Judith Orloff, MD, is a psychiatrist, an empath, and the New York Times bestselling author of The Empath’s Survival Guide: Life Strategies for Sensitive People. Her new book is The Genius of Empathy: Practical Skills to Heal Your Sensitive Self, Your Relationships and The World, offers powerful skills to tap into empathy as a daily healing practice in your life and relationships.

As an intuitive healer and member of the UCLA clinical psychiatric faculty, Dr. Orloff synthesizes the 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 The Today Show, CNN, and in O, the Oprah Magazine and The New York Times. Dr. Orloff also has spoken at Google-LA and has a popular TEDx talk. USA Today has called Dr. Orloff “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.”