Have you been experiencing a long period of chronic stress + strain at work, a challenging project, an increased workload/responsibility or work travel and simply not taking time for yourself, not listening to your body when you need to rest? Increased responsibility and stress plus poor self care can result in lack of energy- both physically + mentally… living on autopilot and lacking interest in life because you feel so exhausted.
Maybe it’s circumstantial or perhaps you’ve experienced this for years……waking up everyday knowing you’re exhausted but not doing anything differently to change it.
If you feel completely drained and you’re dragging yourself along trying to get things done, it’s time to listen to your body and make some shifts towards restoring your energy. Listening to your inner guidance and recognizing the needs of your body can help to restore your strength and vitality.
What is Inner Guidance?
Inner guidance is a deep knowing or gut feeling that helps keep you on track and in alignment with what is best for your body, mind and spirit.
It’s something we all have, but we need to listen in order to benefit from it. Many people go through their lives ignoring this innate ability, ignoring this sense of knowing what to do that helps us be happy, healthy and vibrant. Having self awareness about your thoughts, emotions and actions helps you be in alignment with your highest potential.
There is also a lot of pressure and conditioning from the outside world to do and be certain ways in order to feel love, acceptance and approval which also may be a contributing factor to the mental and physical exhaustion that you’re experiencing. Uncovering belief systems about how you function in your day to day could be helpful in restoring your energy and reducing the load that contributes to the mental and physical exhaustion you’re experiencing. Looking at your situation from an objective point of view can help you uncover limiting beliefs. Write down what comes up.
Journal Prompts for Mental and Physical Exhaustion
Here are a few thought provoking journal prompts to get you started on the path of self awareness so you can tune into your inner guidance:
- In what way do I deplete myself and run myself into the ground?
- What thoughts, emotions or pain am I ignoring?
- Why have I allowed myself to get so exhausted? Temporary/short term circumstances? Long term circumstances?
- What is causing me the most stress and tension right now and how can I minimize that?
- Write down a list of things that can help you feel more energized.
- Write down a list of ways that you like to rest and relax.
- What is my gut feeling about what I need right now?
Self Care Practices + Tips
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- Rest + Relaxation (What works for you? Try new things!)
- Movement: Any Exercise, Yoga, Tai Chi
- Meditation: Try mine! Restore Energy.
- Affirmations: While you’re practicing anything relaxing or energizing, say to yourself silently or out loud: “I AM RESTORING MY ENERGY” (Really feel it in your body and mind as you say it)
- Breathing practices
- Try the Bach Flower Remedy OLIVE. One of the modalities that I use to help my clients is called Bach Flower Therapy. I offer 1:1 sessions, but the Bach Flower system was created as a self help system so anyone can access and use them with ease.
(Don’t know what Bach Flower Remedies are? Check out my 8 minute video What Are Bach Flower Remedies?)
“The body is consuming energy when tense, and restoring energy when it is relaxed.” – Ronnie Lott
Making changes and shifts can be challenging but if you’re running on empty and everything is an effort, I highly recommend trying any of these simple practices to help you get back on track so you can live a vibrant, energetic life. Take time for yourself to restore your energy!
