If you feel drained around people, it’s not because you’re absorbing their energy—it’s because you’re abandoning your own. In this video I’ll show you why you learned to read everyone’s emotions and how to stop losing yourself in the process. Hey! To help you make 2026 your most empowered year yet, I’m putting together a step-by-step process with all my top courses, workshops and meditations! Join the waitlist here to be notified when it goes live: https://www.aaronsblackfridayspecial.com/2025-waitlist 0:00 – What If You’re Not Actually Absorbing Energy? 1:02 – Why You Can’t Be Yourself Around Others 2:00 – Childhood Survival: Tuning to Everyone Else 4:32 – The Chameleon Pattern: Losing Yourself to Fit In 5:50 – Learning to Stay in Your Own Frame 7:00 – Vulnerability as the Key to Real Connection 9:55 – Becoming Passive vs. Being in Your Real Energy 12:20 – The Real Reason You Feel Drained 13:52 – Codependency: Fixing, Pleasing & Easing Their Tension 15:59 – Being in Your Own Frame Changes Everything 18:40 – Re-Creating Childhood Patterns in Adult Relationships 25:20 – The Freedom of Not Managing Others’ Perceptions