How to dump an energy vampire
Life Kit
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4.5 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 25 June 2026
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
-Avoid energy vampires
-Set firmer boundaries with friends at work
-Navigate your own success when others are struggling
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| 0:00.0 | I think there's like a gnome stealing my jewelry. |
| 0:08.6 | You better do some kind of trick. |
| 0:10.9 | An ancestral ring, one gold hoopie ring, a necklace with the Virgin Mary on it, have all gone missing. |
| 0:19.5 | I think you need to provide an offering. |
| 0:21.8 | Yeah. |
| 0:22.2 | You need an offering to the borrowers, yeah. |
| 0:23.7 | Yeah. |
| 0:24.5 | Clearly they need some things. |
| 0:25.5 | What do you think they like? |
| 0:26.0 | I think you should, can I just say an idea? |
| 0:28.6 | Offer like a decoy tray of like other jewelry and like put in an obvious place and so they can be attracted to that decoy jewelry. |
| 0:36.0 | Oh. |
| 0:54.3 | What about those fake gold coins? Yeah. Like chocolate coins? I think they're trying to get your attention that they need some useful things. Like get a Barbie car or get a little Barbie mansion, you know. They're telling you. What do you people want? They're taking your value things because they need some things of value. I think is what's happening. |
| 0:55.1 | Are we waiting for something? |
| 0:56.0 | No. |
| 0:56.4 | Okay. |
| 0:56.7 | We're just talking. |
| 0:57.9 | But I feel like this is very actionable advice. |
| 1:00.8 | Thank you. |
| 1:01.7 | Thank you. |
| 1:02.4 | This should be the bonus tip, actually. |
| 1:08.6 | Okay. |
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