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How to Boost Your Physical and Mental Energy

Series: Great Courses

4.5

(57)

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Rating

TVPG

Year

2015

Language

English

Publisher

The Great Courses

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Wouldn't it be great if you could wake up every morning full of enthusiasm for a new day? Most of us feel energetic sometimes, but the stressors and responsibilities of life take their toll, leaving us feeling worn out. What if you could find an unending reserve of energy? These 12 accessible lectures provide a toolkit for a more energetic you, offering a step-by-step curriculum for tapping into those hidden wells of energy and injecting your life with a jolt of vitality that we all wish we had.

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1. Facing the Day with Energy

30m

What is energy and where does it come from? Start your course by thinking about the emotional and physical inputs-from good self-care to living a purpose-driven life-that contribute to vitality. Then try your first exercise to become more aware of your body and the signals it is sending you.

2. Sleep: Your Energy 401

30m

Find out why sleep matters so much to your well-being. Research shows that regular sleep provides a range of benefits from better cognitive performance throughout the day to lower risk of disease over your lifetime. Reflect on the barriers to good sleep as well as a few things you can do to improve your sleep.

3. Boost Your Energy with Breath

30m

Your energy level is deeply linked to your breathing, so becoming more aware of how you breathe-and performing a few simple exercises-can truly change the way you feel in your day-to-day life. Here, learn by doing as Dr. Bonura takes you through five breathing exercises to help you regulate your energy.

4. Energy Give-and-Take at Work

30m

Most people spend so much time at work that how you feel about your job likely has a significant effect on your overall energy. Consider a few ways to improve your engagement with work, beginning with the establishment of boundaries to protect your personal life and maintain your general well-being.

5. Energy Give-and-Take in Relationships

30m

Good relationships are one of the strongest ways to promote good health and reduce stress. Find out several strategies for building a strong social network as well as ways to deal with challenges that inevitably arise in your closest relationships, including marriage and parenthood. Learn a few exercises to relieve stress.

6. Awareness of Energy with Mindfulness

30m

Mindfulness-living in the present moment-can have a dramatic impact on your energy levels and how you feel about the world around you. Dr. Bonura helps you increase your sense of inner awareness with a series of breathing and meditation exercises. Discover where you spend your energy-and where your energy is lacking.

7. Conserving Energy with Deliberate Choice

30m

Your life is filled with choices-what to buy, where to spend time, what to do from one moment to the next-but making so many decisions requires massive amounts of energy. Here, you'll find out how to simplify the process of decision-making and how to build a richer, more satisfying life.

8. Nurturing Your Energy with Diet

30m

Gain new insight into the relationship between food and energy. The good news here is that counting calories and obsessing over dietary numbers might actually be counter-productive to good health. Instead, learn how to be mindful and follow a few sensible guidelines. The lecture ends with a powerful lesson on restorative yoga.

9. Boost Your Energy with Happiness and Play

30m

George Bernard Shaw once said, We don't stop playing because we grow old. We grow old because we stop playing." In this lecture, Dr. Bonura explores the connection between play and energy. See how to add more fun in your life-and why physical play is such a profound source of vitality.

10. Energy, Emotion, and Loving-Kindness

30m

Stress. Anger. Anxiety. Too often people try to repress or medicate away emotions, which treats the symptom but does nothing for the root problem that's draining life-sustaining energy. Instead, Dr. Bonura shows you a strategy for managing negative emotions into positive energy, as well as a loving-kindness meditation to build compassion for yourself and others.

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Kimberlee Bethany BonuraActor

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