Dear Empath
I hear a lot about “shielding” and I’m not gonna lie, it’s something that I’ve taught to my clients.
The practice of “Shielding” is a white light or energetic boundary that you establish around yourself to prevent toxic energy from coming into your field.
Putting up a shield is good early coping skill but over the long term you need to get yourself into the here and now and take action instead of deflection.
That last part is worth saying again:
Take Action Instead of Deflection.
You don’t wanna just have this wall up all the time. You might end up deflecting someone’s sadness or happiness and you don’t want that do you?
Shielding is seen as a Deflection.
Connection is seen as taking Action
Instead you can set an intention that you are not going to allow any negativity to impact you. You can set the intention that you are capable of transmuting negative energy, and let it flow through your instead of absorbing it.
To set this intention, you have to put yourself in a proper state of mind and be able to connect with yourself in the present moment. Make sure you are aware of any trauma responses that you may have a tendency to lean toward (disassociating?)
Actions to take can be connecting to your breath, learn to let go (physically relax your body), ground yourself with your 5 senses, assert your boundaries, and removing yourself from the toxic person or situation if necessary.
