An empath is a person who is able to feel (in great detail) what the other person is feeling. Empaths sense your emotions and can easily detect them no matter how hard you are trying to hide them.

In fact, these people sometimes are really having a hard time coping with all the emotions they are able to sense.

Empaths are able to sense your sorrow, happiness, hate, love, and just about any kind of feeling you may be experiencing. 

The hardest part for them is to distinguish between their own feelings and those which are coming from others. It’s in an empath’s nature to absorb the emotional vibrations that others emanate.

Empathy is a great gift with a great burden and here are 10 things empaths are able to tell by just looking at you. If you’re an empath, we’re sure you’ll agree.

1. Empaths are the best lie detectors

When you lie to an empath, your basic emotions that come with it will give you away. Empaths are able to sense discomfort and dishonesty. This is why they will most certainly that there is something wrong with what you are saying if you are lying.

Although they may not be 100% sure that you are lying, they are able to notice the alarm signals that indicate to the possibility.

From there, anything you do further is going to be just another clue to what you are feeling. Anywhere from small to big lies – empaths will spot them and know them.

2. They can spot a wolf in sheep’s clothing

Whatever you do, be true to who you are in front of an empath, because masks don’t work with them.

People who try to propagate good intentions and try to convince them how well they mean, while hiding darker desires and hidden agendas – they can’t pass the empath’s test.

The empath sees right through any kind of disguise, and this is why they will immediately smell the rot that others try to hide beneath their silver-tongued expressions and wondrous manners.

If your emotions are genuine and true to what you say, you will be their favorite.

3. Empaths can read lackeys like a book

Sycophancy is something that doesn’t work with empaths. They will immediately be able to tell from what you really intend to achieve with your flattering and praising. If you do this to get into their good book, you are on the wrong track.

The greatest ability of an empath is to sense one’s intentions and their true thoughts behind their actions. Be sure you praise an empath only if they have really achieved something to be praised about. Otherwise, boot licking is something that would only deter them from you.

4. Empaths can sense jealousy and hatred

In fact, they see this from first glance. It’s something you may think you are able to hide, but for them it’s as clear as day.

Empaths are able to see this in your eyes without any kind of effort and they are able to sense all the hatred you think you can hide.

Sometimes having an empath around to tell you if you have faced these negative feelings is a very useful thing if you are trying to get over them.

Other times, if these feelings are directed toward an empath, be sure to stay out of their way, or they will eventually remove you from it.

5. Empaths know your prejudices

One of the things they can’t stand is bigotry. You can act as if you don’t have any kind of prejudice, but the moment it starts spinning in your head, they will notice it.

Empaths are people free of prejudice, as they see people on a deeper level, and they can teach you a lot about that.

However, if an empath is a part of the group you tend to stigmatize in your mind, you can either try to work it out in your head and face the false perception you have created in your prejudice or you can walk away. In the end, if you don’t walk away, the empath will.

6. They can sense if you’re not ‘fine’

Being able to penetrate any kind of mask you are trying to portray, empaths will know when you are trying to hide your emotions. An empath will know you’re not ‘fine’ even if you do everything to convince everybody else that you are.

It’s your choice whether you want to discuss your emotions or not. But when you are tense, uncomfortable, scared or annoyed with something, the empath will easily read through any kind of ‘calm’ or ‘composed’ appearance.

7. They know when you’re not applying yourself fully

Sometimes people act fake because they don’t feel fully comfortable with themselves. It’s not that they have any kind of hidden agenda or malicious wish behind it and empaths know that.

However, they also know your maximum potential and what you are hiding.

The empath will sense any hidden emotion you are experiencing and can even help you out if you ask for help – because they can feel your essence in a way that others are not able to.

The empath will feel less comfortable feeling your discomfort with yourself and they will notice your deviation from your true self.

8. Empaths know when you are being self-destructive

Whether you are having self-destructive tendencies, you enjoy playing victim, or you play the tough guy, the empath will sense your mechanics behind all of it and they will easily spot the emotions you involve.

You can create drama around you, but the empath will know whether you are truly experiencing the life you are trying to portray or you are just looking for attention.

Sometimes they can even get frustrated from all that and they will even tell you to stop it – openly.

9. They know when you’re playing someone you aren’t

There are those people who chose to play a role of someone who isn’t them. It may be because they want to show-off and look interesting, or they are insecure with themselves and think that they would never be accepted for who they really are.

The empaths can sense this kind of behavior and they will know that you are not genuine. It’s best to be yourself when having an empath around. Otherwise, they will start avoiding you if they find your false behavior irritating.

10. Empaths know if you’re trying to be exploitative

Most of the time, empaths will be able to understand when you try to get the better of them or to use their kindness for your own selfish ends. They are able to see clearly when someone is trying to exploit them and they abhor such intentions.

Empaths will always give the best to those who are in need, both emotionally and materially. But if you try to use their generosity to your own ends, they will spot you and they will decide to put you on their black list.

Managers are often heard complaining about their best employees leaving. However, I agree that they really do have something to complain about as there aren’t many things that are as costly as good people walking out the door.

Anyway, before you know it, you can also hear them blaming everything and everyone that exists under the sun while ignoring a major fact: people don’t leave jobs, they leave their managers!

Fortunately, good people leaving is something that can easily be avoided, it just needs a new perspective on the manager’s part and a few efforts put. 

These 9 things are on top of the list that managers do to make their best employees leave!

1. They Make People Overwork

It is extremely tempting for managers to give all the work to their best people and they usually fall right into the trap. However, research from Stanford shows that productivity per hour declines sharply when the workweek exceeds 50 hours and employees feel as if they are being punished for being good workers. 

If you must increase the work given to talented employees you must also give them raises, promotions, tittle-changes and other rewards for the good work. If you keep on giving more work without changing a thing, they might go somewhere else where they will be more appreciated and rewarded for their work.

2. They Don’t Recognize Contribution And Reward Good Work

Never underestimate the power of a pat on the back. Everyone likes kudos and it’s the manager’s job to communicate with their employees in order to find out what is it that motivates them the most (for some it’s a raise, for others public recognition and so on). 

3. They Don’t Care About The Employee

More than half of the people who leave their jobs do so because of the relationship with their boss. It’s virtually impossible to work for someone 8 or more hours a day if they don’t care about anything other than your production yield. Good managers are also personally involved into their employees’ lives and they make a good balance of being professional and being human. They also celebrate an employee’s success, empathize with those going through hard times and so on.

4. They Don’t Honor Their Commitments 

Making promises to people places you on the fine line that lies between making them very happy and watching them walk out the door. When you uphold a commitment, you grow in the eyes of your employees because you prove yourself to be trustworthy and honorable (two very important qualities in a boss). But when you disregard your commitment, you come across as slimy, uncaring, and disrespectful. After all, if the boss doesn’t honor his or her commitments, why should everyone else?

5. They Hire Or Promote The Wrong People

Good, hard-working employees want to work with like-minded professionals. When managers don’t do the hard work of hiring good people, it’s a major demotivator for those stuck working alongside them. Promoting the wrong people is even worse. Working your tail off only to get passed over for a promotion that’s given to someone who glad-handed their way to the top­­­­­­­, is a massive insult.

6. They Don’t Let People Pursue Their Passions

Talented employees are passionate. Providing opportunities for them to pursue their passions improves their productivity and job satisfaction. But many managers want people to work within a little box. These managers fear that productivity will decline if they let people expand their focus and pursue their passions. This fear is unfounded. Studies show that people who are able to pursue their passions at work, develop a euphoric state of mind that is five times more productive than the norm.

7. Their People Skills Are Undeveloped

Good managers manage, no matter how talented the employee. They pay attention and are constantly listening and giving feedback.

When you have a talented employee, it’s up to you to keep finding areas in which they can improve to expand their skill set. The most talented employees want feedback—more so than the less talented ones—and it’s your job to keep it coming. If you don’t, your best people will grow bored and complacent.

8. They Cage Their Creativity

The most talented employees seek to improve everything they touch. If you take away their ability to change and improve things because you’re only comfortable with the status quo, this makes them hate their jobs. Caging up this innate desire to create not only limits them, it limits you.

9. They Don’t Challenge People Intellectually

Great bosses challenge their employees to accomplish things that seem inconceivable at first. Instead of setting mundane, incremental goals, they set lofty goals that push people out of their comfort zones. Then, good managers do everything in their power to help them succeed. When talented and intelligent people find themselves doing things that are too easy or boring, they seek other jobs that will challenge their intellects.

To Sum It All Up

If you want your best people to stay, you need to think carefully about how you treat them. While good employees are as tough as nails, their talent gives them an abundance of options. You need to make them want to work for you.

Nursing homes can be very lonely places for elderly people, contrary to popular belief. In fact, elderly people sometimes face severe isolation and some of them suffer even from depression and loneliness.

In the east, when people get old, their children take care of them or they are taken care of in some other way. But in the western world, it is common for people to go to a nursing home when they reach a certain age.

An Inter-Generational Learning Center in Providence Mount St. Vincent, Seattle, WA has done something AMAZING in order to ensure that the elderly people in their nursing home are happy.

They put some pre-school children in the nursing home. The family members of both the children and the elderly people and the staff were very pleasantly surprised when they saw the difference and the impact that the children had on the elderly people.

Evan Briggs, was so impressed by the positive outcome of this idea that he decided to make a documentary film called “Present Perfect”, in order to raise the awareness about this innovative project.

You can watch the trailer of the movie in this video below:

Psychologists give a detailed explanation about this phenomenon. Elderly people are known to be very calm and patient and they provide a somewhat comforting environment. Young children on the other hand,  are very lively, cheerful, naive, curious and full of energy which is exactly the type of energy that is lacking in elderly people. 

While people which are between the ages of 20 to 60 are in a constant rush and even stress, elderly people do not have this problem, so they have endless patience to deal with children’s curiosity and naughtiness. 

As you can see from the video, the joy that these children bring in the nursery home with their very presence is huge and the elderly are really having a blast and enjoy interacting with the young.

Being stressed, tired, anxious and depressed are mental states that are somewhat considered as “normal” nowadays. However, it can be extremely tiring waking up everyday feeling unfulfilled and purposeless. That is why the 21st century in an era of extreme obesity, depression, ADHD, people alienation and many other negative mental conditions.

FORTUNATELY, THERE IS somethings that we can do to help ourselves. 

Namely, psychologists have discovered that these 5 things are activities that we can do on a daily basis in order to feel happier and more fulfilled.

1. Laughter

Yup, that’s right, the old fashioned medicine is always first on the “happy list”. That is so because laughter triggers the release of endorphins which are feel-good chemicals that increase feelings of well-being.

When I dealt with depression for an example and thought I had nothing to laugh about, I watched some of my favorite comic series, such as Friends or just played some comedians. Sure, the first laughs come “artificially” (by playing something funny), but it is essential that you start laughing, cause after not more then a few days you WILL feel better and get started. 

So LAUGHTER people, laughter! 🙂

2. Singing or dancing

Psychologist claim that singing is a natural catalyst of negative feelings, negative energy and so on. It doesn’t matter if you are singing like Celine Dion (or someone that you like) or you are completely tone deaf. It just matters that you sing, out loud, relaxed and shamelessly of course. 

Dancing or playing a musical instrument have the same effect. Research show that playing an instrument can decrease feelings of loneliness and increase feelings of well-being, plus it’s an excellent social activity and a conversation starter. 

3. Exercising

This one has been forced on people for too long now. But, I’m here to tell you that psychologist state that exercising in order to have the “perfect” body, has nothing to do with feelings of happiness, on the contrary, it can sometimes lead even to frustration and again over-eating.

Exercising is on this list because the simple process of movement triggers releasing a list of hormones that are associated with feeling happy, breezy and joyful. Think of children, they don’t run around all day in order to be “fit”, but because it’s fun!

It’s enough to take a walk in the park, go to the swimming pool or take a hike on the nearest hill to turn your day around in a positive way. Choose an activity that YOU like, that’s the most important thing!

4. Giving to others

Donating food, old clothes, money, old furniture or anything that you have lying around in your home and that you don’t use can be EXTREMELY fulfilling!

Psychologist and sociologists claim that sometimes giving to others and thinking less about ourselves can even have a bigger effect in making us happier, than constantly trying to make OUR lives better. 

Being a hard-worker in order to become a better person, being better at out jobs and creating better life conditions is of course something that we must do, everyday, tirelessly. But, giving and thinking about others will also give us feelings of selflessness, generosity of spirit and joy!

5. Meditation

This activity is the last one, but certainly not least! 

Meditation is simply the best medicine ever! You might feel that you are “doing nothing”, sitting there with your eyes closed, silently, but you are in fact doing more than you could ever imagine!

Psychologists and neurologists list hundreds of things as benefits from meditating on a regular basis (a half an hour a day should be enough for a beginner) and here are just some of them:

• Bigger self-esteem and self-acceptance
• Less worry, anxiety, impulsivity and stress
• Less feelings of loneliness, fear and depression
• Increases optimism and relaxation
• Improves mood and emotional intelligence
• Better concentration and information processing
• Increases mental strength and focus
• Increases memory retention and recall
• Better cognitive skills overall

So there you go, a simple 5 ingredient recipe for a better and happier tomorrow. You don’t have to start doing all 5 of them at the same time, but make sure that you at least try all 5 activities. If you like them all, great, and if you don’t, stick to at least 2 of them. That’s my challenge for you today and I PROMISE that you’ll have results!

Hope I helped you and I wish you a WONDERFUL day!