3 Energy Conservation Behaviors
3 Energy Conservation Behaviors
Energy: Your capacity for action.
Below are 3 simple behavioral shiftsyou canmake THIS WEEK to conserve your energy…and even BOOST IT =>
- Speak the truth.When you lie you actually increase the stress hormone in your body and you render yourself in a state “stealth” anxiety. What’s that? Good question. Stealth anxiety runs underneath your conscious awareness and is anenergy thief.Fear that other people may find out the truth can haunt your good conscious…even the itty, bitty lies can catch up to you quickly, stealing your peace and energy.As human beings, we lie or distort the truth because we are afraid: afraid of failure or success, that we don’t measure up, that we are not enough just as we are, fear of what others will think or say if we speak the truth, fear of not getting what we feel we need in order to completely love and accept ourselves and/or feel accomplished and successful or simply afraid that we won’t get our desired outcome.Have you ever made a statement that you know is false yet you find the words tumbling out of your mouth before you can stop them?
This is a perfect example of what happens when the drug of approval overtakes your moral compass in life.
When your desire to be seen, acknowledged, recognized and approved of exceeds your inner knowing that you are enough just as you are, that God delights in your uniqueness, you become vulnerable to this stress producing energy leak.
Keep watch on this one, it’s a creepy little reptile that slithers its way into your choice of verbiage.
Basically it dilutes your character, authenticity and integrity leaving you back peddling as you attempt to regain your ground.
- Drink more water. Do you feel sluggish throughout the day? Headaches? Foggy thinking? Eyes closing in the midst of meetings? There is a possible easy, peasy solution: DRINK MORE WATER. Your body is made up of approximately 60% water: 83% of your lungs are made up of water, your heart and brain contain 73 % water (2018, H.H. Mitchell, Journal of Biological Chemistry). This week do a little experiment, get yourself a big water bottle, fill it up and take it with you… DRINK small amounts (a dixie cup size), 4 times every hour. Observe shifts your energy, mood and motivation.
- Unplug before bed:Too often we rush into rest. Have you ever tried to get a young child to bed after a ton of activity and excitement? The overactive brain requires intentional behaviors that create calm, peace and silence in order to down shift intoreparative/restorative sleep. Unplug from activities that require your brain to be ON…watching TV, surfing the internet, phones, blue screens, noisy environments. This week practice creating rest rituals that slow you down: read, lower the lights, listen to calm music, prayer/reflection.
To sum it all up: speak the truth, be intentional every hour to drink more water and last but not least create relaxing rituals at least 1-2 hours before you go to sleep. The mitochondria are the engines to your cells which fuel your energy throughout your day. One of the best ways to recharge your mitochondria is to commit to guarding your sleep…so that it is deep and sweet.