Sensitive Is the New Strong: The Power of Empaths in an Increasingly Harsh World

by Anita Moorjani

Overview

The New York Times bestselling author of Dying to Be Me returns with a “powerful” (Laura Berman, PhD, author of Quantum Love) and transformative guide that empowers highly sensitive people and empaths to embrace their gifts, protect their energy, and thrive with confidence.

Empaths often feel the emotions of others so deeply that they absorb them—leading to sensory overload, anxiety, and low self-worth. Their compassion and generosity, while beautiful strengths, can sometimes leave them drained, overwhelmed, or vulnerable to “energy vampires.”

In Sensitive Is the New Strong, Anita Moorjani shows that sensitivity is not a weakness but a profound source of inner strength. Blending personal wisdom, spiritual insight, and practical tools, she teaches empaths how to set healthy boundaries, practice self-care, and turn emotional challenges into opportunities for growth and healing. Readers will discover how to trust their intuition, reclaim their power, and live authentically in a world that often undervalues sensitivity.

“Sensitive Is the New Strong is a book that provides you with groundbreaking information, tools, and exercises in understanding the challenges faced by empaths. You can learn how to protect your energy and thrive. A definite must-read for empaths and their loved ones.” —Nick Ortner, New York Times bestselling author

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781501196690
Publisher:	Atria/Enliven Books
Publication date:	03/16/2021
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Anita Moorjani is the New York Times bestselling author of Sensitive Is the New Strong, Dying to Be Me, and What If This Is Heaven? A beloved international speaker, she lives in the United States with her husband, Danny, and has dedicated her life to empowering the minds and hearts of people with her story of courage and transformation. Anita was born in Singapore to Indian parents and grew up in Hong Kong speaking English, Cantonese, and an Indian dialect simultaneously. Prior to her near-death experience, she worked in the corporate world.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Part I The World of an Empath

Chapter 1 Axe You an Empath? 9

Chapter 2 Empath: Blessing or Curse? 32

Part II Your Relationship with Yourself

Chapter 3 How to Live Life More Optimally as an Empath 47

Chapter 4 Turning Up the Dial on Your Ego 64

Chapter 5 Being Spiritual Means Being Yourself 82

Chapter 6 When the Body Rebels 97

Part III Your Relationship with the World

Chapter 7 Dying to Be You! 119

Chapter 8 Opening to Abundance without Guilt 137

Chapter 9 Saying "Yes" to Saying "No" 157

Chapter 10 Breaking Through Gender Norms 171

Chapter 11 Living Fearlessly 181

Acknowledgments 199

Notes 201

Editorial Reviews

"Moorjani teaches you to embrace your sensitivity and see it as a strength, and she shows you how to empower yourself and become the leader of your life, while showing us all how sensitivity is a valuable and needed component in our future evolution. I highly recommend this book for all empaths and their loved ones. — JACK CANFIELD, co-author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Chicken Soup for the Soul series

"Sensitive is the New Strong is the absolute truth of what it's like to live as an empath. It teaches us how to understand that our inherent sensitivity is not a liability, it's a strength. If you've ever been told to toughen up or just get over it, this book is for you. I believe that empaths are the new normal. And it's time that we finally learned how to step into the superpower that has always existed within." — CHRISTIANE NORTHRUP, MD and New York Times bestselling author of Women's Bodies

"Thank you so much, Anita Moorjani, for writing this book and for shining the way for all of us, especially empaths, to recapture our dormant—and most important—sixth sense. There is so much possible and never a better time." — PAM GROUT, #1 New York Times bestselling author of E-Squared and Course in Miracles Experiment

"Fabulous insights on how to live from the heart of an empath like no other. Anita's views on six-sensory living, and thriving, with an emphasis on self-appreciation, are out of this world. This treasure is a love story, about you." — MIKE DOOLEY, New York Times bestselling author of Infinite Possibilities

"Anita Moorjani has done it again! Sensitive is the New Strong is a gorgeous and powerful field guide to the empath living in today's wild world. If you, like millions of others, struggle with emotional regulation, overwhelm, and holding healthy boundaries, get ready to feel truly seen... and to learn how to express gifts you may not even realize you have from a place of power and grace." — LAURA BERMAN, PhD and author of Quantum Love

"Whether you're an artist or an engineer, a homemaker or policy maker, Sensitive is the New Strong will catapult you beyond the casual speculation of what intuition and empathy can mean in your life, to reveal the practical steps that you can take now to unveil the most intimate relationship that you'll ever experience—your relationship with yourself and your personal power." — GREGG BRADEN, New York Times bestselling author of Human by Design and The God Code

"Sensitive is the New Strong is a book that provides YOU with ground-breaking information, tools, and exercises in understanding the challenges faced by empaths. You can learn how to protect your energy and thrive. A definite must read for empaths and their loved ones." — NICK ORTNER, New York Times bestselling author of The Tapping Solution

"Sensitive is the New Strong is a practical user's manual for the gifted empath who must learn to balance their inner world of thoughts and feelings with their outer material world. Anita Moorjani gives us the knowledge and the tools to free ourselves to live a more meaningful life. This book is for anyone who is courageous enough to feel." — DR. JOE DISPENZA, New York Times bestselling author of You Are the Placebo: Making Your Mind Matter

"For every last people pleaser, who feels too much and takes too little, this is the essential handbook." — LYNNE MCTAGGART, internationally bestselling author of The Intention Experiment

"The key to planetary sustainability - indeed, the survival of the human race - does not lie in our becoming more ruthless. It lies in our ability for kindess, empathy, wisdom and collaboration. Moorjani gives the way and the how of the new meaning of strong." — MARIANNE WILLAMSON, New York Times bestselling author of A Return to LovE

"Many empaths have no idea that they are empaths—this insightful and practical book will help them identify themselves, and reveal their importance to the world." — EBEN ALEXANDER MD, author of Living in a Mindful Universe

"This a remarkable, insightful book that will speak to empaths all over the world. I thought I was reading about myself as I turned each new page. I truly loved reading this book and will be recommending it to all my empath friends." — DAVID HAMILTON PhD, bestselling author of How Your Mind Can Heal Your Body

"Sensitive is the New Strong is a deeply spiritual journey into the empath world. This book is liberating to everyone who has felt small inside a world that is so big and scary." — CHRISTINA RASMUSSEN, bestselling author of Seconds Firsts

"Moorjani's revealing insights will appeal to her many fans as well as those just beginning to understand their empathic abilities." — Publishers Weekly

"The essential guidebook for those of us who are tired of seeing our sensitivity as a detriment and who instead want to harness its power and strength!" — Ms. Magazine

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