Double your energy in 30 days!

For many women, life can mean putting everyone else first – your partner, your kids, grandkids, elderly parents (it doesn’t really matter who they are, there’s likely a long list of people you help out on a regular basis!) – while your own needs slip steadily to the bottom of the pile, something you’ll sort out on Monday, or in the summer, or in September...

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 can really get connected with what difference it will make to your life, you won’t be committed to the process of gaining more.

So, now, take a minute to think, on a scale of one to 10, where your energy level is right now, and what is the cost of that to you? Say it’s at four out of 10. What is life like with an energy level at four? Maybe you haven’t even had time to think about it! Maybe you haven’t thought about the fact that you feel tired all the time, you don’t feel like exercising, and you just grab the nearest carb to keep you going through the day. You just don’t feel well; you’re tired; you’re stressed; you reach for sugary snacks; you have a drink in the evening. It’s hard to get up in the morning, so you reach for the coffee. You’re living life on automatic pilot, getting through on adrenaline during the day and slumping in the evening.

Firstly, we have to get really clear here: what’s actually going on? And what is this costing you in terms of your own vibrancy? It’s then that we realise that change needs to become a must. So, we need to get to the root of what the issue is.

Okay, well, your energy is low. And that’s probably why you’re not prioritising your health, because it’s just too tiring. But instead of adding another thing to your to-do list, let’s first get really excited about the prospe