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Empaths do not have an on/off switch on their abilities. They can’t just decide to not feel or immerse themselves in other people’s emotions. Empathy is the ability to relate to the feelings and emotions of others beyond your perspective, or outside your own reference. [1] It’s more complicated than merely “understanding” other people’s joys...

Chantel Brink

Chantel Brink

Family & Lifestyle Journalist

Diana Kim is a photographer who makes documentaries about the homeless, a passion she has pursued since her college days. The 34-year-old, a Korean-American photographer based in Oahu was separated from her father at the age of five. 22 years later, at the age of 27, she recognized her father on the street corner, a...

Stacy Robertson

Stacy Robertson

Writer and researcher

When we are faced with a situation that causes extreme anxiety or fear, our body eagerly sounds the alarm for what’s known as the fight-or-flight response.  A racing heart, tense muscles, balled fists, pupil dilation, and shallow, rapid breathing aftershock. With the perception of a threat, a cascade of these physiological changes is triggered, as...

Sarah Biren

Sarah Biren

Food Journalist