JC intuitive consultant on where empathy can run deepest

Becoming an empath has harsh sides, she says

Robot that looks like it has more empathy than some people do. Photo by Owen Beard on Unsplash

An empath is someone who feels the emotions of others.

Where in Jersey City (aka Chilltown) might you be more likely to be one? Read on for thoughts from the local intuitive consultant behind “The Self-Consciousness Podcast.”

But first, let’s look at the landscape here, like where an empath or anyone else who wants to be around positive emotions – the ones associated with happiness, in particular – would want to call home.

“It's not ideal because most people who are empaths become empaths out of trauma, out of survival situations you have because you're not safe in your home.” - Self-Consciousness Podcast host, Jennifer Wai

There’s a probable link between high population density and unhappiness, according to a 2018 paper based on Canadian survey data cross-referenced from a team of researchers at the Vancouver School of Economics and McGill University. Data from the 2020 “World Happiness Report” indicated a key outlier to this dynamic is in how much money people in a highly-dense city are making.