5 Tips on Increasing your Energy

by Dawn Pugh

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In today’s stressful world, we can regularly experience flagging energy levels.

Improving your diet, can so easily intensify and increase low energy levels and help to reduce the feelings of fatigue. Fatigue can so easily lead to feelings of stress, anxiety and, if we allow it, depression. Did you know that fatigue is our body’s way of telling us to slow down.

1. NEVER skip breakfast!  We all need to make sure that we eat well. Proper nutrition, helps us to maintain our optimum energy levels. Grabbing a piece of fruit, a piece of toast or a handful of unsalted nuts can be much better than skipping the most important meal of the day. 

2. Allow yourself to feel your emotions. If we switch off  from our emotions, we can become stuck. Suppressing and re-suppressing our feelings might work in the short term, but it does have its own emotional price, and will, most definitely deplete your energy levels. Remember that ‘what we resist persists’. You can learn to express your self in a healthier way.          

3. Exercise regularly: You don’t need to join a gym. Walking is an excellent way of keeping fit and does not cost anything except time, 20-30 minutes a day and you will notice a great difference in your energy and well being.

4. Learn to pace yourself: When we try to get everything done all at once, we set ourselves overwhelming and unrealistic tasks. Prioritize. Make a list of what is important and work your way through it. The sense of achievement will be fantastic.

5. Develop a positive mental attitude. Talk positively to yourself. Get in the habit of smiling to your self on a regular basis and notice how infectious this really can become.

Allowing your self to get stressed out can cause an immense drop in energy levels. check out some handy tips on stress management.

Go ahead try some of these tips and let me know how you get on…I’m Listening…

Dawn Pugh Psychotherapist

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