Los Angeles Times: How to Deal with Emotional Vampires

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Summary of Article

Do you know a person who is always blaming others for what happens in their lives? Or perhaps you have a colleague who seems to never stop talking. These are examples of energy vampires in relationships and they can quickly leave you feeling drained and exhausted.

While relationships with energy vampires are the main culprit for exhaustion, the energy depletion can also lurk in a bad job, social media, busy schedules, clutter, and a poor diet. Achieving inner peace can be difficult when faced with draining relationships, stress, fear, and anxiety. In this article by the Los Angeles Times, I share the importance of building your inner strength to take control of life’s problems and gain emotional freedom.

Read the full article on Los Angeles Times here.

Judith Orloff, MD is a New York Times bestselling author with the upcoming book The Genius of Empathy: Practical Skills to Heal Yourself, Your Relationships and the World (Foreword by the Dalai Lama). She has also written The Empath’s Survival Guide and Thriving as an Empath, which offers daily self-care tools for sensitive people. She integrates the pearls of conventional medicine with cutting edge knowledge of intuition, empathy, energy medicine, and spirituality. Dr. Orloff specializes in treating empaths and highly sensitive people in her private practice and online internationally. Her work has been featured on The Today Show, CNN, Oprah Magazine, the New York Times and USA Today. Dr. Orloff has spoken at Google-LA, TEDx U.S. and TEDx Asia. More information about Dr. Orloff’s Empathy Training Programs for businesses, The Empath Survival Guide Online Course and speaking schedule at www.drjudithorloff.com.

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