Learn how to free yourself from anxieties with these 6 easy steps

How I'm Protecting My Energy in 2019

Sometimes, you’re saying “yes!” to all of those social plans, goal-setting like a boss, and making space in your mental closet of life for all the opportunities that could come your way.

Yep.

At the start of anything new

(new year, new job, new friend, new house), we often feel pumped, optimistic, and hyper-motivated.

But what happens when something disrupts all those good vibes you’ve been cultivating?

It was just a few years ago—when I realized that I couldn’t just be on the offense with protecting my energy; I had to play defense, too.

I sat in my truck in the driveway for 10min dreading the walk to the front door, dragging myself up the stairs to my room, kicking off my shoes and flopping onto the bed. “Ugh why do I feel so drained?” I wondered.

“Energy is your most precious human resource.”

I reflected on the fact that my work days were long and stressful, my friends were often eager to hang out when I wanted to be alone, my family was asking a lot of me, and I wasn’t even excited for Hair anymore when I love the Salon and HairStylist lifestyle.

I felt like someone had come and sucked all the life out of me and I was just going through the motions of my daily routine, but not enjoying anything.

I knew I had to take back the reins to manifest and protect positive energy in my life.

Knowing Your Energy

So what’s energy? I’m not talking about food and water—but the energy that makes me me.

I’m someone who talks fast and loud and whose laugh is contagious. I’m generally a bubbly person who enjoys doing all the things, but how did it all slip away? How do I get it back?

You’ll have different energy levels throughout the day. What’s important to remember is that other things that happen throughout your day, as well as other people, can affect your energy levels.

Along with your physical energy, there’s your emotional, mental, and spiritual energy.

When you’re lacking in energy, it’s when you don’t feel like you have enough of something in you to continue a task. When you’ve got too much energy, you may feel hyper or like you can’t quite calm down.

It’s not just about having or not having energy, it’s about figuring out how to access energy and letting it flow through your body.

6 Steps to Protecting Your Energy This Year

There’s positive energy and negative energy, like good vibes and bad vibes. It’s easy to overlook when negative energy affects us and takes over.

1. Steer Clear of Energy Vamps

Energy vampires do one thing: Suck the energy out of you. Sometimes it’s tough to spot one, but you’ll know the feeling if you feel drained after hanging out with this vampire for a while. It could be a friend, family member, co-worker, or anyone. Be aware of who the energy vamps are in your life and steer clear.

2. Set Healthy Boundaries

Have you heard of reclaiming your time? It’s something you should invest in all the time. Set boundaries in all aspects of your life. Just think of yourself as a mama bear, protecting your energy cub. If you’re not protective, someone or something could come and hurt your baby energy cub. Setting boundaries will let others know where the line is. This is important because everyone has different energy levels.

3. Speak Up

After you’ve identified your energy vamps or your boundaries, you should probably communicate that to someone. Yes, confrontation sucks, but I’ve found out that staying quiet won’t solve anything.

When you turn inward, you can tell when there’s an energy shift and why.

I’ve got some friends who love hanging out after work to relax. I prefer to unwind at home by myself to collect my thoughts. It always made me anxious when they’d ask me for drinks after work because I hated saying, “No.” But saying, “Yes” kept me stressed because I didn’t actually get to unwind from my day.

I realized that instead of feeling obligated to go, I should just speak up. Your friends, family and co-workers will understand if you speak your thoughts. You won’t be able to function when your energy is all wonky. I prefer lunch dates or dinners with friends. That way I can give them my non anxiety ridden time. Right after a long day I just want to go seclude myself for a while.

4. See the Signs

Do you know when your energy is under attack? Some empaths (people who sense and absorb others’ energies into their own body) can be like emotional sponges.

When you turn inward and get more in tune with your energy levels, you may be able to tell when there’s a shift and why. Learn to know your low-energy triggers. Is it when you’re with a person? At a specific place? Doing something in particular? Once you make note of these signs, you may be able to prevent your energy from being attacked.

5. Release What You Cannot Control

I’m so guilty of trying to control what I can’t. There are some things you just don’t have any control over, and that’s OK. Life happens, but what matters is how you react, because that’s what you can control. ”What you can’t control, controls You”

Don‘t allow it.

Release those feelings. I like to write them down and burn them over a candle. You can try any way that resonates with you.

6. Find The Good

Surround yourself with good vibes. This can be your friends who just get you, people or places with great energy, or just doing things that make you feel good.

There will always be too much to do and so little time, but the more you protect your energy the more you’ll thank yourself for it later.

-HH