Rose Rosetree is an incredible aura reader. Sessions with her have changed my life in dramatic (positive!) ways. I recommend highly checking out her website and scheduling a personal session with her. I must say, I would recommend personal sessions or workshops with her primarily, and her books secondarily but do check them out! Her writing style is somewhat breezy/light--not really my preferred style but the information is excellent. I do not learn how-to techniques all that easily from books, so I have not gotten as much from this book as I am sure is possible. However just reading the book has really sensitized me to my own energy and the energy of other people. There were a lot of "aha!s" for me in reading this book--in particular in reading the chapters about empathy in parenting and about grounding. I also found it very interesting to read about the different ways that people are empathic. Only a small percentage of people are clairvoyant (the most well-known empathic gift.) Other possibilities are clairaudience, clairsentience, holistic knowing, and analytical awareness. I look forward to working with the techniques in this book further to develop/learn more about my own empathic talents. ( )