#554 – Where is your energy leaking?

When you own a house and want your utility costs to stay reasonable, you check for any spots that don't properly seal or appliances that consume too much energy. It's called an energy audit.

But how often do you become aware of when your personal energy is leaking? And do you even know why?

My son's birth was programed. After a long day walking around the hospital, they hooked me to the "gels" (oxytocin-based) to induce labor, and gave me an epidural.

Once it was time to push, the first dose of the anesthesia had worn off and the pain became noticeable. But only a handful of staff were working that night (Christmas Eve in Madrid) and the only anesthesiologist on duty was assisting a C-section––another dose for me was out of the question.

Then an extraordinarily painful contraction came, and I started to weep. Instantly, I sensed that weeping diminished my ability to breathe as I'd learned to, and to stay focused. I also felt it weakened my muscles.

Wanting to stay strong for the most important experience of my life, I chose to stop weeping, and directed all my energy towards my labor.

It worked: 20 minutes later, my son was born. The midwife later told me the umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck, and hadn't I breathed and pushed with such determination, I would've needed a C-section.

What I learned that day was that only when you protect your energy instead of letting it be drained out of you in things that don't matter or solve anything, can you focus on what's important.

What energy leaks will you seal so that you can focus on what matters?

Love,

Carolina