An Empathy Angel is no angel.
Let’s get that clear. What we are, is a passionate bunch. We’re lit up like Christmas trees as some sessions end, from the sheer pleasure of helping others in self-inquiry. We love seeing people reconnect with their own inner wisdom. It’s magical witnessing ‘stuck’ people re-immerse in life’s flow. But we don’t perform miracles. We’re fellow humans, not lofty beings floating above humanity. If our work is spiritual, it’s in the sense that good energy ripples outwards from those who are met with compassion. The world’s a better place when people feel seen and heard, and know they matter.
For all New Zealanders to know we are here, and we care.
Our team have a goal; for all New Zealanders to know that we’re here and we care. Our service is highly accessible. We want people in need to remember our name and reach out. But is Empathy Angels the right name for who we are?
Back in 2022 when founder Jessica White had the vision of our operation, she pictured a service offering empathy on demand, where anybody in need could turn for support; an empathy dispensary, if you will. The intention with the name Empathy Angels was to create the image of empathic people ready to accompany those in emotional pain. However, recently we’ve been on a journey of sorts; trying to decide if the name actually encapsulates what we do.
We aren’t here to give advice.
There’s a particular flavour to empathy. It’s not a counselling service. Our trained empathy practitioners aren’t here to give advice. Rather, our task is to join you in exploration. We want to venture alongside you into your interior landscape. We’re curious people. We want to know what’s beneath your stories; the texture of your feelings and the unmet needs upon which your actions are stacked. We’d never dream of telling you what’s inside you, but we love helping people locate their own inner knowing about what’s needed for life force to flow. We listen deeply, with full presence.
We want our name to capture this. So, a brainstorming began. Like a shaken snowdome, the air around us filled with the fluttering of a thousand potentialities. The Listening Lounge. Empathic Connection. Human-to-Human. Caring Ears. Heart-to-Heart. The Empathy Collective. Empowered by Presence. Map to Your Heart. Leaning In. Still Listening. Solid Ground. Empathy Gangstas. Finding Clarity. The Heart of You. Inquire Within…
Trying each one on for size, we wriggled with dissatisfaction like a metaphorical Goldilocks. This one sounded like a job vacancy; another was too ambiguous. That one, too clinical. Another was too ‘vanilla’. And then, after months of searching, we finally found it. The name was obvious and it fitted us perfectly: Empathy Angels! Of course, it’s who we are. As the adage goes: sometimes you have to lose sight of the shore to find your way home.
We stand alongside you as you venture into your inner world.
However, there’s one slight alteration in the re-embracing of our name. The person you book a session with via our website, is now officially known as an Empathy Practitioner, because, like I said at the start of this blog, we’re not angels. We’re simply warm, alive humans ready to stand alongside you, as you venture in.
Polly Greeks is one of our empathy practitioners, you can book a session with her or any of our practitioners here
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