Status Updates From Protect Your Energy

Our productivity doesn’t determine our worth.

Remember, what the nervous systems often needs is less.

“I deserve a slower and softer pace of life. Prioritizing rest is integral to my healing. I deserve so much more than constant cycles of depletion and burnout. I offer myself grace when overwhelm, stress, pressure, and burnout start to sink in. I am worthy even when I don’t overextend myself…I freely let myself unravel and feel…I deserve the compassion I so freely give to others.”

The systems we currently live under were never set up for us to thrive. Which is why reclaiming our care is the strongest path to liberating minds, bodies, and spirits. In a world that makes it challenging to switch off the constant activation of the sympathetic nervous system, saying no, releasing urgency, choosing yourself, prioritizing your needs, and honoring your right to rest, are contagious acts of resilience

“If you keep giving, people will just keep taking.” On overextending yourself

“Remember to remember yourself.”

Our society expects persistent busi-ness…when we finally slow down, emotions unsurprisingly make their way to the surface.

Take a moment to check in with yourself in the morning before you check in with the world.

“Practice moving slower. Slowing down is one of the key pathways to healing your nervous system.” Do your daily tasks a little more slowly and notice what happens.

“Gently release yourself from the shame of not being able to do it all.”

Be mindful of how often “trauma consumption” from media real or fiction

Nothing like learning to slow down and rest (by listening to the audiobook at x2 speed 🤦‍♀️🤣)