Exhausted to energised

Exhausted to Energized

In Exhausted to Energized, Dr Libby uses a three-pillar approach to explore the biochemical, nutritional and emotional factors that impact on energy, addressing such things as:

Brain chemicalsYour brain chemicals can have a significant impact on whether you’re able to approach your day with energy and understanding their intricate role in your energy can make such a difference.

FoodWe eat for energy but often find that the very foods that are supposed to give us energy, actually end up depleting us further.

SleepWhy after a long sleep we can still wake up tired, even though sleep is supposed to be a great energy restorer.

TeenagersTeenagers understand the tiredness that can begin in teenage years and why some people never recover from this teenage fatigue.

ExpectationsThe expectations you place on yourself can be incredibly depleting of your energy — but finding out why can be life changing.

Other peopleConversations with certain people have the power to either drain your energy or inspire you; learn how to identify this before it happens.

CoffeeCoffee can either help or hinder your energy, learn how to spot the difference.

MovementWhen you move regularly, your body gives you more energy – even when you’re resting.

AllergiesThat annoying sniffle you get each spring is actually stealing more of your energy than you might realise.

PostureChoosing one posture over another can have a significant impact on your energy levels every day — find out what serves you.

Blood oxygenIs your blood getting the oxygen it needs and, if not, what you can do about it.

AgeDoes your age really impact on your energy in the ways we are lead to believe it does? From teenagers through to adults, find out where your energy goes and how you can reclaim the vitality you once had.

One of many fascinating chapters in the book examines “open loops”.

Here’s an excerpt:What else depletes energy? What I have come to call “open loops”. Or you might prefer to think of them as “open tabs”.

Consider this analogy: We all know that our computer or smart phone slows down and burns more battery, the more programs we have open and the more things we are asking it to do. Twenty-three open tabs of web pages, spreadsheets, documents and presentations, the photo editing, movie playing, music, software updates . . .

Our mind can feel very much the same. The more things you have open and unresolved, the bigger the drain on your mind power and energy, from all of these open loops.

How many times across a day, a week, a month, a year, decades even, do tasks or situations open up, yet they are never resolved, finalised or closed? How many emails do you read that you don’t immediately reply to, and they hang in your mind and add to your task load of what’s not yet done?

It is as if you walk around each day with so many tabs open — like websites sitting open on your computer screen — that you never feel like you have got it all handled.

You never feel like you can rest. So you don’t, not properly, even if you try. Plus you might judge yourself for this. You might subconsciously tell yourself that you are a failure for not getting more done. Or that you are lazy, or hopeless or a fraud. Yet you may be completely unaware that you are judging yourself in this way.