and Highly Sensitive Persons (HSPs). As they arrived he had to intuit what to say and do for them, and eventually could see enough commonalities that he self-published, Self-Care for the Self-Aware: A Guide for Highly Sensitive People, Empaths, Intuitives, and Healers, which was on Amazon’s Top 20 for 41 consecutive months in its category.
Empathipedia picks up where Self-Care for the Self-Aware leaves off.
- Rèsumè Highlights
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Dave is a faculty member of the Shift Network, the world’s largest transformational education, media, and events company—alongside Michael Beckwith, Gregg Braden, Anita Moorjani, Ram Dass, Dr Judith Orloff, Wendy De Rosa and many more. |
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Dave was a featured guest at the Learning Annex’s Live Well Day at the Javits Center, NYC, in front of 5,000 people. |
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His work has been endorsed by bestselling authors, healers and teachers Lee Harris, Shirley MacLaine, Lynn Andrews, Dannion and Kathryn Brinkley, Karen McPhee, Dr. Meg Blackburn Losey and more. |
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Dave’s first book, Healing with Source reached number 3 in its category on Amazon.com in its first week, September, 2010! |
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His second book, Self-Care for the Self-Aware: A Guide for Highly Sensitive People, Empaths, Intuitives, and Healers hit number 3 in its category in October 2014; has been in the Top 20 in its category on Amazon for 41 consecutive months by “word of mouse” alone; is the number 1 rated self-published book on the subject with a 4.4-Star average rating on Amazon; and most importantly, has transformed thousands of lives! |
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Dave’s third book, Empathipedia: Healing for Empaths & Highly Sensitive Persons is called the “comprehensive manual on the ABCs of successfully navigating life as an empath or highly sensitive person” by NY Times bestselling author of Saved by the Light, Dannion Brinkley. Empathipedia goes significantly deeper than prior writings and empowers the reader with the most powerful, transformative, heart-opening tools to date. Empathipedia contains the most prevailing techniques for preventing energetic overwhelm and empathic absorption, and its healing tools were specifically designed to guide empaths and Highly Sensitive Persons to their best, highest state of health, vivacity, and heart-inspired life! |
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He is a featured writer in Positive Health, Europe’s number one online publication in its genre, and also a former contributor for the now defunct (but not because of Dave’s writing), Kinetics Magazine published by NDE survivor and bestselling author, Kathryn Brinkley. |
*Disclaimer:
Dave is not an MD and cannot/will not diagnose, cure, prescribe, prognosticate, or “treat” any person and their medical diagnosis, rather, his work will focus on transforming what he believes are the underlying causal energies that are often responsible for life’s challenges. His books, sessions and groups are not intended to replace medical care in any way, shape, or form. Dave Markowitz and any associates thereof make no medical claims whatsoever and assume no liability of any kind for the (mis)interpretation or (mis)implementation of this text, written, spoken or implied. Simply use what resonates with you and discard the rest. Remember, it’s always best to appreciate and heed the advice given by your Doctor.
If you are feeling suicidal, please call the National Suicide Prevention Crisis Line: 1.800.273.TALK (8255). If you are facing a medical emergency, call your local Emergency Services: 911 (used mostly in the Americas) or 112 (used in Europe and parts of Asia).
Even if you don’t identify as an empath, this book can help expand your awareness and get a better understanding of why things are the way they are, and what we can do to heal ourselves and our world.