Easy Solution to Warding Off Other People’s Emotions
With all the negative energy out there, it is important to learn various techniques for warding off other people’s bad energy.
Warding Off Other’s Energies
You logically know that the bad moods and frustrations of your colleagues or friends/families are not yours to own but that doesn’t stop many of us from feeling enmeshed and bombarded by other people’s feelings. We are pretty sure the yucky feelings we have don’t really belong to us but we emotionally and physically feel attached to them. The boundaries are blurred and we can’t seem to shake them loose—what emotions are ours versus what belongs to other people. It is important to keep warding Off Other People’s emotional baggage.
This is not uncommon because we can pick up emotions from the electromagnetic field we all share. So what can you do about it? In the moment, when a colleague’s emotions are thundering or even quietly flowing in your direction, put up your shield. No, I’m not suggesting you garner your Wonder Woman costume from Halloween or wrap yourself up in a nearby window covering.
One of the best ways to ward off letting other people’s emotions seep into your space is to use The Slick Blue Shield.
The Slick Blue Shield Exercise
Close your eyes and breathe deeply and consciously. Let your thoughts float away like clouds in the sky. Allow yourself to feel your emotions without thinking about them or justifying them.
Now imagine that you are surrounded by an egg-shaped, brilliant blue-neon bubble. The surface is oily. All the emotions and thoughts that come at you from outside of you hit the surface and slide down like raindrops dripping down a window. You are safe inside this bubble. Even if you are feeling strong emotions, they are going to dissipate soon. Continue to breathe.
Observe yourself as a sense of calm and safety fills you.
Open your eyes when you are ready.
How does it feel to know you don’t have to carry around other people’s stuff? The anxiety, frustration, and anger felt by the people around you do not have to weight you down, it doesn’t even have to stick!
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Colette Baron-Reid is an internationally renowned intuitive counselor, educator and best selling Hay House author who helps others recognize and connect with their own intuition, potential, and purpose. colettebaronreid.com
It is very hard for me to visualize things…how do I train my mind to shut down and do so?
I found it helpful to start by carrying something small that I could put in my hand and focus on until everything else went away, then gradually I transitioned by leaving it in my pocket and remembering the way it felt in my hand, then eventually I no longer needed to carry it to be able to shut everything out. Unfortunately I have no tips for making it any easier to visualize things as for me it has always been, basically, second nature to do so. Hope this helps.
Another method is to visualize a glowing golden rose in the space between your heart and the other individual’s heart. Fill this with kindness, compassion, and strength and hold it in your mind’s eye whenever one is preparing or expecting to meet or run into the needy person. As the rose glows, simply listen with an open heart and have a plausible and gently offered exit line and strategy, which eases the task of separating and distancing while caring for one’s own needs.
An exercise to develop visualization is to close your eyes and think of a blackboard, the old-fashioned kind. Then, physically bring up your hand and imagine that you are seeing it – still with your eyes closed – draw the number, one, on the visualized blackboard. Sometimes, it helps to wear bright nail polish in the mind’s eye or a flashy ring, as long as it emphasizes your hand and reinforces your visualization practice. When you have that number visualized well enough, move on till you see numbers 1-9. This skill can be developed and this is a simple exercise from many that fosters visualization.