{"id":9911,"date":"2014-01-18T12:55:50","date_gmt":"2014-01-18T20:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=9911"},"modified":"2014-01-28T17:54:26","modified_gmt":"2014-01-29T01:54:26","slug":"how-to-stop-energy-vampires-from-sucking-you-dry-by-vangile-makwakwa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/18\/how-to-stop-energy-vampires-from-sucking-you-dry-by-vangile-makwakwa\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Stop Energy Vampires from Sucking You Dry by Vangile Makwakwa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Energy-Vampires.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9912\" style=\"margin: 6px;\" alt=\"Energy Vampires\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Energy-Vampires-200x300.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Energy-Vampires-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Energy-Vampires.jpg 427w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Please welcome guest author <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smashwords.com\/books\/view\/246487\" target=\"_blank\">Vangile\u00a0Makwakwa<\/a>, a South African writer and renowned speaker, on how to stock energy vampires from sucking your dry.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><b>How to Stop Energy Vampires from Sucking You Dry<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t let negative people bring you down\u2026cancel my subscription. I don\u2019t want your issues.\u201d ~ Cheryl Caldwell<\/p>\n<p>I love the above quote because it reminds me how important it is to surround ourselves with positive people who emit good energy and leave us feeling energized especially if we\u2019re creative.<\/p>\n<p><b>1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b><b>Avoid eternal complainers and critics<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">I understand that everyone is on their journey but I\u2019d caution against people that whine and complain about everything or everyone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">You know those people that are just plain allergic to happiness and good thoughts?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Stay away from such people. Respect their journey and send them positive energy by all means but keep your time in their presence at a minimum.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Complainers and critics are energy vampires that leave those around them drained, depleted and not wanting to write or even think up another sentence when they leave your space.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">It took me a while to spot energy vampires because they\u2019re not mean or bad people, they\u2019re just negative and have this tendency to leave everyone in their space feeling uninspired.<\/p>\n<p><b>2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b><b>Surround yourself with positive people<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Energy is contagious.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">I never took this seriously until I found myself drained and unable to move from exhaustion from dealing with other people\u2019s issues.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">I was officially a mess: I\u2019d sit to meditate and other people\u2019s complaints would float to the surface but I was to blame because I\u2019d allowed the situation to get that far.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">I wanted to be everybody\u2019s friend so I earned my popularity badge by letting everyone into my space and taking on their issues.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">If you allow yourself to carry everyone\u2019s problems you\u2019ll soon forget the opportunities that are out there.<\/p>\n<p><b>3)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b><b>S<\/b><b>et boundaries<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">I could write a book on the importance of setting boundaries and I\u2019d still feel like I haven\u2019t imparted enough wisdom.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Energy vampires feed off of positive energy so they need to be around positive people. When dealing with an energy vampire you need to set boundaries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Whatever you do, don\u2019t allow energy vampires to tear your writing apart and analyze your creativity unless you trust their judgment and understand the rules of creative criticism.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">When I was writing <i>Heart, Mind &amp; Money <\/i>one of my energy vampire friends asked to read it before it was done and because I just didn\u2019t want to deal with him, I sent him the half-finished draft.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">His constructive criticism was to tell me how the book would be of no use to anyone over the age of 20. I was upset for days because I was convinced I had just wasted months of work.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Luckily I\u2019d dealt with his pessimism often, so I understood he was just behaving as normal but I did stop writing for a few days which almost killed my motivation.<\/p>\n<p><b>4)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b><b>Be selfish with your creative time<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Writers need to set aside time to just be creative or just be, so that they can find inspiration and go deep within themselves and bond with their inner artist or inner child or just draft new ideas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Find your most creative time and guard it, be selfish with it and don\u2019t allow energy vampires to invade it because they will if you give them the chance.<\/p>\n<p><b>5)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b><b>Avoid topics that trigger the complaining and criticism<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">As I said before everyone is on their own journey and most of the time energy vampires are wonderfully clueless (you may differ with me on this point) about the way their energy darkens a room. Sometimes the best thing to do is to stick to safe topics with them and just avoid the ones that bring on the endless complaints and criticism.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d be interested in hearing of any experiences you have had with energy vampires in the comments section below. <em>Thanks!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>ABOUT THE AUTHOR<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smashwords.com\/books\/view\/246487\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-9762\" style=\"margin: 6px;\" alt=\"Vangile Makwakwa, author and speaker\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Vangile-Makwakwa_bio-image1-280x300.jpg\" width=\"196\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Vangile-Makwakwa_bio-image1-280x300.jpg 280w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Vangile-Makwakwa_bio-image1-959x1024.jpg 959w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a>Vangile Makwakwa is a renowned author and speaker. <b>Download a <\/b><a title=\"Heart, Mind &amp; Money: Using Emotional Intelligence with Money by Vangile Makwakwa\" href=\"http:\/\/www.smashwords.com\/books\/view\/246487\" target=\"_blank\"><b>FREE copy of Vangile\u2019s book, <em>Heart, Mind &amp; Money: Using Emotional Intelligence with Money<\/em>, at smashwords<\/b><\/a><b> using this coupon code: ZF65H (expires January 19, 2014). <\/b>All I ask in return is that if you enjoy the book, you rate and review it on Smashwords. <em>Thank you!<\/em><i><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please welcome guest author Vangile\u00a0Makwakwa, a South African writer and renowned speaker, on how to stock energy vampires from sucking your dry. *** How to Stop Energy Vampires from Sucking You Dry \u201cDon\u2019t 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