Episode 8: Here’s How to Handle Donald Trump and Elon Musk Energetically

Ever feel like certain people just get under your skin—and you can’t explain why?

In this episode, Boyan dives into the hidden reasons why we get so emotionally triggered by public figures, loved ones, or people with opposing views—and how this leaves us open to manipulation. He unpacks the emotional mirror effect, tribal programming, and what it truly means to reclaim your power.

You’ll discover why emotional reactions are often rooted in unhealed pain, and how self-awareness and compassion can help you take your power back—so you’re no longer at the mercy of outside influences.

If you’re easily upset by the news, someone’s post, or just someone’s vibe, this episode might be the wake-up call you need.

Episode 8 Transcript

Boyan Dobrev (00:00)

[Introduction]
Welcome to the Empowerment Shift Podcast. I'm your host, Boyan Dobrev, and I'm here to help you unlock greater levels of awareness and clarity.

Each episode dives into inspiring stories and higher perspectives to help you break free from limiting beliefs so you can navigate challenges with grace and step into a life of alignment and empowerment. Ready to make the shift? Let’s get started!

Are you easily triggered or offended by people like Donald Trump and Elon Musk or anyone else for that matter?
If that's the case, you're easily manipulated.
And do you really want to be easily manipulated?
I don't think so. Right?

So here's what I suggest you do about it.

You see, these days, it seems like we're living in a very polarized world — left versus right, good versus bad, and so on and so on and so on.
And in fact, it's not something new, actually. If you think about it, we would always live in tribes — our tribe versus their tribe.
And being part of the tribe gives you a sense of power and unity and bonding.

So therefore, oftentimes when something bad would happen in the world, then we would blame the other tribe.
We would complain about them.
We would put them as the enemy.
And by doing so, we're giving them our power.
We're saying, I feel bad because of something that he or she did or said.
And that's not a very empowering way to live.

And what I suggest you do — I'm going to give you three different perspectives in this video, and then I'm going to wrap it up and bring it down to the very essence of this topic.

So first of all, every soul came here for a mission.
We're all here for different reasons.
We do not know what other people's reasons are.
We often don't even know what our mission is.

But as long as we're trying to understand why someone else is a certain way, it's as if we're standing under them.
We're looking up and we're seeing them up there and we're like, that's not fair.
They shouldn't be up there.
They shouldn't be saying that.
And then we want to bring them down, right?
We think that they are the reason for our unhappiness.

The soul came here for so many different reasons, and every soul has its own set of beliefs, of values.
We all have our own astrology, our human design, our gene keys that tell us more about why we are a certain way.
And this is based on where we were born, when we were born.

And then eventually as we were growing up — how are our parents, our siblings, our teachers, our environment — all of these things have a huge formative impact on how we show up in the world.

Donald Trump is the way he is because of all of those things combined.
And so is Elon Musk.

So from that perspective, the first thing I suggest is you just adopt an attitude of live and let live.
A powerful way of approaching this is looking at this person and saying:
"I accept this creation. Whatever it is, I accept it and I release the need to know why they are a certain way."

The second tip I want to share with you is: give people the benefit of the doubt, right?

Trump is now playing with his tariffs.
Nobody really knows what's going on.
There are speculations, you know — is he playing checkers, chess, or 4D chess?
Give people the benefit of the doubt.

Because we may look back at this moment in two, three, four years’ time and go like, wow, that was actually really smart.
And that was the best thing that happened.

So zoom out.
Drop the emotional intensity of this moment and ask yourself:
"What if this is supposed to be this way?"
"What if there's something better that wants to emerge from all of this?"

And then the third thing I really invite you to do is to look at Trump and Elon — or whoever else triggers you — as a mirror.
As a reflection of something that's inside of you.

And it could be two things.

First, it could be that they remind you of someone that you grew up with — a family member, a teacher, a friend —
and they had a certain characteristic or a trait that reminds you of that person who really annoyed you, or who betrayed you, or who did something bad to you.
And that hasn't been shifted and hasn't been processed.
So this is being triggered again.

You know, maybe you're like, Trump is so controlling and he wants to have all the power.
Well, was there someone else in your family or in your environment who was like that?

Or secondly, maybe it's just triggering something that you have inside of you.
You know, if you consider Trump to be controlling, are there aspects in your life where you're maybe a little bit too controlling — in work or in your family or anywhere else?

If Elon is a certain way — he's meddling, and he wants to know everything, and he should stick to his own business and not meddle with politics —
Well, are you innocent of that as well?
Like, are you never meddling and putting your nose in other people's business?
Maybe, maybe not.

So I know this can be really tough, but it is so powerful.
Like, what is it in them that is in me as well?

I'll give you an example.
During COVID, for example, I had this judgment towards people that would live in fear —
fear of catching the virus, fear of dying, you know, wearing masks and vaccinating and social distancing and telling on people who weren't, you know, obeying.

And so I was triggered.
And then after a while, I realized why I was triggered.
They were afraid of the things I just mentioned.
But even though I wasn't afraid of those things, I was afraid of something else.
I was afraid of losing my freedom.

And it was so powerful to realize this so that I could shift it and let go of this fear of losing my freedom —
and then let go of the judgment towards others who have other fears.

So really looking at yourself is super powerful.

And so to bring this all together — what does it all come down to?
It is ownership.
Taking ownership of your own happiness, your own wellbeing — mentally, physically, emotionally —
and letting go of this power that you've been giving to people outside of you.

At the end of the day, what happens in your own house
is infinitely more important than what's happening in the White House.
They are not the reason for how you feel — unless you give them that power.

If you take that power back to you and you say:
"Me, and only me. I'm in control of my life. I'm in control of my happiness and well-being. I'm going to take that ownership and I'm going to see what I need to change for me, for my family, for my work."

Then what they are doing suddenly no longer affects you.
I'm not triggered at all by anyone outside of me — like by those politicians. Doesn't affect me.

And I just give them the benefit of the doubt as well.
I'm like, let's see. Let's see what happens.

And when you adopt that attitude of “let's see what happens,” it is so powerful.
Because then you're like, well, I got my business, they have their business, and then there's the universe's business.

And I believe that the universe is a loving universe.
And that everything that exists on the planet is because it is allowed to exist.

And therefore, who am I to judge what should be existing and what should not be existing, what should be happening, what shouldn't be happening, how people should behave or shouldn't behave?
It's none of my business.

I just focus on me — and that is so, so empowering.
And I really wish you can take this on board.

Because the more people take ownership, the better people are going to feel.
And the better society is going to be for it.
Because we're going to be less judgmental, less easily manipulated.
And we're all going to live in greater levels of peace and joy.

I'll see you in the next one.

[Outro] 

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The Truth You Need to Hear

✔️ You don’t need to understand or agree with everyone. Just accept their existence.
✔️ Triggers are mirrors—what annoys you might reflect what’s unhealed in you.
✔️ The moment you take ownership of your inner world, you’re no longer manipulable.

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