Three ways to protect your energy (that actually work)

When life and business feel intense, there are really three primary ways to protect and nurture your energy.

And very few people I talk to are doing all three.

Here they are:

1. Tend your energy field

This is the energetic hygiene piece — Reiki, energy clearing, grounding, regulation.

It’s about clearing what isn’t yours, settling what’s been activated, and returning to yourself.

This is especially important if:

• you work closely with other people

• you hold emotional or energetic space for clients

• you notice you’re “fine” but somehow depleted

You don’t have to understand energy to benefit from tending it. You just have to notice when things feel sticky, heavy, or not quite yours.

I recently led a 10-minute energy clearing inside the Chakra Path to Consistent Premium Clients. Let me know if you’d like me to send it your way!

2. Rest

Actual rest. Not “resting” while scrolling. Not collapsing at the end of the day.

Rest that allows your system to downshift.

This might look like:

• sleep

• time with no inputs

• gentle movement

• doing less, on purpose

Rest isn’t a reward for finishing everything. It’s a requirement for continuing at all. If you want some inspiration, I highly recommend Tricia Hersey’s beautiful Rest Is Resistance.

3. Recharge / fill up

This is the one that’s all too easy to skip.

Recharging is about making space for what lights you up.

The things that bring you back into contact with yourself.The things that make you feel more alive afterward, not just less tired.

This could be:

• creative work with no agenda

• being outside

• deep conversation

• beauty

• play

If rest brings you back to baseline, recharge is what fills the well.

And if you want to take this deeper — learning how to work with your energy in a way that supports your business, your nervous system, and your capacity to receive — that’s exactly what we explore inside Chakra Path to Consistent Premium Clients.

But for today, I’ll leave you with this question:

Which of these three have you been relying on…and which one might be missing?

Tending.
Resting.
Filling back up.

You don’t need all three all the time.
But over the long haul?
You do need all three.