Calling Back Your Energy
The last few weeks I’ve been experiencing a strange new symptom.
Tiredness.
Not full blown exhaustion, just low grade energy.
I’ve been yawning early in the day, fighting the urge to nap, and eager to go to bed earlier and earlier.
One day, I fell asleep outside during my lunch hour, and though the sun bath was delicious, I woke groggy and unable to jump back into work.
Tiredness isn’t typical for me. I’m a three-times-a-week gym goer. I alternate between cycle class and yoga every week and parkour every Sunday.
Was the exercise making me tired? It’s true, too much exercise can tip us over into exhaustion, yet for me, exercise energizes me and keeps me going. It’s my medicine.
So, using my curandero intuition, I looked at all the things happening in my life, and the answer stared right back at me. Emotional and mental burnout.
Work that no longer fulfills me, projects and conferences and travel that have challenged my endurance, marital strife, ongoing parenting woes, and oh yeah, a move on the horizon.
One of my best friends commented: “Every area of your life is causing you some kind of duress.”
I was also doing one other thing that was potentially helping, albeit exacerbating the situation. I was telling everyone, over and over, that I’m So. Damn. Tired.
The repetition probably doesn’t help, especially with those who are already experiencing their own kind of burnout, I’m sure. While sharing somewhat permits commiseration, oversharing can be just as toxic.
So, dear reader, I’ll stop with said oversharing and shift to a tiny bit of advice, one that my curandero (read: me) suggested to me once before: gather yourself back in. Call back all the energy you have used on those things that do not serve you. Shift back to healthy conversation with yourself and others. Cut ties after intense conversations and large events. Move on without the stress of others and only give away to those who vibrate with you, not against you. (You know who they are.)
These small, unseen acts, have been helping me regain my strength and energy, so that I am not wasted and worn early in the glorious gift of a new day.
I urge you to try these things if and when you’re feeling the creep of exhaustion. Chances are parts of your body, mind, and spirit have been depleted in some way. When one is low, the other one will feel it. Your challenge is to pay attention, listen to the cues, and heal accordingly.
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