When You Think You’ve Got Your Self-Care Covered (but really, you don’t)

You think you’ve got it covered – until life shows you you don’t.

The heatwave taught me a lesson…

Over the past week, my region has been trapped in a massive heatwave. Luckily, I was able to escape to the beach for a few days for a little vacation. The ocean breeze was incredible, and the time away felt amazing. But when I got home from the beach, I started feeling unwell.

I hit a wall and experienced severe electrolyte imbalance. Even though I was doing my absolute best to hydrate, rest, and stay in the shade… it simply wasn’t enough.The truth is –  I had never experienced intense heat like that before. I genuinely had no idea HOW MUCH water a person needs to run get through it. I had a major gap in my self-care strategy and I was paying for it dearly.

I thought – well, life. Thanks for teaching me that lesson.

It can be easy to miss components in our self-care routine

This experience made me think about how easy it is to miss something vital—even when you think you’re taking perfect care of yourself. It reminded me of how easy it is to miss the hidden layers of our health, and what happens when you do.

Though this story is about hydration and the sun, it applies perfectly to taking care of your personal energy.

Often, you think you are doing enough to manage your field. Until you suddenly wind up completely worn down and exhausted from picking up everything around you, carrying the weight of your daily interactions, and feeling everyone else’s feelings. That “worn down” feeling is sometimes your body’s way of telling you that you need deeper, specific energetic care.

In other cases – you don’t yet realize managing your field is a thing you can do in the first place (more on how in this series and below).

Signs your energy system is running on empty:

• Feeling constantly groggy, heavy, or unrefreshed
• Thinking and feeling things you know are not yours 
• Feeling like the outside world is simply turned up too loud 
• Wanting to cancel plans and stay home—even for things you want to do
• Picking up too much from your surroundings
• Feeling anxious and testy (especially if this is not who you are by nature)
  

Figuring out what you need is a crucial part of the wellness path. 

As I have been recounting in the last few weeks – most people are more sensitive to energy than they realize. Most people are carrying more than they mean to with them. Putting that state of being that you experience each day together with an awareness that it can be caused by ‘energy’ and that there is something you can do to help yourself through it is gamechanging.

 If you recognize you’ve been running low on “energetic electrolytes,” you don’t have to figure out the recovery plan alone. I have already written 3-parts Empath Empowerment Series designed to help you navigate these exact layers, step out of burnout, and reclaim your personal space. Even if you do not identify as energy sensitive or an empath – if you feel the above states of being on a regular basis and just cannot figure out why – this could be your answer.

For the Empath Empowerment Series Currently Released

Part 1: Diagnose the Heavy Feeling and Understand Where Your Energy May Be Getting Drained (if it is) — Read or watch Why It Feels So Heavy: 3 Hidden Sources of Everyday Energy Drain

Part 2: From Surviving to Thriving: My Personal Story of How These Realizations Saved My Life (and can change yours)— Read or watch  Empath Overload Burnout Story.

Part 3: The #1 Tool to stay grounded, self connected, and strong in your field — Learn tactical tools in How to Stop Absorbing Energy. 

Never Miss a Part of the Series:

In loving empowerment,

Katie Harris (IndiCrow)

Katie Harris (IndiCrow) MA, PhD(ABD)
I blend social anthropology, ancestral tradition, and original methods to help you navigate—and feel well in—this world.

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