For many women, summer is a time for putting the needs of everyone else first – while your own slip steadily to the bottom of the pile. Yes, it’s lovely to have holidays and days out, but when you’re trying to juggle around-the-clock fun alongside work and other commitments, life can feel more frantic than ever. And, when that’s the case, it’s easy to treat September a little bit like Monday morning: ‘We’ll get to the end of the summer, and when the kids go back to school, then I’ll think about me.’
But your health should never be something you put off until tomorrow. If you want to improve your energy, you need to have a mindset shift about how you want to live your life right now.
It’s time to ask yourself: ‘Who am I in the world, and who do I want to be? What’s important to me as a human being?’ When I work with people, the very first thing we do is to ask the question: ‘What’s not working about your life and your health, and your wellness and your happiness?’ If you feel like you’re lacking in energy – which, if you’ve read this far, is probably a feeling that resonates! – then, firstly, I’d ask what having more energy will give you. Why do you want more energy? Because unless you really can get connected with what difference it will make to your life, you won’t be committed to the process of gaining more.
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