How to Protect your Space and Energy: 7 Unpopular Ways you Must Try

This post explains in detail how to protect your space and energy in 7 unpopular but functional ways.

We are in a world where overstimulation is everywhere.

Every now and then, you might find yourself looking for ways to help protect your space and energy.

Whether you live alone or with others, this is something important.

It helps the quality of your life improve, and you’ll know what’s stopping you from growing and being happy, trust me.

How to block negative energy?

It al boils down to who and what you allow into your space.

If you’re wondering how to block negative energy, you must have clear limits on what you focus on.

For instance, someone might be trying to piss you off or saying things that are not true about you. In whatever case, there is negative energy being sent your way.

This is just a simple example but honestly, one of the initial steps is to stop caring about what they think or say!

Whenever something like this happens, don’t react. Instead, look for solutions and how you can keep yourself balanced.

By being emotionally detached with what others think of you, you will have completed the first big step to protecting yourself from negative energy.

Also, you might not be aware that these things are happening.

But your body and spirit wil tell you.

You might feel your intution being off the charts or even experiencing physical exhaustion.

In some cases, you might have extreme headaches that have literally no cause even after you’ve gone to your doctor.

Some other signs might include unexplained fears and getting that weird feeling in your stomach. Almost feels like your guts are being chopped or something similar.

So, to protect yourself from negative energy, first detach emotionally, and then apply the 7 tips I’ll discuss in this post.

If you’d like to know about how to identify negative people, comment below and I’ll cover it in the next post.

Enough of that now, let’s dive into the actual unpopular (but not so unpopular) ways you can use to keep your sanity.

1. Prioritize your time, especially when it comes to your phone

Please hear me out. Every time a text comes in, you don’t have to respond right away.

I am not saying this in a snobby rude way but prioritizing is crucial.

Assume you were in the middle of a task, either work or studying. Every text and call answered during this time, especially if it is not something urgent or planned, takes away your productivity.

How do you protect your space?

Protecting your space also means having boundaries when it comes to telecommunication.

Also, this means that you have boundaries regarding the time people call you.

Personally, I find calling someone after 9 PM to be rude unless it’s an emergency.

You are not obligated to give people access to you, even when you don’t feel like it.

Be polite but very firm with your boundaries. It is best to communicate them both verbally and non-verbally.

One of the main advantages of protecting your space through setting firm boundaries is that you’ll have better and respectful connections.

Everyone in your circle wil be aware of your boundaries and how to respectfully engage with you and you’l also do the same.

Honestly, I find this to be one of the key ingredients to lasting friendships and interactions because where respect is, peace thrives!

So, when someone texts or calls after your mentally reinforced curfew, answer it the next day.

And if it is someone you don’t want having access to you, don’t be afraid to block them.

It might seem harsh, but trust me, this works, and you’ll have so much time to yourself.

But there are people in your inner circle for whom you can relax these rules.

What I meant was not everyone has to have access to you whenever they want to.

This breeds grounds for disrespect and manipulation.

So, to protect your space and energy, this step is a need.  

2. Be comfortable alone

Being alone helps you get to know yourself better.

Remember, there is a significant difference between being alone and being lonely.

When you’re comfortable alone, it means that you enjoy your own company.

You don’t have to depend on the presence of others to feel fulfilled.

But don’t isolate yourself because, as they say, no man is an island.

For me, being comfortable alone is one way I found who I would love to be in life.

This is because I had time to myself, and not because I needed to, but because I wanted to.

When you are comfortable alone, you can take charge of your energy and space.

You will not have to bend and jump through hoops to please others because you will be living to fulfil your life’s purpose.

So, finding comfort in being alone is a great way to protect your energy and space, especially from energy vampires and people who want to maliciously benefit by being in your space.

3. Don’t indulge in drugs, pretty please

Drugs will literally throw you off course.

Please don’t indulge in recreational drugs because they’ll mess up your energy equilibrium.

It will be harder to reroute, but never impossible.

If you’re already in it, you got this, and you can find your way back.

Seek professional help and create strong bonds with people you trust (even if it’s just one).

These bonds will be your support system, and you’ll be able to make conscious choices to stay sober.

4. Be straightforward with people

When with others, don’t beat around the bush. As I mentioned earlier, be polite but firm.

Anytime you need to communicate, be straightforward because this will help you establish boundaries.

When you are not straightforward, it leaves blurry lines and loopholes for people to step over your boundaries and disrespect.

To fully protect your space and energy, please give it as it is.

For example, if you don’t like people coming over to your house, directly communicate that.

But when you’re vague, some will not get the message, and you will have a hard time because someone shows up.

This applies to everyone, whether close or just acquaintances.

In everything, being straightforward saves you lots of energy and helps protect your space.

5. Go no contact with no 2^nd guessing

When relationships, whether familial, friends, or romantic, start to feel off balance and you’ve done your best, your goal should be terminating the friendship ASAP.

No 2^nd guessing.

I’ve mentioned this before in previous posts because it worked out for me.

In my case, it was completely cutting off toxic family members.

If they aren’t a good match or they continuously disrespect/cross boundaries, they’ve got to go. It doesn’t matter how long you were friends/family.

It is not an easy thing to do, but trust me, when you do it and get used to the peace that comes with it, you’ll never look back.

There’s some occasional guilt, but when you fully heal, you will not feel this anymore.

You will appreciate the person you become more than the person who, in the past, let others walk all over them.

You got this!!

6. Declutter

Get rid of things that remind you of peeps or phases you don’t associate with anymore.

If you’ve been asking yourself about how to remove negative energy from a space, then decluttering is an immediate choice before you move on to the big boy/girl steps like cleansing.

The price or value of these items doesn’t matter because what’s more important now is protecting your peace.

Every corner you turn, and see something that reminds you of that past version of you or people, you give it energy that it does not deserve.

An example is constantly seeing a gift that was given by an ex or a toxic friend.

That friendship and/or relationship ended for a reason. So, it is only reasonable to also get rid of things that remind you of that season in your life (but not in a bad way tho).

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Whenever you see that item, you will be reminded of them, and this does no good in your healing.

It offsets your energy balance and controls you in your OWN space!

You should be in control, and not it.

So, this is where decluttering helps, especially if you are trying to rebrand yourself, start over, or balance your energy and protect your space.

7. Cleansing

I live by this, and it applies to so many aspects of life.

I live in a society where voodoo and evil eye are around every corner. So, protecting my space and energy becomes my number one priority.

It does not have to do with that alone.

But everyone carries their own unique energy, and when these frequencies don’t exist in harmony with yours, chaos ensues.

I will not go deeper into explaining how this works, as there are plenty of in-depth articles that can fully help.

Or I can write a separate post for y’all if you’d like that. Please lmk.

How to protect my energy from others spiritually

Cleansing is a spiritual act and goes beyond you cleaning your space or body.

Protecting your energy spiritually also requires a level of intention in cleansing so you can “wash off” any negative energy clinging to you.

Back to what we were saying.

Cleansing helps you protect your energy, and you can do the following (according to what has always worked for me and those around me – p.s., this has been passed down generations).

Intentional baths where you say protective words over yourself are great for removing any weird energy.

Or energy that does not belong to you.

You can use herbs as per your traditional beliefs, but I personally use senna leaves in my bath water (yes, the natural laxative lol) to cleanse, break evil eye or negative energy sent in my direction.

Additionally, you can use cedar, which is invites peace and calm energy.

Cedar has ben used by Indigenous communities in North America for ages and it is such a powerful spirit cleanser.

Its purification effect can help you get rid of negative energy in your space. Smudging is best if you want to cleanse your space, but it has many other uses, like a calming effect because of its aroma.

Boil the leaves and strain them out, then use that water for a bath.

Be sure to use a green or dark colored container/tub, as it tends to stain wherever it touches.

This plant works like magic, and it has helped in so many ways.

For more deets on how this has worked, you can reach out to me on my socials and I’ll be more than happy to chat (for free).

But basically, it’s an intentional bath that helps reset and protect my energy.

You don’t have to use herbs or salt if you don’t like them.

Plain bath water works fine because what matters most is your intention.

Conclusion

Recap

• Prioritize your time, don’t let your phone control you
• Be comfortable alone
• Please don’t do drugs, pretty please
• Be straightforward and communicate assertively about your boundaries
• Go no contact without second guessing
• Declutter
• Cleansing

All the best! xoxo