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Episode 98 – Stop Absorbing Your Partner’s Energy (Stay Connected Without Losing Yourself)

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Do you absorb your partner’s or others’ emotions or feel emotionally drained after difficult conversations? 

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Many caring people find themselves carrying more than their share of emotional weight.

You want to help. You want to be supportive. You want the people you care about to feel better. But along the way, you may begin to absorb their stress, anxiety, frustration, or overwhelm as if it were your own.

This can happen in relationships, with your partner, in friendships, families, and even in the workplace.

Before you know it, you’re emotionally exhausted.

For example, someone shared a challenge they were facing. Your spouse is stressed, a coworker is frustrated, a family member is overwhelmed, or a friend needs support.

Hours later, you realize you’re still carrying the weight of that conversation and rethinking it over and over. 

Many caring, compassionate people unintentionally absorb others’ emotions. While empathy is a beautiful gift, carrying everyone else’s emotional load can leave us drained, overwhelmed, stressed, exhausted, and disconnected from ourselves.

There is a difference between supporting someone and carrying others’ emotions.

Supporting someone allows us to:

  • Listen with compassion
  • Offer encouragement
  • Be present

Carrying someone else’s emotions often looks like:

  • Worrying about them long after the conversation ends
  • Feeling responsible for solving their problems
  • Absorbing their stress as if it were your own
  • Feeling emotionally exhausted afterward

Self-Reflection Questions to Ask Yourself:

The next time you feel emotionally overwhelmed after a conversation, pause and ask:

  • What emotions belong to me?
  • What emotions belong to the other person?
  • What do I need right now to feel grounded?
  • Am I supporting or am I carrying the emotions of others?

These questions can create awareness and help you reconnect with yourself.

The strongest relationships are not built by carrying everything for one another. They are built through connection, communication, respect, and emotional awareness.

Thank you for being here.

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Patti’s Links:

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If you would like to learn more about working with Patti for coaching services⁠⁠

Exploring Life and Work with Patti – From Chaos to Calm Podcast ⁠⁠

Angela’s Links:

Angela’s new eBook, The Empath’s Guide: How to Stop Taking on Other People’s Energy ⁠https://bit.ly/empathebook1⁠

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From Chaos to Calm: Coaching Tools to Design a Life You Love

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In this episode of The Coach’s Corner, host Davina Lyons sits down with Patti Oskvarek, a Life, Leadership, and Work-Life Balance Coach and Reiki Master, for a powerful conversation about confidence, boundaries, and creating a life with intention.

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Patti shares her personal journey from shyness and people-pleasing to finding her voice and helping others design a life they truly love.


Through coaching, Reiki, affirmations, and reflective practices, she guides individuals toward calm, clarity, and meaningful personal growth, both at work and beyond it.


✨ In this episode, we explore:

Finding balance in a busy, demanding world, letting go of people-pleasing and honoring boundaries, leading with intention and inner peace

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Davina’s YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@risingresilience1

Davina was on Building Better Relationships at Home and Work with Angela and Patti podcast Episode 56 – Being Your Authentic Me in Relationships

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Episode 93 – Overwhelmed Inside, Guarded Outside: The Intimacy Disconnect

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What if the pressure to appear calm, competent, and capable is actually what’s draining you the most?

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Many professionals and caregivers feel an unspoken expectation to hold it all together. In Episode 93 – Overwhelmed Inside, Guarded Outside: The Intimacy Disconnect, we explore how this pressure can quietly disconnect us from ourselves and others.

Connection doesn’t have to be deep, intense, or exhausting. Sometimes, it just needs to feel safe.

At home, a supportive connection might mean asking for quiet time without guilt. At work, it could mean proactively sharing your progress on a project to reduce anxiety.

When you notice overwhelm:

  1. Take a Pause
  2. Offer yourself compassion
  3. Choose one small action that supports connection

Podcast Affirmation

Even when I feel overwhelmed inside, I am learning how to stay gently connected on the outside.

If this blog and video spoke to something you’ve been carrying quietly, consider staying connected. Subscribe, listen along on YouTube or Spotify, and return whenever you need a moment of calm, clarity, and encouragement.
Thank you for being here.

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When Kindness Leads the Way – In Work and Life

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Kindness is more than being polite or pleasant. It’s a choice, a way of moving through the world with compassion, empathy, and respect.

Every moment offers a decision:

  • Will I react with frustration?
  • Or respond with calm and grace?

When we choose kindness, we soften tension, build trust, and strengthen relationships in ways that feel natural and authentic.

Simple daily examples:

  • Smile at someone passing by
  • Say hello or thank you
  • Offer a compliment
  • Slow down long enough to truly see others

These examples have a ripple through our day and often uplift the people around us more than we realize.

Kindness in the Workplace: 

In the workplace, kindness is a powerful yet often overlooked leadership skill.

It may look like:

  • Listening without interrupting
  • Acknowledging others’ efforts
  • Offering help without expecting anything in return
  • Choosing calm communication, even in stress

When we pause before responding to a stressful email or a heated moment in a meeting, it can shift the entire tone of a conversation.

Kindness Toward Yourself:

Many of us freely offer kindness to others, yet struggle to provide it to ourselves. Self-kindness fuels resilience, clarity, and emotional well-being. Without it, we risk burnout, compassion fatigue, and inner frustration.

Self-kindness may look like:

  • Take breaks without guilt
  • Say “no” when you need to
  • Rest when your body calls for it

When kindness leads the way, others naturally feel safer, calmer, and more connected, and this is how compassion spreads, one moment at a time.

What is one small act of kindness you can offer today?

If you’re ready to bring more clarity, balance, and intention into your life, I would love to support you.
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How Gratitude Reduces Stress and Creates Balance at Work and Home

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Life is full of work deadlines, family responsibilities, and the never-ending to-do list. In the midst of all this, gratitude becomes a practice that can shift our perspective during the day.

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Stress can show up from decision overload, constant busyness, and the feeling that there’s never enough time. Gratitude offers a pause, a way to breathe and reframe our perspective.

By practicing the Reiki principle, ‘Just for today,’ I am grateful for my many blessings, which can help shift the focus from stress to peace.

This simple yet powerful reminder brings us back to the present moment.

Affirmation for Gratitude:

Just for today, I will give thanks for the little things.

Applying Gratitude at Work and Home:

At work: Before a meeting, silently name one thing you’re grateful for.

At home: Think of one thing you are thankful for.

Starting the day with gratitude, even on the most stressful days, feels better with a sense of thankfulness.

A Self-Reflection Journal Prompt:

How does practicing gratitude help lessen your stress?

If you tried one of these gratitude practices, let me know in the comments how it went.

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The Experience of Decision Burnout and Overwhelm

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Have you ever thought, ‘I can’t make one more decision right now’?

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From the daily grind of work duties to juggling family time, the daily choices can slowly wear you down and may lead to decision burnout and overwhelm, which is more common than you think.

Decision burnout or overwhelm happens when your mind becomes overloaded with too many decisions to make within a short period.

As time goes on, you may be experiencing:

  • Irritable with making decisions
  • Procrastination or Avoidance of making decisions
  • Overwhelmed by making decisions

Taking occasional breaks or going for a brisk walk can help.

Affirmation: I allow myself to pause before making decisions.

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What If Today Were Anger Free

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We don’t always choose what triggers us, but we can choose how we respond.

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In this post, you’ll find the full video, a guided reflection, affirmations to support your emotional peace, and a simple practice to use anytime anger starts to rise.

In this gentle reflection, I explore another Reiki principle:

Just for Today, I Will Not Be Angry.

We’ll talk about how anger often shows up when we feel unseen, unheard, or overwhelmed, and how Reiki helps us lovingly release it. Whether the frustration is your own or something you’ve picked up from others, this principle reminds us we have a choice.

And in leadership, whether at home or work, clarity is everything. This Reiki principle reminds us that we can lead with calm, not chaos.

🌬️ Just for today, return to calm.

How does anger show up in your life, and how do you release it?
I would love to hear your reflections in the comments below. 🦋 ~ Patti

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What Worry Does to Us: A Reiki Reflection on Letting Go

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Worry can be so loud at times, or silently evading thoughts. Either way, it’s heavy. And over time, it can pull us away from our presence, peace, and purpose.

One of my favorite Reiki Principles:

Just for today, I will not worry.

This simple phrase serves as a great reminder to breathe, reset, and return to a state of peace and calm, especially during stressful times.

In this video, we explore this beautiful Reiki principle, and I share a few calming ways to gently release the weight of worry, if only for today. It’s not about never worrying again; it’s about learning how to pause, reflect, and reclaim calm.

🦋 In this video and post, we will explore:

  • What worry does to our mind, body, and energy
  • Simple practices to ease stress in the moment
  • Reflective journaling prompts to help you let go

Worry is something we all carry, but we don’t have to hold onto it forever.

I would love to hear your reflections in the comments:

💬 What helps you let go of worry?

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Unplug to Reconnect with What Matters

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Are you feeling overwhelmed, overstimulated, or simply longing for a moment of stillness? This video is for you.

In this affirmation and coaching session, I gently guide you through a mindful reminder:

🦋 “I choose to schedule time to unplug each day.”

Why Unplugging Matters More Than Ever

When we’re always “on,” it’s easy to lose touch with:

  • Our energy levels
  • Our priorities
  • Our ability to be fully present

The choice to unplug, even for a few minutes, helps quiet the noise and nurture the calm within.

Gentle Ways to Make Unplugging a Daily Habit

  1. Unplugging for five minutes can reset your nervous system.
  2. Pick a consistent time – Mornings or evenings.
  3. Create a calm space – Light a candle, play soft music, or take a slow breath.
  4. Add unplugging to your calendar.

When you unplug, you’re not tuning out. You’re tuning in to peace, clarity, and balance.

💬 Self-Reflection:

👉 What’s one small way you can unplug Today and reconnect with what truly matters?

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🦋 Hi, I am Patti Oskvarek of Coaching For Inspiration with Patti. I’m a Leadership, Work-Life Balance, and Life coach, as well as a Reiki Master, who helps individuals achieve their dreams, goals, and aspirations, and live more purposeful and balanced lives outside of work.

I share strategies for achieving work-life balance, practical work and life tips, work-life balance affirmations, building better relationships, navigating leadership situations, and more.

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From Pressure to Peace: A Calming Affirmation for Inspiring Leaders

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When was the last time you felt truly calm in the middle of your busy day?

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In a world that promotes hustle and constant doing, I am sharing this Affirmation as a gentle reminder that peace is a choice and a strength.

As inspiring leaders, we don’t have to push ourselves to the edge to make an impact. We can rise higher when we lead from a calm place, when we choose clarity over chaos and stillness over burnout.

💫 Affirmation:

“I choose peace over pressure.”

Say it slowly. Breathe it in. Let it soften the tension in your shoulders. This simple phrase holds powerful energy. It reminds us that peace is always an option, even in the midst of deadlines and decision-making.

Take a moment to breathe, reset, and return to what truly matters. 

These few seconds of calm can shift your entire day.

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