Pink Yarrow: creative plant ally

Energetic boundaries for empathic creatives and artists

Tender hearted creatives, isn’t it tiring to feel drained and depleted by the energy of the people around you? Perhaps you’re a sponge for other people’s emotions. If your coworker or partner has a bad day, you feel the malaise as if it were your own.

Maybe you’re a holistic healer or practitioner who intends to alleviate the pain of others, but if you let your self-care slip, suddenly you feel heavy with your client’s stories, issues, or concerns.

So many creatives and artists are highly sensitive people. This is your greatest gift, and part of how you access those delicious realms of inspiration and insight that bring beauty and sparkle into your work.

And yet, this same gift of sensitivity can be a source of vulnerability, just like Achilles’ heel, the soft spot untouched by his bath in the River Styx.

I’ve long struggled with feeling tossed and turned by the emotional waves of the people around me. My energetic boundaries have many weak points, where others easily wiggle in. I know I’m not alone in this pattern, and I believe it’s a big part of what guided me to learn about Flower Essences as a source of support in my life, writing and otherwise.

For this kind of energetic and emotional boundary support, Pink Yarrow is an incredible ally for those of us who are deeply empathic and sensitive.

Pink Yarrow: Achillea millefolium var. rubra

Pink Yarrow provides a gentle remedy for those of us who need that extra sheath of protection to remain anchored in who we are, without inadvertently blending our energy with others.

When you work with Pink Yarrow as a flower essence, it can become part of a daily ritual at morning, evening, and anytime you know you’ll be spending time with clients or groups of people.

As a writer, I work with Pink Yarrow while I'm deep in a book project to stay connected with my own ideas, without feeling swayed or pulled out of my self by the external world. It’s a flower cocoon that allows me to witness the world without becoming unbalanced or ungrounded.

Generally speaking, Yarrow is an absolutely tenacious weed. It’s found in fields and meadows, roadsides and ditches. In my own front yard, I tried to eradicate the Yarrow I inherited, many years before I began studying herbalism and flower essences. I thought it was a straggly and sad looking thing, and I most certainly didn’t appreciate its benefits or gifts.

This year I realized Yarrow was in my yard for a reason, and finally I embraced and welcomed it for the gifts it clearly has to share with me. Yarrow as an herbal remedy is known for one distinct property: the feathery, fern like leaves are well-known to stop bleeding. And doesn’t being empathic feel a bit like slowly losing your life force energy as it drains from you and merges with the world around you?

Pink Yarrow offers vibrational boundary medicine for empaths.

Here’s how I take Pink Yarrow flower essence:

• Every morning and evening, as a way to clear my energy field

• Before I attend an in-person event or group gathering

• At the beginning of a group call, whether I’m leading it or attending it

• Before I write, specifically with the intention of staying present with my own thoughts and ideas

Pink Yarrow doesn’t harden your shell or make you less sensitive. Instead, it provides space and a clear line so you can see where you end and the rest of the world begins. Especially in the fertile realm of emotion and empathy.

From working with Pink Yarrow, you may feel it becoming easier to witness someone else without merging with their experience. When you do set a boundary, you’re able to speak up for your needs or desires, and allow others to have their feelings or reactions without abandoning yourself.

Ultimately Pink Yarrow supports a healthy distinction between appropriate empathy and accidental emotional merging with other souls.

It activates your natural ability to offer loving kindness as a conduit, rather than a non-renewable resource. This is why it’s become a beloved ally in my flower essence kit, and something I highly recommend for writers, authors, and other creatives.

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I offer a limited number of sliding scale creative flower essence consultations each month for writers, poets, and creatives who would like to experience the support of these gentle, vibrational remedies. To inquire, email hello@leahcherrykent.com

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Leah Kent is a green witch and flower essence practitioner who drums before writing. Officially a book coach and author who helps wisdom keepers and visionaries write and publish transformational books about their work in the world.

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