What is Energy?

What Do I Really Mean When I Talk About Energy

When you say the word “Energy” some people automatically assume its either physical energy , like waking up and staying up late, or they think its a all abit woo woo.

Its actually about how you choose to see things, and how you choose to show up and how it impacts you and others around you.

I trained with iPEC as a Certified Professional Coach (CPC) and Energy Leadership Index Master Practitioner (ELI MP) for this exact reason. I truly believe energy is behind everything we do.

Before I explain what energy is - I cannot be clearer - there is no good or bad energy.

Image having a pair of two pairs of glasses that have different colour lens in them, if your wearing the blue lens glasses - everything is going to appear blue, if you wear the red ones, everything will appear red. This is a choice you make on how you want to view things and how you are choosing to approach them

This in turn will impact how you show up, what you think, say and do - Im a firm believer that what you put out - is what you get back.

There’s 2 main types of energy -

Catabolic Energy  - that drains you and takes away from you - shows up usually when your under stress - its driven by cortisol, adrenaline and isn’t sustainable long term.

Benefits

It shows up in force when you may need it the most in emergencies, conflict - fight or flight or when under pressure.

Impact

Its draining, its not sustainable long term, it can impact stress levels and your health, and this will radiate out of you to those around you. Shows up in your body in different ways.

Anabolic Energy - constructive, expansive - the feeling that is there when your calm, relaxed and open to things

Benefits

A sense of calm. You can maintain this energy level easier and its alot more

rewarding. You see more options an opportunities, your enjoy experiencing things more.

Impact

Lighter sense of being, more awareness, you see and experience more. You enjoy more. It has a knock on effect to the people around you.

This isnt about good or bad energy - Catabolic isnt bad, and anabolic isnt good.

Both types of energy have their uses in the right time and place, and their pros and cons. Its about awareness, and how long you spend at each level that has the biggest impact on you.

So that’s it?- 2 types of energy? - well no. Catabolic and Anabolic are the two main categories and there are 7 levels of energy that fall into the 2 categories. The real difference is awareness and choice.

I will go into these in detail in another time, below is an overview of each level so you can start building that awareness and see if you can identify them.

Level 1 (Catabolic)

Feelings of powerlessness, nothing is in their control, lots of fear, worry, overthinking and self doubt.

Level 2 (Catabolic)

Experiencing conflict, competition, anger, focus on controlling things and a black and white view of the world

Level 3 (Anabolic)

Seeing things as logical, reasoning, suppressed emotions and a ways of coping. Seeing it as it is what it is.

Level 4 ( Anabolic)

Feeling Compassion for others, wanting to help them more than you, and putting others first. Willingness to collaborate and work as a team.

Level 5

Seeking opportunity in everything, optimistic and looking for solutions that everyone benefits from. Calm and collected.

Level 6

Experiencing a strong sense of connection, enjoying the moment and feeling satisfaction and joy.

Level 7

A state of enlightenment - no judgement, fearlessness , and wisdom.

Remember there is no good or bad energy - each energy level has its pros and cons - its not about which energy level you experience, its about how long you stay in that energy level.

The iPEC Energy Leadership™ framework allows us to be more aware of our energy, measure it and recognise how its serving us.

There’s so much more to explore around these energy levels, how your impacted by internal and external factors, triggers and how each energy level shows up for you.

The Energy Leadership Index - )ELI)

The Energy Leadership Assessment measures your Energy Levels. It measures you on a normal day - default energy level, and then your under stress energy level.

Curious to understand your Energy Levels, get in touch to book and Energy Leadership Index Assessment and personalised debrief.