I’m hearing it from everyone around me: “I’m so exhausted. I spent my day off just sleeping.” “I feel as if I were moving with lead weights on my feet.” And they tell me they are too tired to plan or make good decisions, but somehow, they must move on.
Science now tells us that we have roughly 50 trillion cells in our bodies, each of which is capable of generating .07 volts of electric potential.
That’s the equivalent of the output of a football field of 12-volt batteries, the kind you use in your car.
So what are you doing with the potential energy?
It is leaking away with the 60,000 to 80,000 thoughts you have every day, most of which are a product of the brain and are designed to protect you against threats, whether it is the loss of a job or relationship, to a small remark that you perceive as being critical, or perhaps being caught in a traffic jam.
The brain we pride ourselves on and think of as the Command Center for our bodies lets us down when the blood flow to our most creative center is completely cut off. Our most creative center is shut down under stress.
What’s the solution? We are now learning that humans are the only creatures on earth capable of self-regulation, that ability to direct your attention and experience an emotion that renews your energy rather than depleting it.
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Lynette Crane is a Minneapolis-based future-focused thought leader, speaker, and coach.
After creating the first college course in the Psychology of Stress over 40 years ago, she turned her attention uncovering the leadership potential of introverts in her ground-breaking book, Quiet Brilliance: Solving Corporate America’s Leadership Crisis with ‘Hiding in Plain Sight’ Talent.
Her newest program, Evolutionary Resilience Roadmap, based on the latest research in neuropsychology and quantum physics, is designed for people overwhelmed by the anxiety and uncertainty of our turbulent world,
giving them the skills to develop clarity, coherence, and creativity.
