Yellow Dahlia, copyright Janet Hovde
Low energy? What to do?
I’ve had some challenging days this week, with significant low back discomfort. I have more compassion for people who live with chronic pain. I am not experiencing a high level of pain, but I notice a lower energy level that accompanies the discomfort. I’ve gotten some good care for it, and will continue next week. It is getting better.
I caught myself today feeling down. I thought I needed to sit down and figure my problems out. Certainly, there may be a time and a place for that. But I chose a different approach, an approach that improves my energy level, shifts my thinking, and increases my vibration. I did a little writing, answering these questions: What is one of my favorite experiences? What do I like about it? Here are some of my writing results:
- I love facilitating intuitive healing experiences in small groups. I’ve done this in various formats, with different titles, as a volunteer, in classrooms of nursing or massage therapy students, with a mom and her daughters (like my family reunion healing), in chronic pain support groups, etc.
Why do I love this?
- The energy feels good.
- It’s fun to help people.
- It’s SO interesting.
- I see how my painful experiences can become resources for helping others.
- It’s real, deep, honest, and profound.
- I love being able to fully use and be appreciated for my gifts.
- It’s part of my soul work, to be helping others with their soul work.
- Positive aspects of these experiences for me include love, joy, humor, relief, self-care, tools, choices, and fabulous learning.
- It is such a delight for me to watch people learn to access their own intuition and to manage their energy better.
It felt so good to remember these things! Following that writing exercise, I took my re-energized self, smiling, up the stairs to work in my studio. I don’t even remember any of the problems that needed solving.
Your turn: What is one of your favorite experiences? What do you like about it? Why do you love it so much?
I love your way of processing. It sounds so powerful and such a great shift in focus! Thank you for sharing, Janet!
Janet, this is awesome the angle you chose to take a look at your back issue. Love how looking at problems differently often seems to resolve whatever could have easily been a longer term thing to deal with. Beautiful post.
Hi Janet! Really great idea – just shift the focus to the positive. I’ve been listening to a Joyce Meyer tape and she calls it magnifying the good. I am one of those people who over thinks everything. Well, since I can’t stop myself from thinking – I will just change it to thinking about the GOOD stuff!
Anneri, Hello! Exactly, if we’re going to have busy minds, let’s put them to work in ways that support us! Thank you for stopping by.
I love this…..gives my hope a little stir:)
thank you,
Jennifer
Jennifer, Thanks for stopping by!