The Shift Doctors (Marion Ross, Ph.D. & Tracy Latz, M.D.) take questions on various integrative medicine and metaphysical topics. We recently received an inquiry asking: “How we can recognize the ‘Energy Zappers’ in our lives?”

One thing Energy Zappers have in common: if you participate they have you at ‘Hello’. Just think of the phone ringing and the man on the other end asking “Is the lady of the house in?” and you answer “Why?” and he responds by saying “Well, please don’t hang up but I am from the Fraternal Order of Police and”… you know if you stay on the line you are hooked. The zappers are the same. They are like an energetic vacuum cleaner sucking out part of your life force so you feel tired, drained, perhaps angry or hurt, and wishing you hadn’t had that interaction. Are you the sponge soaking up the negativity of others around you?

We are all connected energetically. We have all walked into a room and felt bad vibes. We have probably all had the same feeling upon meeting certain people. In our encounters we have warm, caring, nurturing people around us, those with which we have a good exchange; and then we have the ‘zappers’.

There are several different types of energy ‘Zappers’ that will STING you whenever they get the opportunity. Do you find these situations familiar?

1. You are feeling drained either being on the phone or in person with a friend who gabs constantly about anything and everything; and, when you do finally get a word in, they snatch the conversation back to themselves. It’s all about them!

2. Or when the phone rings, all you hear about is “poor me”; “my child didn’t get into the new school”, Read More→