Murray , Gordon , Miller . I like Rawls a lot this week but would stick with your core . Wouldn ' t blame you for starting Rawls over Miller . <| sep |> Flip a coin . <| sep |> L e t m e t a k e t h a t o n f o r y o u a n d t h e r e f orealleviateyoursuffering , while possible , is not the true purpose of our abilities . It ' s a side effect brought on from both the nature of our powers and the fact that most Empaths don ' t know basic shielding . I ' m actually with you on the whole helping other people help themselves to a certain extent as that is one of the main goals of the empath . That having been said I was talking more about physical energetic healing , which is something empaths are just as good with . I do disagree with the whole not approaching them about emotions thing but then again I ' m slightly more bluntforceful than most Empaths . Interestingly enough I think our second purpose , in addition to being healers , is being warriors . Most of our abilities are suited to spiritual offensedefense in addition to healing . Being a veteran empath myself and someone whose flirted with a lot of the more extreme abilities we have I can confidently say that Empaths are actually some of the toughest psychics out there . It just takes centering yourself as you have stated .