Judith Orloff, MD, is a psychiatrist, an empath, and author of the recent book The Genius of Empathy (Foreword by the Dalai Lama), which offers powerful skills for tapping into empathy as a daily healing practice.

Her upcoming children’s book, The Highly Sensitive Rabbit, is about a sensitive rabbit who learns to embrace her gifts of sensitivity through the kindness of loving animals. Her other books include The Empath’s Survival Guide and Thriving as an Empath.

As an intuitive healer and member of the UCLA clinical psychiatric faculty, Dr. Orloff synthesizes pearls of traditional medicine with leading-edge knowledge of intuition, energy, and spirituality. Widely regarded as the “godmother of the empath movement,” she specializes in treating empaths and highly sensitive people in her private practice.

Dr. Orloff’s work has been featured on CNN and Today, and in O, the Oprah Magazine and The New York Times. She has spoken at Google-LA and has a popular TEDx talk. USA Today called her “a serene maverick.”

“Cultivating empathy is a kind of peaceful warrior training,” says Dr. Orloff. “Empathy training will help you stay strong and loving to yourself and others, without becoming overwhelmed and burning out. Wherever you are in your life, empathy can help you heal and lift you higher.”