Enlightened Empaths

Please join us as we share some upcoming astrological and energetic influences for the month of August. The overriding theme for this coming month seems to be to protect your energy without hiding your light. There are some amazing transits, new moon energy, Leo powerhouse opportunities to shine, and to top it off we go into eclipse season. There is a lot of energy and shift happening but throughout it all is the nudge to:

Protect your peace.

Speak your truth kindly.

Let your sensitivity become wisdom instead of exhaustion.

Release identities built around carrying everyone else’s pain.

Allow yourself to be seen without abandoning healthy boundaries.

The crystal of the month: Calligraphy Stone—also called Miriam Stone, Elephant Skin Jasper, and Arabic Stone, is a great stone to hold when you need to feel energetically recharged. It’s most popular nickname is the Writer’s Stone because it’s known to help with writer’s block, creative inspiration, and automatic writing.It helps you access your akashic records primarily to help you recognize and release karmic patterns that are slowing your progress. It helps you transform fears into hope, anxieties into serenity and blocks into progress.

The Tarot cards that came up: 8 of Cups, Star Reversed, 7 of Cups. The deck used was Crow Tarot by MJCullinane.

The Oracle card pulled: Carry the Torch for Others to See, Wake Up the World from Healing Spirits Oracle by Gordon Smith

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Welcome back to our monthly Community Connections episode where we share stories, comments and questions from our Enlightened Empaths community! As always we had wonderful submissions, it’s always fun to discuss and share what you send in to us. We mixed it up a little bit and added some uplifting feel good stories in the second half of the episode. Please remember every little thing you do to help, to be kind, to notice, it really does make a difference!

If you’d ever like to submit a question or comment, please email us at enlightenedempaths@gmail.com

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Please join us in welcoming Drew Larimore, an award-winning playwright, screenwriter and librettist. As an accomplished writer, Drew shares his journey of integrating spiritual tools into his creative process as well as recounting how past life regression, guide work, and ancestral healing fuel his writing and artistic expression.

Drew’s work has been produced in the U.S. and internationally–aptly described as “hilarious and slightly devastating”. His work for the stage and screen has been highlighted in The New Yorker, Variety, The New York Times, Theatrius, TheatreMania, Australian Stage, Sirius XM—and more.

His new play, THE CANNIBALS OF MCGOWER COUNTY, the first in a three- party trilogy about the South, is set to premiere at TheaterWorks Hartford in August of 2026. He’s been an artist-in-residence at Scotland’s Hawthornden Castle, The Studios of Key West, Dairy Hollow, The Key West Literary seminar, and more.

You can learn more about Drew’s work at drewlarimore.com and also by subscribing to his free Substack, @drewlarimore, where he regularly shares thoughts on the writing and creating process.

For more information about his upcoming play, THE CANNIBALS OF MCGOWER COUNTY, please visit: TheaterWorks Hartford.

In this episode we look at how AI can but a useful tool for empaths to enhance their emotional and spiritual lives, while also considering the potential risks of over-reliance. There is no doubt AI is here to stay and is growing exponentially in all aspects of our everyday and global interactions. AI intersects with the very qualities that many empaths value most: emotional attunement, intuition, connection, generating true meaning, and compassion. 

This really is a fascinating discussion and something all of us need to consider as AI becomes a more prominent part of our lives. A good question to keep in mind: A useful question is:

“Is this interaction helping me become more connected to life, people, nature, and my own inner knowing—or is it becoming a substitute for them?”

We’d love to hear your comments and experiences, please email us at: enlightenedempaths@gmail.com

Samantha and her offerings can be found at: samanthafey.com

Denise’s services and offerings are available at: thegratefulmessenger.com

Please join us as we explore the astrological and energetic influences shaping the month of July! This is a big month of planetary shifts, moon phases, retrogrades but all inviting transformation. Several major transits occur in Cancer, a sign associated with emotional memory, intuition, home, and the inner child.

One thing that stands out about July 2026 is that it doesn’t appear to be a month that rewards pushing harder. The Cancer emphasis, Neptune retrograde, and Mercury retrograde all suggest a slower, more receptive rhythm. For many empaths and highly sensitive people, the deepest insights may arise not through effort, but through creating enough spaciousness to hear what is already present.

The energies of this month can truly become a gift if balanced with adequate rest, nature, solitude, and nervous system regulation.

Oracle Card Deck Mentioned:

The Fairy Tale Heroine Oracle by Sharon Blackie and Illustrated by Amanda Clark

For more information about Samantha and her offerings, please visit: samanthafey.com

Denise, her services and offerings can be found at: thegratefulmessenger.com