How to Stay Positive in a Challenging Environment: 3 Protection Spells

Learn how to stay positive in a negative environment with three gentle crystal spells for protection, balance, and emotional resilience.

Staying positive in a challenging environment can feel like a tall order—especially when you’re surrounded by stress, discord, or difficult personalities. Whether the tension shows up at work, in your community, or within your own household, it can begin to seep into your thoughts, emotions, and even your body.

That’s where spiritual self‑care becomes essential.

The three crystal charms below are designed to help you maintain your inner equilibrium when outer circumstances feel chaotic. They won’t magically change other people or instantly resolve complex situations—but they will help you protect your energy, soften your reactions, and return to a calm, empowered center. In other words, they help you stay positive without denying reality or bypassing your feelings.

These spells are adapted from my book You Are Magical, and they’re especially useful if you find yourself searching for ways to:

• Stay positive at work

• Protect your energy from negativity
• Deal with difficult people gracefully
• Maintain emotional balance under stress

Use them as gentle, repeatable rituals—small acts of magic that add up to real emotional resilience.

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Spell 1: Boost Harmony in the Workplace

If you’re dealing with tension, gossip, clashing personalities, or emotional drain at work, this charm is designed to help you stay grounded and emotionally protected while remaining open‑hearted.

Rather than blocking everything out, it establishes a calm, luminous boundary—one that preserves your inner harmony without hardening you.

You’ll need:

• An amethyst cluster quartz pendant necklace that rests over your heart

Before beginning, cleanse the pendant by bathing it bright sunlight for a minute or two.

Hold the necklace in your left palm and cup your right hand over it. Feel warmth and light flowing from your right hand into the stone. Then say:

My heart is calm, my joy is bright, I’m safe within a sphere of light.

Wear the pendant daily for peace and energetic protection. About once per moon cycle, cleanse it again in sunlight and repeat the spoken charm to keep the magic fresh and strong.

Spell 2: Cocoon Yourself in Positivity

One of the most common questions I hear is: How do I stay positive in a negative situation?

A helpful guiding thought comes from Wayne Dyer: “How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.”

This ritual helps you honor that truth by strengthening your energetic boundaries while surrounding you with gentle, supportive energy. It employs a mantra that aligns with the beautiful Hindu Goddess, Lakshmi.

It does take a bit of dedication, but many people find it becomes a treasured morning meditation—one that sets the tone for the entire day.

You’ll need:

• A mala (prayer beads) made with 108 rose quartz or fluorite beads

First, energetically cleanse the mala using sunlight, white sage smoke, running water, or any combination that feels right to you. If possible, empower it under the full moon—but don’t delay starting the ritual if the timing isn’t perfect. You can always deepen the magic later.

Each morning, sit comfortably facing east with your spine upright. Take a few deep breaths and allow your mind to settle.

Using the beads to keep count, chant Om shrim (pronounced Ohm Shreem) 108 times. Begin with a single Om, then move through the 108 repetitions of Om shrim, and finish with one final Om.

• Om aligns you with the infinite and the divine.
• Shrim resonates with harmony, good fortune, balance, and loving order.

As you chant, imagine each sound gently washing through your body and aura. If your mind wanders, simply bring it back to the sound and the sensation.

After the final Om, rest for a moment. Sense or visualize a soft pink light filling and surrounding you—like a cocoon of calm positivity.

Wear the mala throughout the day as a necklace or bracelet to help preserve this energy.

Spell 3: Harmonize Your Thoughts

When stress builds up, our thoughts can become scattered, repetitive, or harsh. This simple spell is designed to soothe mental discord and bring your thinking back into a more harmonious rhythm.

You’ll need:

• A lepidolite pendant

On the day of a new moon, visit a moving body of water such as a stream, river, or the ocean. Safely hold the lepidolite in the flowing water. As you do, imagine your thoughts being gently rinsed clean—releasing what no longer serves you and restoring mental clarity.

Remove the pendant and hold it in your right hand as it air‑dries. Spend a quiet moment gazing at the water, allowing your nervous system to settle.

Then begin wearing the pendant as often as possible for one full moon cycle, from new moon to new moon. When you feel the energy needs refreshing, you can repeat the ritual.

Remember:

Staying positive doesn’t mean pretending everything is fine. It means choosing, again and again, to return to your center—even when life feels messy or demanding.

When it’s your intention to maintain emotional balance, energetic protection, or inner peace, you can use one of these spells as a simple anchor of support.

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If you’d like to go deeper into energetic boundaries and spiritual self‑protection, you may enjoy Little Guide to Protection Magic: Everything You Need to Know, Including Protection Spells.

Is staying positive in a challenging environment something you’re actively working on right now? Feel free to share your experience in the comments.