Energy Drainers

 

By Ann Nichols Roulac, from her book: Power, Passion, and Purpose – http://www.readerviews.com/InterviewRoulac.html

What we experience as stress is actually distress, fueled by

• conflict
• feelings of loss
• unfulfilled desires, and
• loss of control

Such struggles drain energy that could be used in much more productive ways.

How many of the following energy drainers are familiar to you?

• Chronic over-commitment – Trying to do and be everything to your colleagues, family, friends, children, parents, neighbours, or community
• Worry – Fretting over what happened yesterday or what may happen tomorrow
• Inertia – Holding on to relationships, jobs, and other attachments that no longer serve you.
• Judgment – Criticizing others and then obsessing about how to fix or charge them.
• Low Self-Esteem – Worrying about what others think of you.
• Incompletion – Projects hanging over you that you’ve started and never completed.
• Unmet Expectations – Trying to live up to others’ or your own abnormally high standards