What Your Exhaustion May Mean: A Few Tips on Energy Overload

It’s the Summer of ’24 and if you are like me and many people that I’ve spoken with, you are exhausted.

A week ago, I came down with an ear infection, visited a doctor, and so I attributed my tiredness to being “sick.” I’ve been giving myself permission for greater self-care — to cancel plans, go to bed early, or just rest.

at is not my usual way of being. In the Chinese element system, I am the Wood element — driven, motivated, and hard to keep still. I feel most engaged when I am managing several work projects and have social activities throughout my week.

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Last night, my daughter, an acupuncturist, told me that many of her patients are saying the same thing when they come for a healing. And I realized that I so often forget the energetic impacts of life in these times.

We are overwhelmed with mental and emotional waves from the turbulence and chaos we are all exposed to in our everyday lives.

We are living in unprecedented times.

Unprecedented Times

I have always thought that I was living in a time of great revolution and change in humanity. Maybe you have as well. But I’ve always been aware that perhaps every generation feels that way.

However, over these last five years I have been convinced that yes, we are all here to witness this great shift of consciousness, not just our collective consciousness, but the consciousness of the planet, wildlife, trees, rocks, mountains, the planets and galaxies, and all of nature.

More people are awakening to the realization that consciousness pervades the universe. Physicists, geologists, biologists, and astrophysicists are acknowledging that consciousness is everywhere. This idea called panpsychism also suggests that we are all part of this greater consciousness

And while all of the socio-political turmoil happening around the world is being blasted out to us in anxiety-producing headlines, the result is energy that is so fear-based and dense.

So yes, we are living in unprecedented times, not only for the negativity we see all around, but the positivity, as well.

The planets are aligning in intense ways.

As Above So Below

Since 2020 (and prior) we have seen big shifts in society and culture around the world. We are going through big changes and not necessarily in the direction that many of us would hope.

Astrologically, there have been many interactions (known as transits) among the outer planets (Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto), which correlate to huge transitions in a historical sense. These planetary transits occurred during the 1960’s which correlated to counter-culture revolutions. And yes, even in 2024, we are still in that long arc of transition since then.

Planetary movements do not cause these changes in the collective, but they are metaphors, showing us that what happens above, happens below. What is occurring outside is a metaphor for what is occurring on the inside. The movement of the planets allows us to see what is usually unseen.

These planetary transits are amping up their intensity, especially, these last few months, and will only increase their intensity into 2025 and 2026. At the same time, in conjunction with these transits, we are also shifting from the 2000-year-old passage from the Age of Pisces to the Age of Aquarius. Going from an age that represented the rise in monotheistic religions, to an expansive view of spirituality.

Solar Flares are Creating Havoc

Intense Solar Activity

Since early 2024, we have been in a period of enhanced solar flare activity. The height of activity was forecasted to be 2025, but has arrived earlier than anticipated.

Roughly every 11 years the sun goes through waxing and waning periods of magnetic activity, known as the sunspot cycle. As the sun’s poles reverse, sunspot activity increases. Scientists say that now, in 2024, the sun is at its most active period in the last 20 years.

Solar flares have been known to knock out power grids and create havoc with satellites.

And something that many have overlooked is the impact of solar activity on humanity. We are electromagnetic beings and are impacted by the movements of the Moon, and certainly, of the Sun.

And due to the enhanced solar activity more of us at lower latitudes have been able to observe the awesome phenomena of the northern lights.

Why are we exhausted? There are so many compelling influences that can easily overwhelm our electromagnetic systems, which can lower our immunity. It’s not just the current events, it’s the movement of the planets and heightened activity of the sun. And more influences on a subtle energetic level, that are continually being discovered.

What can we do to feel better?

1. Limit news — If you are listening to the headlines all day, perhaps cut back
2. Practice self-care — As always, when you don’t feel at your optimal, make sure that you give yourself some space, and cancel activities if you feel you want to curl up on the couch. Breathe. Take a luxurious bath. Schedule 5–10 minutes of stillness into your busy day. Also, watch your boundaries with others that tend to encroach on your energy. It’s okay to say no.
3. Use conscious languaging — Be careful of the words you use. I was saying how exhausted I was and I noticed how those words felt like a heavy weight dragging me down.
4. Spend more time in nature — The energy of nature is always therapeutic, but even more so now. We are surrounded by the supportive spirit of trees, flowers, rocks, clouds, stars, mountains, and water. Take time to notice them every day. They know the challenges we are going through (remember, they are conscious and part of the consciousness of the whole) and want to help us move through this time on the planet.
5. Realize that this is for a greater purpose — For me, just remembering all of the converging energetic influences in our lives at this time is to help us move into higher consciousness. That makes me feel stronger. Hoping that will help you, as well!

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I hope that this article has helped you feel stronger and more capable to be in your highest energetic self.

Please check out The Enchanted Earth Podcast available on YouTube, Apple, and Spotify, with guests sharing their profoundly moving, magical stories in nature. My book, The Enchanted Earth: Embracing the Power of Nature to Discover the Wild in You, is due out December 2024, Mango Publishing.