Energy Vampires in Your Business? Here’s How to Protect Your Personal Power

Reclaiming your personal power and learning how to set boundaries is a process. As you’re venturing into the process it’s important that you know a type of person called the energy vampire. Heard of them? These are the people who suck your energy dry because they don’t completely understand how to respect energetic boundaries. Remember, there are people in this world who, when walking your way, make you literally want to run for the hills. These people may be wonderful, and you may actually like them in theory, but their energy makes you want to run. They enter your office for a quick chat, and the minute they leave, you feel as though you’ve just been put through the ringer and energetically slimmed by their mere presence. Ugh. In fact, the minute you sense this person coming toward you, you get an overwhelming feeling of “Oh God, I need to get the hell out of here!” You know those people.

Here's the deal: Businesses of every size have energy vampires. I know you don’t want to hear this, but you yourself are at times the vampire. Yes, there are times you haven’t respected boundaries and have sucked other people’s energy dry. Don’t worry, you’re most likely not doing this consciously. That being said, energy vampires are everywhere. The vampire syndrome is on the rise. We’re in a human energy crisis, and people are desperate for healthy energy regardless of how they get it. And until everyone in your business understands the concept of energy vampires and is able to create healthy boundaries and reclaim their person power, these vampires will continue to clog your business’ energy system with energetic disease. Here are a few examples of how energy vampires show up in business.

• The Victim: The Victim constantly shows up to share with you every detail about how he has been “wronged.” The victim, of course, is never responsible for any problems he has experienced. And, in a very clever way, the Victim is somehow able to squeeze in his statements of victimhood during every conversation you have, no matter how short. In the meantime, he just happens to suck your energy for an added boost to his energy. He always feels so much better after talking to you, and you always feel completely drained.
• The Cynic: The Cynic is not the colleague who’s great at playing devils advocate, though this can be a gray area if you’re not careful. The cynic shows up to shower everyone with negative energy as a means to share with the rest of the world how dark her part of the world feels. Oftentimes, the cynic is going through troublesome times personally. A dark cloud seems to be following her throughout the day, and she choose, consciously or not, to rain on the parade of anyone with different ideas and perspectives as a means to shed her feeling of internal bewilderment. At the end of the conversation, the cynic feels better because she added “value” to the team, while the rest of the team feels exhausted.
• The Power Monger: You’re in a good mood and the Power Monger sucks your energy just because he can. And you let him. Sometimes this person has perceived power over you, such as a titles, and sometimes this person is a part-time Joe who just shows up in your office. This may be the person who always seems pleasant. In fact, after every conversation you have with him, you can’t figure out why you’re so exhausted. What has happened is he has energetically hooked your energy and taken it. Little too “New Age” for you? Ask yourself why you’re so drained the next time “Mary Poppins” swings by.

Regardless of how energy vampires show up at your business, the remedy is awareness and setting boundaries. Consciously make the choice to not take other people’s good energy for your own personal use; it’s disrespectful. A great first step in reviving the energy in your business is to share this information with everyone. I guarantee you’ll feel a positive difference. Test it. Once people understand what an energy vampire is, no one will want to be one.