Are you protecting your energy… or accidentally stealing it from other people?

The bold truth: Most successful women don’t realize how often they regulate their nervous system through other people instead of through themselves.

In this episode, Dasha breaks down a pattern most high-functioning women fall into without knowing it: using other people’s nervous systems to feel better. Whether it’s venting, gossiping, or amplifying a small moment into a dramatic one, these energy-grabbing behaviors are often unconscious attempts to climb out of a low, frozen state.

Dasha shares why this happens on a nervous-system level, how you can recognize the instinct in real time, and what it means to protect—not leak—your own energy. She also tells a personal story about nearly being in a car accident and feeling the urge to “borrow” energy from others, and how catching herself changed everything.

This episode is not about guilt. It’s about discernment. When you stop outsourcing your regulation, you start reclaiming your energy, your clarity, and your power.

• The difference between protecting your energy vs. stealing it
• How the nervous system “ladder” drives your reactions
• Why venting, gossip, and drama feel good temporarily
• Self-regulation vs. outsourcing your regulation
• What it looks like to reclaim your energetic boundaries

“Protecting your energy isn’t selfish. It’s essential.”
“You don’t need to steal someone else’s spark to feel alive.”

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Website: coachingbydasha.com
LinkedIn: Dasha Tcherniakovskaia