Spaciousness - the link with resoration and energy?

A bit of space. ... as essential as water and sleep.

I sat with a 24 year old having lunch on the 8th floor overlooking London.   They were visiting London and I normally see them with their parents.  The conversation was stimulating, inspiring, it was a work day - a client had been called to a team day so I had the morning to myself and had given myself the afternoon off anyway.   I'd managed to resist filling every moment with essential things to do.  

We have phrases "my back is up against it", "I need some headspace", "if one more person asks for a piece of me"  ..... maybe sometimes thats a signal that we are partly craving space.

Open space, high places, green places, nature, talking a walk, cycling, sitting in the garden, being lost in music, going to the gym, reading, listening to a brook babbling  ......  going to a coffee shop on our own, unplanned and unfilled time...

Does this resonate?  Are you hungry and thirsty for an expansive life.  Choices - every day many choices.  When we say we don't have choice - we do.

Every time I get intentional about creating space - I think why dont I do this more often!  How many times do I need to learn?!  - I guess you know that feeling? We know the benefits. My high places lunch, meandering conversation, a walk in the pouring rain  - I was restored, energised, inspired and envisioned.   Oh my - I could have caught up on my emails, ticked off a long  overdue "to do list"  and used the time "wisely and well"..  

Thank goodness I created space, for when we do - everything can happen! 

I invite you to do what you need for you - very soon.  Be restored and energised, be surprised...my hunch is you'll be grateful you did.

Are you lacking in energy?

I often talk to folks in career transition, redundancy situations, a change programme  - many situations or others that people approach a Coach for.  People feel stuck, in a dilemma, can't decide, anxious, fearful, lack confidence and all of those things affect our energy.....

Or we get stuck, procrastinate over a tax return, changing broadband providers, painting the ensuite, starting the presentation, writing the report, sending the difficult email, having the difficult meeting, conversation?  Ever put more energy into putting things off or just thinking about them - then you found it was easier than you thought?

Is it really that difficult?

So whether a labour intensive or smaller task - finding a new job or setting up a new printer - it needs energy, skill, a plan, action steps - and sometimes just perseverance thrown in!

Sometimes it can be surprising at how investing one hour - makes us feel lighter, a spring in our step, whether it's a feeling of relief or achievement?!

So what would make the biggest difference to your energy today?

Something practical, creative, physical?  Something on your own,  involving others? Something social, professional? Starting something new or completing something

Maria Nemeth in her Mastering Life's Energies book names 6 energies, Money, Time, Physical vitality, Creativity, Relationships and Enjoyment.

Which one do you want to do something about?

Do get in touch if a chat would help.....

Energy recharge, fuel for the journey

So ...... whatever journey, path you are on or are about to make at this time,  or in the future ......

Do you have the energy you need, do you have the fuel - do you feel like you need a service before you set off? 

What supports you? - to keep you motivated and clear, to support you see how far you've come, see the view from a new perspective, applaud your progress, be there as a bit of a sat nav, help you refuel along the way when your tank gets low -  and be one of the first to cheer when you're over the winning line for your destination -  In very real terms, coaching is one option that can help with this, what else?

So you're about to set off on a car trip to a certain destination, couple of hundred miles away?  I check tyres and water, even clean the inside of the car and get everything in good shape for the luggage!

Normally I'll have been very busy up to this point, finishing work tasks off - getting the house ready and everything needed for "being away"

So I prepare the car, the route, myself -  for the journey -  I have my favourite "things" with me .

Today, take a pit stop, recharge your energy and think about what you need to get you to where you're going..... what fuels you personally? We are all different  - your energy and fuel will be personal to you. Are you listening to yourself? Pause, are you going at speed - are you listening to yourself?

What do you need and what are you doing to do to make sure you get it? Take action.

 "are you nearly there yet?!!"

PS - I normally find there are one or two little things I haven't done before I set off?!  I'd have liked to do xyz -  but didn't have time and actually maybe it wasn't priority? -  so maybe do the things today, that matter to you for the trip of your life, the trip you want to be on, right now....you can get to that destination - and with more ease that you think!