December 18, 2025
Pay attention to how people make you feel. Energy doesn’t lie.
Oprah
I am an ardent believer in following your energy. What this looks like is three-fold: First, calibrating your current emotions, your nervous system, your overall state. Second, observing changes in those dynamics following interactions with other people, or any activity / stimulus. And lastly, making changes to gravitate toward situations that lead to positive vibes, and away from those that detract energy or shift your state towards something unpleasant (that tingly sensation when something feels “off”).
In practice, it’s about being aware, and making decisions about how you spend your time and with whom you choose to associate, based on how you truly feel. Not about what you think in your head. But how you feel in your heart. In your soul. We’re electrically-charged atoms, walking fields of energy. I think our energized souls already know if someone’s for us or not. It might take some time for it to reach our consciousness, but if we listen deeply enough, the answer is there. It’s all within.
I follow my energy when I choose to end relationships that don’t serve me. Or when I leave early from engagements that I’m not feeling. Or when I choose to go for a solo walk to recenter myself, instead of chasing an endless supply of dopamine. It’s served me well. It’s not always the easiest decision, but it’s always been the decision I don’t regret.