StGeorge/Expat/Pap etc - I could do with shielding advice please

[FlameNFurter]

My empath tendencies started a couple of years back. In the last 18 months or so (since my bright idea of announcing to the spirits etc that I was "ready") they have steadily increased. It used to be just Psychomum that I absorbed, but now I have a whole list.

I was putting up a shield constantly to block out negativity, and it was great (if a tad draining!)... until I realised that I was blocking my babies as well. I wasn't feeling them when they had bad stuff going on, and a mum needs to feel that.

So, I stopped shielding.

Now my sanity is starting to give, I'm buckling under the weight of 5 or so people's worry on top of my own.

I'm sure there must be a way to shield but let all of my children's stuff though (positive and negative), but I can't get my head around how to do it.

I normally have a big bubble, and everything bad just bounces off, but I can't work out how to distinguish between their bad and the rest.

Does any of that make sense? If you have any advice, please throw it at me before I turn into hysterical snotty tears lady again

[Papillon]

Hi there

Your big bubble is it for you alone? Or do you place the kids within it? I often create a shield that surrounds me and my family. Therefore they are within my protective space.

hth

[FlameNFurter]

Ooooooooh why didn't I think of something that simple????

You star!!! I could feel all of them within the bubble, and they get protected too