Energy Vampire Family Systems, HSPs & Empaths: How to set Boundaries for Mental Health and Self Care

Emotional Badass

Nikki Eisenhauer

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Education, Self-improvement

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2018

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Are you feeling overwhelmed by energy-draining relationships? This episode focuses on the unique challenges faced by empaths and highly sensitive persons (HSPs) who often find themselves targeted by energy vampires. Discover effective strategies to establish and maintain boundaries that safeguard your mental health and promote self-care. Learn how hope and resilience, despite repeated disappointments in challenging relationships, can lead to profound personal growth. We’ll guide you through recognizing energy vampires, understanding the impact of such dynamics on your mental health, and implementing boundaries that empower HSPs and empaths to thrive. Whether it's navigating difficult family systems or enhancing your self-care regimen, this episode is packed with essential advice for anyone seeking to protect their emotional energy and enhance their quality of life. Come find Emotional Badass on Patreon to access bonus content, the monthly video live stream, behind the scenes clips, & opportunities to work with Nikki in group format www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass Resources: Download the free Morning Routine PDF to learn our techniques to help conquer your day! https://www.emotionalbadass.com/morning-routine Community & Exclusive Bonus Episodes & Video: https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass 30 Days to Peace Course: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/peace CODE: BADASS for 30% Off Brain.FM: CODE: Emotionalbadass for 20% off and a free month Join our newsletter for weekly wellness emails where we share mental health tips, announcements, discount codes, and highlight past episodes: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/newsletter Check out our Guided Meditations narrated by Nikki available for sale: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/store/meditations Follow us on Social Media: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/emotionalbadass IG: https://www.instagram.com/emotional.badass FB: https://www.facebook.com/emotionalbadass TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@emotionalbadass Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/emotionalbadass Thank you for supporting this show by supporting our sponsors: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/sponsors Advertising: Please contact sales@advertisecast.com if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:16.0	At a time when change is constant and we are pulled in far too many directions, we need a way to stay present to life and to increase our ability to remain calm, think clearly, and maintain our well-being. Many studies indicate mindfulness improves our mental, emotional, and physical health.
0:22.0	On a mindful moment with Theresa McKee, you can learn
0:25.6	how to practice mindfulness and enjoy its many benefits. Tune in for guided
0:30.3	meditations and to hear tips and advice from some of the most respected
0:34.8	experts in the fields of mental health and mindfulness. The world truly can be a
0:40.5	better place. It all starts with a mindful moment.
0:45.2	Welcome to the show. I'm Nicky Eisenhower, and this is Emotional Badass
0:50.3	where Moxie meets Mindful. On today's episode, we're going to discuss
0:54.7	self-care for HSPs and Empaths
0:57.7	when it comes to family relationships. tips. Highly sensitive people and impaths as a group as a tribe we hold a lot of hope for our fellow human being
1:30.0	on this self-care journey this journey of healing of figuring out my high sensitivity
1:38.4	Figuring out what it means to be an empath what I've struggled with and what I see so many, almost all of my HSP,
1:46.0	Empath clients struggle with, is having to really face
1:51.0	the truth and reality of many of our relationships. I think deep down a lot of the
1:57.5	struggle in accepting our high sensitivity boils down to our relationships. What do I mean by that? I think a lot of us really
2:07.4	want to have more of a bandwidth for other human beings than we really have. And because we have a lot of hope, I
2:15.8	think we show up again and again and again in relationships that, for the most part,
2:21.7	drain us. We show up for the energy vampires in our lives with a lot of hope that we can just hang out, that we can just be friendly, that we can be cordial, that we can hang out on holidays, that we can be cordial that we can hang out on holidays that we can just
2:35.4	do things and it be easy and we hold that hope despite evidence over and over and
2:42.1	over again in some of our friendships or in some of our
2:44.8	family relationships or even in our romantic relationships or even in our We hold hope that it'll be different that if I just do it right then it won't drain me or
2:57.3	zap me it won't be frustrating it won't zap my creativity it won't make me feel depressed, we keep coming to the table in some of our
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