Feel The Force - Cultivating Your Energy To Build Resilience

The Breathing Edge with Shane and Angelina Saunders Podcast

A hot topic that is being thrown around the corporate arena, the entrepreneurial space, and even in schools lately, is being resilient.The trouble is, most people don’t have the bandwidth to deal with even the slightest of knockbacks. They lack the energy needed to deal with everyday life.So in this episode, we chat about how by connecting with your body, you can cultivate the energy needed to build resilience at work and at home.Episode highlights:What is resilience?Bad habits that people tend to turn to when they’ve had a bad day - chocolate, alcohol or even drugsHow changing your bad habit can be enough to flip the switch and create more energy so you can bounce backThinking of resilience training as cultivating your energy and strength little by littleAn example of how martial arts builds resilience by teaching students to absorb the blowThe best way to boost your energy to overcome obstacles is by starting with the bodyHow a lack of sleep, poor diet, lack of exercise can affect your energy and affect other people around youMatthew Walker, sleep expert - a lack of sleep can lead to loneliness which ‘deflects’ the company of othersMapping out your physical energyThe four key elements of physical energy: boosting personal energy, ability to deflect, letting go of tension and knowing when to rest and when to take actionLooking at your mental energy - where do you spend most of your energy? Trust? Love? Courage? Integrity?Our mantra: ‘powered by joy’Step one is connecting to your body - you’ll feel less fragile when you doFeeling The Force - creating uncomfortable experiences that build strengthHow ice baths help us build resiliencePain is resistance of letting go, resistance of the natural processCreating the feeling of resilience - how Angie did that in childbirthUseful Links: Angelina Saunders LinkedInShane Saunders LinkedInBreathe Me InstagramBreathing Edge Facebook Group Breathe Me FacebookBreathe Me Website