Ways to Restore Your Energy
Over the last few weeks, I’ve noticed that my clients have been talking to me about feeling burned out and drained. I’ve also noticed myself delivering on a schedule this month that has included a lot of writing, presenting and moving forward big projects without much pause or rest.
Listening to and reflecting on my clients’ experiences as well as my own has me thinking about what causes us to burn out, and how we restore our energies, sometimes termed resourcing ourselves, when we’re feeling drained.
What drains you? What energizes you? Are you resting, resting deeply? How do you resource yourself when you’re tired?
Some of the ways that we can resource internally are:
- Conscious breathing
- Visualization – imagine being in a place you love
- Noticing your feet against the floor.
- Jumping up and down, moving around the room, dancing.
- Doodling what’s going on inside you.
- Writing what’s going on inside you.
Some of the ways we can resource ourselves externally are:
- Spend time in nature
- Listen to music
- Infuse the room with an essential oil such as lavender or geranium
- Eat something
- Drink a glass of water
After an incredibly busy month, my sweetheart and I went to Monterey. I thought that my goal was to celebrate achieving my goals this month, but while in Point Lobos, I realized how deeply I needed to rest and receive the nurturing energy of the ocean, and to reconnect with my own rhythms, my own tides.
The trip reminded me that one of the reasons I start feeling burnt out and drained is because I don’t pause enough and rest. I don’t tune into my own ebb and flow even as I’m striving to get things done.
The tide still rises even when it ebbs and flow. So can I.
