Product Description

Your personal energy is a precious commodity, and to live fully, you must vigilantly nurture and protect that energy. Now, with Positive Energy Practices, renowned psychiatrist and intuitive Judith Orloff teaches you a series of techniques, guided meditations, and tools to harness the power of positive energy and combat the influences that drain and deplete us. "We can’t stop the negative circumstances from happening in our lives, but we can learn ways to protect our energy so that we can stay centered in dealing with the stresses that arise," teaches Dr. Judith Orloff. On Positive Energy Practices, she offers many life-saving prescriptions for transforming fatigue, stress, and fear into vibrance, strength, and love.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #90195 in Books
• Brand: Sounds True
• Published on: 2006-01-01
• Released on: 2006-01-01
• Format: Audiobook
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 2
• Binding: Audio CD

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• ISBN13: 9781591794059
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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From the Author
Judith Orloff, M.D. is a leading voice in the fields of medicine, psychiatry, and intuitive development. A resident of Los Angeles, she is an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at UCLA and an international lecturer. Dr. Orloff is the author of the best-sellers Second Sight (Warner, 1996) and Judith Orloff ’s Guide to Intuitive Healing (Three Rivers Press, 2001).

About the Author
Judith Orloff, M.D. is a leading voice in the fields of medicine, psychiatry, and intuitive development. A resident of Los Angeles, she is an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at UCLA and an international lecturer. Dr. Orloff is the author of the best-sellers Second Sight (Warner, 1996), Judith Orloff ’s Guide to Intuitive Healing (Three Rivers Press, 2001), and Positive Energy (Three Rivers Press, 2005).

From AudioFile
The understanding of intuition and subtle energy is infinitely more accessible in this compact lesson by a leading intuitive empath, teacher, and psychiatrist. Dr. Orloff offers help that sounds more grounded in her personal experiences than in previous programs. She sounds more willing to be vulnerable, and yet her ideas remain a credit to her intellectual clarity and desire to be helpful. With a pleasant and genuine tone, she straddles the divide between connecting with listeners and offering complex ideas. Her advice on understanding personal boundaries and moderating one's needs in this context is especially empowering. With inviting meditations and excercises, this is a program busy people can refresh themselves with on a regular basis. T.W. © AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

Customer Reviews

Good Series for the "Highly Sensitive" and Those Who Consider Themselves Empaths
"It's very important to set your energy as a priority. Energy is the most important thing you have in the world." - From Positive Energy Practices

Have you ever been around a blaming critical person and felt "slimed"? What about constant talkers or drama queens who leave you feeling sapped of energy? According to psychiatrist and intuitive Judith Orloff, there are energy vampires among us and they leave us feeling depleted, weary, and tired. In fact, you may be an energy vampire, too...however unwittingly.

In her 2 CD series Positive Energy Practices: How to Attract Uplifting People and Combat Energy Vampires, Dr. Orloff discusses understanding intuition, optimizing and getting in sync with your energy, identifying the nine types of energy vampires, and using visualization to combat draining people and circumstances.

According to Dr. Orloff, "We've become deaf to the voice of our own intuition because our society values the linear, the logical, and the rational. It values pushing and over-achieving and not listening to the body." She suggests the exact opposite, encouraging listeners to tune in to subtle energy, honoring body signals, and following intuition. A person may look good on paper or in person, but if your gut starts to spasm, your neck starts to tense up, you begin to cross your arms or your breathing becomes shallow, your body is letting you know that something is amiss energetically.

Some of the ideas presented in this audio series include:

* Signs of positive energy
* Signs of negative energy
* The 8 tell-tale signs that you're an intuitive empath
* Grounding meditation
* Tuning into the energy of a relationship
* Connecting with collective unity

In addition, she describes the nine types of energy vampires:

1. The Sob Sister
2. The Blamer
3. The Drama Queen
4. The Constant Talker/Joke-Teller
5. The Fixer-Upper
6. The Outwardly Nice Socializer
7. The Go-for-the-Jugular Fiend
8. Crowds
9. Unintentional sappers

Orloff explains that most energy vampires aren't dong this maliciously or consciously. Because of social conditioning or the way they were taught to behave, vampires feel they lack energy and have a subliminal need to feel better about themselves. Thus, they seek energy from others to fill this void.

Her recommendations for dealing with each energy vampire are brief and general, such as visualizing a shield of white light or politely excusing yourself from a conversation.

I can see how Positive Energy Practices can help some people, especially ones that identify with the term "intuitive empath" or "emotional empath". However, as I was listening to this series, I couldn't help but think, "Well, it seems to me that the common denominator of all these interactions with 'vampires' is...the intuitive empath!" Is everyone else really the problem, or is their a major leak in the energy system of the "empath"?

Dr. Orloff seems to believe that some people are born extra-sensitive and intuitively gifted, so this makes them susceptible to energetic drains from crowds, intimate relationships, co-habitation, strong scents, bright lights, and more. I can certainly understand this, because I'm quite sensitive around too much sensory stimulation, cloying perfumes or colognes, or individuals invading my personal space. But I was surprised that Dr. Orloff seemed to address what's wrong with "them", but not addressing the possible energy leaks and weaknesses with the "empath"-including why they end up drawing such people into their lives in the first place.

Granted, she shows individuals how to boost their own positive energy and maintain a calm center, and she is very compassionate towards empaths and vampires alike. She encourages empaths to treat vampires with respect and politeness, but to neutralize them nonetheless. She also applauds individuals who admit to being an energy vampire, saying they're courageous for seeing and admitting this pattern. While she encourages their healing, she never says HOW to address long-standing patterns of blame, complaining, dramatizing, and talking.

In many ways, Dr. Orloff's teaching style is the exact opposite of another energy intuitive and teacher: Caroline Myss. Myss would likely berate the listener, saying that if they're leaking energy and feeling drained, it's because there are pieces of them scattered in different time zones with different situations-causing energetic "lead" in the system. They're not "here" and they're leaking energy-which could one day lead to illness. In fact, I've heard Myss teach that when someone crosses their arms, they're trying to protect the 3rd chakra power point because they're not strong enough to hold their own power. So if you want the soft, gentle approach that's supportive of "highly sensitive" people, you'll probably enjoy Positive Energy Practices by Dr. Judith Orloff. However, if you like to be hit in the face (or gut) with how weak you are and why you need to shore up your energetic system and self-esteem, try one of the Myss CD series (most are excellent, but she can be a hard pill to swallow for some).

Positive Energy Practices and Combating Energy Vampires
Ever wonder how to get rid of the people in your life that suck you dry? That drain you of all your energy? This is the CD set to buy. I have learned how to combat all the energy vampires out there in a kind, loving and compassionate way without isolating these people. Learn how to take care of you for a change and get rid of the negatives in your life. This set turned my life around and it can do it for you too!

Excellent!
This has been an excellent resource for me while struggling with personal boundaries, self-doubt, or assertiveness issues. I love how Dr. Orloff puts everything into plain and simple terms, easily understood and put into practice. The information here has completely changed my life and my relationships for the best. I recommend it for anyone who finds themselves stuck in relationships with people that drain them, or that seem to be one-way.

Because the information here is so intuitive, it almost seems familiar and so "common sense." Good, good stuff. I can't recommend it enough.