Kim Wilkish, Author at Kim Wilkish - New Tides Coaching

Refill Your Energy Well

Take Time to Rest

Rest is important to refresh and to refill your energy well.

You may think that you don’t have time to rest or that you only can truly rest when you go on vacation.

Taking little time outs to pause and rest to renew your energy is key to your mental health, productivity and stress level.

We tend to focus on managing our time rather than our energy.

Everything we do requires energy.

Often you hear people say you need to fuel your body. Food is fuel. What we eat for food makes a difference in terms of how we feel and the amount of energy we have.

Managing your energy is much more effective.

Schedule tasks based on your energy

If you schedule more difficult tasks when your energy level is high, then you’re more apt to be productive and get it done.

You can schedule to easier tasks when your energy level is lower as they don’t require as much energy to complete

When you have tasks completed your mind doesn’t spend as much energy trying to keep track of everything that needs to get done.

Brain Dump

An effective way to calm your brain and lower your stress response is to do a brain dump.

A brain dump is a simple exercise where you write down all of the items that are on your mind on paper. Once you capture them on paper, you can release your mind from trying to keep track and remember everything and frees up energy.

Renew Your Energy Menu

Make yourself a menu of things you can do that brings you energy

Then hang it up as a reminder and take a few moments a day to refresh your energy well.

Some Refresh and Reset Menu ideas for you to get started:

Go for a walk or a drive
Go outside and feel the sun on your face
Listen to some music
Eat a healthy snack
Drink some water
Dance in your kitchen
Listen to a podcast
Take a shower
Take a quick nap
Sit in quiet for 5 minutes
Visit a bookstore and wander through the aisles
Window shop
Go to a farm stand and buy a piece of fruit
Take 10 minutes and clear the clutter
Watch fish swim in an aquarium
Savor a piece of dark chocolate
Make a cup of tea, sip slowly and savor
Look at a beautiful piece of art
Do 10 jumping jacks in place
Read a book for pleasure

by Kim Wilkish

Let it go

Many of us don’t like to let go of things.

We hold onto them mentally, physically and emotionally.

We don’t realize how holding on to them causes us stress and unhappiness.

Holding on to things we can’t control keeps us stuck.

We become attached and our fear of losing them causes us to hold on.

Our fear keeps us fixated mentally and emotionally on things we think we need or want.

These attachments may be to things such as people, outcomes, possessions or jobs, etc.

Letting go means to release our attachment.

Letting go leads to freedom in that it releases the stress and source of your pain that is holding you back.

by Kim Wilkish

Are you Listening?

Listening isn’t always easy to do.

It requires you to pay attention and actually hear what someone is saying.

Listening is a skill

As a leader, listening to your people, peers and community is critical.

Leaders often are isolated and removed from the day to day operations. So, listening allows you to address issues before they become real problems and cause harm. Morale issues, business and interpersonal problems can often be solved quickly by listening and taking quick action.

People want to be heard.

When staff feels ignored their productivity, morale and problem solving abilities are all impacted which has impact on getting things done.

Good Leaders Listen.