The 3-Boundary Rule That Will Save Your Inner Peace! — Transcript

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1. 0:00The older I get, here's the number one
2. 0:02thing I prioritize.
3. 0:04Protecting my energy.
4. 0:07Protecting your energy is the most
5. 0:09important investment you will ever make.
6. 0:13Energy is how you show up in the moment,
7. 0:15it's how you use your time, it's how you
8. 0:18connect with people.
9. 0:20If your energy is drained, you can't
10. 0:22achieve anything. If your energy is
11. 0:25sucked out of you, you're not the best
12. 0:28version of yourself. And if your energy
13. 0:31is being pulled out of you, you don't
14. 0:34have the ability to make an impact. So
15. 0:38many of you want to be incredible
16. 0:39entrepreneurs. So many of you want to
17. 0:41launch your own podcast. So many of you
18. 0:43want to find love and build the right
19. 0:45relationship. All of those require
20. 0:48energy. Energy isn't just about how much
21. 0:51flow you have and how much enthusiasm
22. 0:53you have.
23. 0:54It's about the frequency that you
24. 0:56vibrate at, what you attract into your
25. 0:59life, the kind of people you surround
26. 1:01yourself by.
27. 1:02Have you ever noticed that some people
28. 1:04leave you feeling full and others leave
29. 1:07you feeling flat? You start the day
30. 1:10feeling okay, but after a call, a
31. 1:12meeting, a quick catch-up, you feel
32. 1:15strangely tired, like someone unplugged
33. 1:18your spirit. That's not in your head.
34. 1:20That's your energy being taken, wasted,
35. 1:23or exploited.
36. 1:25Today, I want to talk to you about how
37. 1:27to protect your energy so that your
38. 1:29energy is never wasted, it's never taken
39. 1:32or exploited by anyone, and that you're
40. 1:35not building walls, but learning how to
41. 1:38manage your light.
42. 1:40Because not everyone who wants your
43. 1:42energy deserves to have the key. Part
44. 1:45one.
45. 1:46Here's something I've learned. Every
46. 1:48text, every conversation, every thought,
47. 1:50it's an investment. And just like money,
48. 1:53if you spend without awareness, you end
49. 1:56up emotionally broke.
50. 1:58There are two types of people in your
51. 2:00life. Energy investors and energy
52. 2:03thieves. Energy investors leave you
53. 2:05better. They give as much as they take.
54. 2:08You walk away inspired, lighter,
55. 2:10expanded. Energy thieves on the other
56. 2:12hand, they leave you heavy, confused,
57. 2:15and drained. And here's the trick. They
58. 2:18don't always mean to. Sometimes they're
59. 2:20just running on empty themselves. And if
60. 2:23you don't have boundaries, they'll
61. 2:25subconsciously plug into you like you're
62. 2:27their charger.
63. 2:29Pause for a moment and think.
64. 2:31Who in your life leaves you lighter?
65. 2:34And who leaves you heavier?
66. 2:35That's your body's wisdom speaking. It's
67. 2:38amazing, isn't it, how our body and mind
68. 2:40actually tell us how we feel? You finish
69. 2:43having lunch with someone
70. 2:45and you're wondering why they just
71. 2:47gossip the whole time and spoke
72. 2:48negatively about someone.
73. 2:50And then you spend time with someone
74. 2:51else and you walk away feeling so
75. 2:53inspired to start something of your own.
76. 2:56You walk away from someone else and you
77. 2:58feel guilty and shameful that you
78. 3:00haven't yet started your own side hustle
79. 3:02or business. You walk away from someone
80. 3:04else and you walk away with a bright new
81. 3:06idea.
82. 3:07Your body and your mind are constantly
83. 3:09talking to you. They're constantly
84. 3:11receiving data and signals. But what
85. 3:14happens is our lives are so busy that we
86. 3:16don't have the time to process this data
87. 3:18and signal to actually know what to do,
88. 3:21which is why we revisit the same people
89. 3:23in the same places that drain us again
90. 3:25and again and again. I want you to
91. 3:27really focus in
92. 3:29for the next 24 hours
93. 3:32and then the next 48 and then the next
94. 3:3472
95. 3:35looking and asking yourself after you
96. 3:38meet each person and after you interact
97. 3:40with anyone, whether it's a Zoom, a
98. 3:41phone call, a text, or an email, or in
99. 3:44person,
100. 3:45who is an energy thief and who's an
101. 3:47energy investor?
102. 3:49And here's where I want to be really
103. 3:50careful about this.
104. 3:51Someone who's stealing your energy isn't
105. 3:54always doing it maliciously.
106. 3:56They may just not know how to deal in
107. 3:58energy themselves. So, just so you know,
108. 4:01someone who's stealing energy isn't a
109. 4:02bad person. They're just someone who
110. 4:05maybe needs to listen to this episode,
111. 4:06too. In life, there are energy givers
112. 4:09and energy takers. Energy givers make
113. 4:12you feel safe being yourself. Energy
114. 4:15takers make you question yourself.
115. 4:18Energy givers listen to understand.
116. 4:21Energy takers, well, they listen to
117. 4:23reply.
118. 4:24Energy givers want to see you win, even
119. 4:27if they're losing.
120. 4:29Energy takers only cheer when they're
121. 4:32ahead.
122. 4:33Energy givers inspire action. Energy
123. 4:36takers drain motivation.
124. 4:39Energy givers recharge you with honesty.
125. 4:43Energy takers exhaust you with drama.
126. 4:46Energy givers make hard days feel
127. 4:48manageable. Energy takers make easy days
128. 4:51feel hard.
129. 4:53And energy givers ask you how you really
130. 4:55are.
131. 4:57Energy takers ask, but don't really care
132. 4:59about the answer.
133. 5:01Energy givers respect your boundaries.
134. 5:04Energy takers test them and call you
135. 5:07difficult when you hold them.
136. 5:09So, I wanted to give you that list
137. 5:10because here are the two lessons.
138. 5:12Know who the energy takers and givers in
139. 5:14your life, and number two, be an energy
140. 5:17giver.
141. 5:18Don't be an energy taker.
142. 5:20Part two.
143. 5:21Here are the subtle ways people drain
144. 5:24you. Sometimes,
145. 5:25it happens so subtly that you don't even
146. 5:28recognize it. And it takes months, maybe
147. 5:30even years for you to recognize that
148. 5:33this individual or this group of people
149. 5:36haven't been filling you up.
150. 5:38Number one, the emotional dumper. They
151. 5:41call it venting, but really, it's
152. 5:43unloading. Every conversation is about
153. 5:46their chaos, their crisis, their stress.
154. 5:50And when you try to share something
155. 5:51back, it circles back to them.
156. 5:55I can't tell you how many people in my
157. 5:57life I've noticed where they don't have
158. 5:59the capacity
159. 6:01to think of life beyond themselves.
160. 6:03I realized that even when I want to
161. 6:05help, I don't know if I'm even able to
162. 6:08because they're so lost in their own
163. 6:09world that all they want to do is bring
164. 6:11it back to another thing about them.
165. 6:14And they're looking for assurance,
166. 6:15they're looking for validation, they're
167. 6:17looking for reassurance, they're looking
168. 6:19for support, they're looking for help.
169. 6:21It's always about them.
170. 6:24And it's subtle because in the beginning
171. 6:26you might think you're helping. You
172. 6:27might think you're the fixer and you
173. 6:28might even like that. You may even want
174. 6:30to be the fixer. See, it's not that this
175. 6:32person's taking advantage of you,
176. 6:34they're actually enabling who you want
177. 6:35to be.
178. 6:36So it can be your responsibility as well
179. 6:38to recognize that you're trying to be
180. 6:41the healer. They want to be the healed.
181. 6:44But in reality, neither of you win.
182. 6:47Number two, the chronic taker.
183. 6:50You've helped them move, listened
184. 6:52through breakups, given advice,
185. 6:54but when you need something, they're
186. 6:56busy. They've got a different priority.
187. 6:58This one's heartbreaking because you put
188. 7:01your heart on the line, you went out of
189. 7:03your way for that person, you did things
190. 7:05for them when it was inconvenient for
191. 7:07you, and when you need one small thing,
192. 7:10they don't have any time. This one is so
193. 7:12heartbreaking.
194. 7:14But it's important to notice. Now, I'm
195. 7:16not saying that every relationship you
196. 7:18have turns into a transactional
197. 7:19analysis. I'm not asking you to keep
198. 7:22score or keep count. And I'm asking you
199. 7:24to check with yourself. If you can keep
200. 7:26giving without needing their help,
201. 7:28that's incredible. Good for you.
202. 7:30But chances are it's going to wear away
203. 7:32and tire out the relationship that
204. 7:34you're trying to build. The third subtle
205. 7:36way
206. 7:37that people drain your energy is the
207. 7:40boundary tester.
208. 7:42Pay attention to this one. They'll say,
209. 7:45"Can you just?" Or, "It will only take a
210. 7:47second." They push because you've
211. 7:50trained them that your time is flexible.
212. 7:54This one's huge for me.
213. 7:56Right? This person makes it sound like
214. 7:59their request is so small, but in fact,
215. 8:02they're just testing your boundary. You
216. 8:04just said, "I don't think I can do that
217. 8:06this weekend." And they message you
218. 8:07saying, "What about Saturday morning
219. 8:09just for 30 minutes?"
220. 8:11>> [snorts]
221. 8:11>> You just said, "I'm really sorry. I've
222. 8:12already committed to an event that
223. 8:14night." And they'll message you back and
224. 8:16say, "Well, remember I helped you with
225. 8:17your birthday." Right? They push your
226. 8:21boundary. If you've had the courage to
227. 8:23state your boundary to a friend or
228. 8:25person in your life, and they use that
229. 8:28boundary against you, or believe that
230. 8:30it's flexible,
231. 8:32they're draining your energy. If you
232. 8:34said to someone, "I can't make it this
233. 8:35weekend." And they said, "What about
234. 8:36Saturday morning?"
235. 8:38They don't value your boundaries.
236. 8:40If you said to someone, "Hey, I'd really
237. 8:42like to keep it private." And they said,
238. 8:43"Hey, can I please bring a couple of
239. 8:44friends?" They don't respect your
240. 8:46boundaries. If you've had the courage to
241. 8:48state how you feel, and someone sees
242. 8:50that as flexible,
243. 8:52you've got to recognize that's draining
244. 8:53your energy. Because guess what? It
245. 8:55already took so much energy for you to
246. 8:57be honest.
247. 8:58And now you've got to focus again on
248. 9:01projecting the truth, and that's hard.
249. 9:04The fourth way that people drain your
250. 9:05energy
251. 9:06is called the compliment parasite.
252. 9:09They admire you, but it's conditional.
253. 9:12They celebrate your wins until your
254. 9:14light makes them feel small. All of a
255. 9:17sudden, when you found someone that you
256. 9:19love, you're in a relationship,
257. 9:21you now get this passive-aggressive
258. 9:22version of them. You just got a
259. 9:24promotion at work,
260. 9:26they can't really handle it. You just
261. 9:28made a move outside of work,
262. 9:31they don't know if they can deal with
263. 9:32it. You just moved in with your partner,
264. 9:34they've got something to say. If every
265. 9:36time you have some good news to share,
266. 9:39and you struggle to share it with this
267. 9:40particular friend,
268. 9:42it's because they're draining your
269. 9:43energy. If you can't share something
270. 9:46positive that's happening in your life
271. 9:48with a friend because they might feel
272. 9:51agitated or uncomfortable about it,
273. 9:55you're not that close.
274. 9:56You're not that close if you can't share
275. 9:58your wins with someone. You think you're
276. 10:00close to someone when you can tell them
277. 10:03about a bad day.
278. 10:04You're really close to someone when you
279. 10:07can tell them about your good day.
280. 10:09Someone who is there for you when you're
281. 10:10losing is a great friend. Someone who
282. 10:14can celebrate you when you're winning
283. 10:16when they're losing is a phenomenal
284. 10:18friend. Number five in the subtle way
285. 10:21that people drain your energy is the
286. 10:24situational friend. They show up when
287. 10:26you're shining. They disappear when
288. 10:28you're struggling.
289. 10:30Here's the truth. Not all drains are
290. 10:32obvious. Sometimes the people who take
291. 10:34the most energy are the ones who smile
292. 10:37at you the most. And that doesn't make
293. 10:39them bad. It just means you have to get
294. 10:42better at choosing where to pour.
295. 10:45Because some people don't mean to drain
296. 10:47you, they just haven't learned how to
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319. 11:37three, the inner leaks. Now, let's flip
320. 11:40it. Sometimes it's not them draining
321. 11:43you,
322. 11:44it's you draining yourself.
323. 11:46You over give because you're scared of
324. 11:48losing love.
325. 11:50You say yes because you don't want to
326. 11:52disappoint.
327. 11:53You stay silent because you fear being
328. 11:56labeled difficult. You confuse
329. 11:58exhaustion with productivity. You
330. 12:01mistake being busy for being valuable.
331. 12:04You confuse being available for being
332. 12:06kind.
333. 12:07You mistake being agreeable for being
334. 12:09good. You mistake being selfless for
335. 12:12being loved. Ask yourself this,
336. 12:15what part of you believes love must be
337. 12:18earned through exhaustion? When you
338. 12:20start seeing where your own leaks are,
339. 12:23you realize protecting your energy isn't
340. 12:26about cutting people off.
341. 12:29It's about stopping the self-betrayal.
342. 12:32So many of us think our energy is being
343. 12:35drained, our energy is being used, our
344. 12:36energy is being exploited, and in
345. 12:39reality, we're the ones allowing access.
346. 12:43If every time you get home, someone's
347. 12:45already in your house because you told
348. 12:47them where the key was hidden,
349. 12:48is that your responsibility or theirs?
350. 12:51If someone always expects you to be
351. 12:52there for them because you always change
352. 12:54your plans to show up,
353. 12:56is that your responsibility or theirs?
354. 12:59People will only take advantage of you
355. 13:03to the extent you allow them access to
356. 13:06you.
357. 13:06If you're always available because you
358. 13:09think that means you're kind, people
359. 13:11will take advantage of that.
360. 13:14If you're always around and flexible to
361. 13:17show that you're nice, people will take
362. 13:20advantage of you.
363. 13:22People may like you because you're
364. 13:24available,
365. 13:25but people will respect you
366. 13:27when access to you is protected.
367. 13:30When you have boundaries, when you know
368. 13:32who you are, when you know what your
369. 13:34priorities are, what you can and can't
370. 13:36do. If you're scared to say no to a
371. 13:38friend because you feel they're going to
372. 13:40be hurt or upset, chances are you're not
373. 13:44actually that close to them. Because if
374. 13:45you're close, your no should be
375. 13:48understood as I really can't do this,
376. 13:52not that I don't care.
377. 13:54Because if you're close and you said no,
378. 13:56chances are you had something really
379. 13:58important come up.
380. 14:00Part four, how to protect your energy
381. 14:02without becoming cold. Look, let's get
382. 14:05practical.
383. 14:06I think it's really hard to say no
384. 14:08without feeling like you're coming
385. 14:10across cold. It's really hard to set a
386. 14:12boundary without feeling like you think
387. 14:14you're more important. It's really hard
388. 14:16to say you have a priority without
389. 14:18making the other person feel
390. 14:20insignificant. So here's what I use. I
391. 14:23call it the three boundary rule.
392. 14:26Number one, physical boundaries. Space
393. 14:29and time. Who gets your mornings? Who
394. 14:32gets your weekends?
395. 14:34Delayed replies are self-care. Alone
396. 14:36time is protection, not isolation. If
397. 14:40you know what times and days are I
398. 14:42remember I have a really good friend
399. 14:43actually who's one of my closest friends
400. 14:44in LA and I remember when I first met
401. 14:46him I told him I was like, "Weekends are
402. 14:48really for my wife. I'm free a couple of
403. 14:50weekday evenings, but on the weekends I
404. 14:51love spending time with Radi."
405. 14:54And we like spending time with our
406. 14:55couple friends so we can all spend time
407. 14:57together. And this was a guy friend that
408. 14:59I spend one-on-one time with.
409. 15:01All of a sudden it made it really clear
410. 15:03when I was available and when I wasn't.
411. 15:05And now we spend time together on
412. 15:07weeknights and we love it. It's awesome.
413. 15:09Number two, emotional boundaries. Stop
414. 15:13absorbing moods that aren't yours. Just
415. 15:16because someone's anxious doesn't mean
416. 15:17you have to be. You can hold compassion
417. 15:20without carrying their chaos.
418. 15:23Sometimes I realized that I had a few
419. 15:25friends who would text me like
420. 15:26everything was an emergency. And in the
421. 15:28beginning I saw it as being a good
422. 15:30friend to always be around. This would
423. 15:33be midnight, 1:00 a.m., canceling a
424. 15:35meeting, in between work.
425. 15:37And every time I spoke to them I
426. 15:38realized it wasn't that big an
427. 15:39emergency. And then I wouldn't hear
428. 15:41about them or from them for months. And
429. 15:44I thought to myself, wait a minute. How
430. 15:46can I react to this better? So now when
431. 15:48they erratically reach out, I'll message
432. 15:50back and say, "Hey, I've got time in 3
433. 15:51days. We can talk properly." And that's
434. 15:53true. I'm not lying. I'm not playing
435. 15:54hard to get. It's reality. And all of a
436. 15:57sudden when I'll message them in 3 days
437. 15:59to check in, they'll say, "Oh yeah, no
438. 16:00worries. I I I figured it out."
439. 16:03All of a sudden I'm able to protect my
440. 16:05emotional boundaries.
441. 16:06Number three, energetic boundaries. This
442. 16:09is the quiet spiritual layer.
443. 16:11Prayer, meditation, nature, stillness.
444. 16:15All of these cleanse the residue of
445. 16:18other people's energy.
446. 16:20When you don't do this, you carry
447. 16:22invisible clutter. You start confusing
448. 16:25other people's emotions for your own.
449. 16:29This resonated with me strongly. A lot
450. 16:30of people ask me, "Jay, how do you carry
451. 16:33so many people's stories and so much
452. 16:36people's weight?"
453. 16:37And I've two answers.
454. 16:39The first is I have a very clear
455. 16:40practice that allows me to constantly
456. 16:43cleanse and heal myself. My meditation
457. 16:45practice, my morning routine, my prayer.
458. 16:48And the second is that I don't believe
459. 16:50I'm holding it. The universe is, God is.
460. 16:52There's something much bigger than me
461. 16:54that's holding that, but I've got to be
462. 16:56connected to that in order for it to be
463. 16:59held.
464. 17:00Here are a few practical tools that will
465. 17:02help you.
466. 17:03Number one, the pause test. If you dread
467. 17:06replying, you're probably overextending.
468. 17:10When you're overthinking a text,
469. 17:12when you're overwhelmed
470. 17:15by someone's response, it's showing you
471. 17:17that there's something about that
472. 17:19relationship that doesn't have the right
473. 17:20energy.
474. 17:22Because if someone's really in your life
475. 17:23for all the right reasons, you don't
476. 17:25feel that tension with them. Recognize
477. 17:27that there's something that needs to be
478. 17:29clarified in this relationship or
479. 17:31distance is probably better.
480. 17:33The next practical step is called the
481. 17:35energy audit. Each week, write down what
482. 17:38gives and what drains. Notice the
483. 17:41patterns. And also be really clear about
484. 17:43how much energy you actually have to
485. 17:45expend. I always say to my team, I can
486. 17:47probably do around two work events a
487. 17:49week when I'm at my best energy. That's
488. 17:53the most I want to do. And when I have
489. 17:55that capacity, I now become selective.
490. 17:57Whereas if I just said, "Yeah, sure,
491. 17:59I'll go to any work events." I could be
492. 18:00at work events five to six nights a week
493. 18:02and I'd have no energy whatsoever.
494. 18:05Number three, the 24-hour rule.
495. 18:08Don't say yes right away.
496. 18:10Buy yourself the space to check your
497. 18:13energy before committing. If you want to
498. 18:15stop draining your energy, try this.
499. 18:18When someone asks you if you can do
500. 18:19something, you check your calendar, but
501. 18:22you rarely check your energy.
502. 18:24At the same time as checking your
503. 18:25calendar and your time, check your
504. 18:27energy.
505. 18:28Do you want to show up there at 50%?
506. 18:31Will that be enough? Do you want to show
507. 18:32up at 100%? Is that where you want to be
508. 18:35at? Knowing what level of energy is as
509. 18:37important as knowing the amount of time
510. 18:39you have. Remember that boundaries
511. 18:42aren't rejection, they're clarity.
512. 18:45They tell others where you end and they
513. 18:47begin.
514. 18:48Because your peace is not up for
515. 18:50negotiation. And if someone sees your
516. 18:53clarity as rejection, that says more
517. 18:55about them than it does about you.
518. 18:58Boundaries don't mean you don't care,
519. 19:01they mean you finally care about
520. 19:02yourself as well.
521. 19:04Boundaries don't make you selfish, they
522. 19:06make you self-respecting.
523. 19:09Boundaries don't make you hard to love,
524. 19:11they make you harder to manipulate.
525. 19:14And boundaries don't control others,
526. 19:17they remind you that you can only
527. 19:19control yourself. Part five, reclaiming
528. 19:23your light. So, here's the truth.
529. 19:26You can be compassionate and still have
530. 19:28boundaries.
531. 19:30You can be loving and still say no.
532. 19:33You can care deeply and still protect
533. 19:36your peace
534. 19:37because your energy is sacred. And the
535. 19:39world doesn't need more drained,
536. 19:41depleted, overgiving people. It needs
537. 19:45people who are alive, aligned, and lit
538. 19:48from within.
539. 19:50Take a deep breath.
540. 19:52Breathe in energy that nourishes you.
541. 19:54Breathe out energy that depletes you.
542. 19:58You don't owe anyone your burnout. You
543. 20:02owe yourself your peace.
544. 20:05I think it's so important for us to
545. 20:07realize
546. 20:08that when you give people your
547. 20:12leftovers,
548. 20:14you're actually not being able to give
549. 20:16your best to them.
550. 20:17And that's when you feel inadequate and
551. 20:20they don't feel good either.
552. 20:22If I'm exhausted and I can't make it to
553. 20:24an event tomorrow night
554. 20:26and I don't go,
555. 20:29I've just saved someone from having to
556. 20:30deal with my fatigue.
557. 20:33And if something's really important to
558. 20:35me, I can actually prepare my energy to
559. 20:38make sure I can be my best there. Now,
560. 20:40there are plenty of things that I go to
561. 20:42where I'm 50% of myself, but I know that
562. 20:45that's all that's required and that's
563. 20:47okay. And if I don't think I can bring
564. 20:49my best to something that needs me to be
565. 20:51at my best, I sure don't want to show up
566. 20:54because I know what it requires. So,
567. 20:56it's really important that you create
568. 20:59rules and systems because when you get
569. 21:01tired, when you get frustrated, when you
570. 21:03get annoyed, that's how you protect
571. 21:05yourself. So, because I know I only do
572. 21:07two work events a night, I can only
573. 21:10spend one
574. 21:11evening with a group. I know that I need
575. 21:14to work out every day and play some
576. 21:16pickleball two times a week.
577. 21:19That starts to give me rules and systems
578. 21:21to protect my energy. And then I can
579. 21:24monitor that for a month and see how I
580. 21:25feel.
581. 21:26It's so important to also know that your
582. 21:28priorities can shift in seasons. There
583. 21:31may be a season where it's all about
584. 21:32going out. There may be a season where
585. 21:34it's all about staying in. There may be
586. 21:36a season where it's all about building.
587. 21:39There may be a season where it's all
588. 21:40about breakthrough.
589. 21:41It's up to you to define the season and
590. 21:44the priorities that come with that
591. 21:46season, not keep running behind everyone
592. 21:49else's priorities, because they'll be
593. 21:51endless. They'll be limitless.
594. 21:53You could say yes to everyone,
595. 21:56let them down, and let yourself down,
596. 22:00because you felt drained, because you
597. 22:02felt fatigued, because you didn't have
598. 22:04the right energy. And then you feel even
599. 22:06more upset, because you think, "Wait a
600. 22:08minute, I came out even when I was
601. 22:09tired, and you're still upset with me?"
602. 22:12Which fractures your relationship even
603. 22:14more.
604. 22:15It would have been better to say no,
605. 22:16protect the relationship, and come back
606. 22:18stronger.
607. 22:19Stop thinking that saying no is you
608. 22:23being mean.
609. 22:24Stop thinking that you saying no is
610. 22:27saying you don't care. Stop thinking
611. 22:29that you saying no is saying you're not
612. 22:32important. No doesn't mean any of those
613. 22:35things.
614. 22:36It can also mean, "I don't have enough
615. 22:39energy.
616. 22:40I'm not ready to go out. I don't feel my
617. 22:42best."
618. 22:44Or it can simply mean, "No."
619. 22:47If this episode helped you protect your
620. 22:49energy today, share it with someone who
621. 22:51needs to hear this, too, because healing
622. 22:53energy, like light, multiplies when
623. 22:57shared. Thank you so much for listening
624. 22:59to today. Remember, I'm always rooting
625. 23:01for you. I'm forever in your corner, and
626. 23:04don't forget your energy is your
627. 23:05currency. Manage it like you manage your
628. 23:08money, your time, and it will make a
629. 23:11difference. See you soon. If you love
630. 23:13this episode, you'll love my
631. 23:14conversation with Dr. Joe Dispenza on
632. 23:17why stressing and overthinking
633. 23:19negatively impacts your brain and heart,
634. 23:22and how to change your habits that are
635. 23:24on autopilot. Listen to it right now.
636. 23:27How many times do we have to forget
637. 23:29until we stop forgetting and start
638. 23:31remembering? That's the moment of
639. 23:33change. Who cares how many times you
640. 23:35fell off the bicycle if you ride the
641. 23:36bicycle now? You ride the bike.