In this session of Chai with Coaches, Dhru and Naheed dive into what it means to explore your own energy and the impact on your mental health.
2020 left many of us feeling as though we had to consistently be resilient if we wanted to make it through; if we wanted to see the light at the end of the tunnel. At the same time, many of us learned to recognize our energy, to take stock of where we were at, and to find ways to do things differently.
Tune into this Chai with Coaches replay as we explore our energy and then read our helpful tips to make decisions that put your mental health first.
4 Steps to Explore Your Energy & Mental Health
All topics below are explored in greater detail in the session, tune in for full context and personal anecdotes.
Step 1: Recognize Your Energy
If you’re in a space of low energy, don’t push it away and don’t avoid it. Stop, take a minute to recognize your emotions, take a couple of deep breaths, and acknowledge that this is how you’re feeling. If it helps, say it out loud, “Today I’m feeling kind of low.” Sit with it and know that you don’t always need to know the reason why you’re feeling low. It’s great if you can recognize it and explore it, but if you aren’t aware of the why, just acknowledge the what.
Step 2: Let Go Gracefully
If there has been one good thing to come from 2020, it’s that the pandemic forced many of us to look at our lives with a new lens. Is this where I want to be? What’s my life about? How do I want to move forward? Naheed shared a concept from a webinar that can be applied to our personal lives as well, “Recessions don’t cause a business to fail, but they do expose areas of failure.” In the last year, many of us had no choice but to focus on our personal areas of failure or where we felt dissatisfied as our daily distractions were rapidly removed.
Knowing what we know now about the pandemic, if you want to make new headway in your professional or personal life, you have to take stock of what is and isn’t work and then let go gracefully.
Step 3: Avoid the Scarcity Mindset
When we’re operating from a place of fear, it’s common to want to hold on to everything and operate from a scarcity mindset, even if it’s not good for us. This is particularly common in careers and relationships where we feel an existing commitment requires that we continue to pour more of ourselves into something, simply because the alternative is too scary. The fear ultimately reinforces the idea that there’s not enough – not another job, not another person that you could love, not enough time to accomplish your goals – and shows up as confirmation bias.
One of the most common things we do is devalue ourselves through fear by implicitly internalizing that this is all I’m worthy of receiving. When you start to recognize your energy and let go of what is no longer serving you, you’ll also replace fear with self-worth.
Step 4: Love Yourself Unconditionally
We have the same 24 hours in a day as Beyonce, but the difference in success is summed up by the type of energy that we allow in our lives. Positive energy begets self-love and loving yourself attracts those with similar mindsets.
Ask yourself, “If I loved myself unconditionally, how would I act?” Repeat that question with every lens needed to explore the facets of your life. Once you value yourself, the people that show up will be the ones that also value you too.
About Chai with Coaches
Chai with Coaches is a live chat with Dhru Beeharilal and Naheed Oberfeld, every other Thursday at 3 p.m. EST. You can tune in on Facebook or YouTube. Subscribe to my YouTube to find past Chai with Coaches sessions or tune in to the live chat.
About Naheed Oberfeld
Naheed Oberfeld is a certified EFT Success Strategist that teaches others how to drop their baggage and step into greater success and joy. She offers individual and group coaching via her business, Oberfeld Coaching.
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