ISSUE 38 | FEBRUARY 28, 2025
ENERGY EQUITY. My new favourite concept.
I wrote this tagline once for The Sacred: “Girlfriend vibe meets spiritual depth.” I’m going to FULLY deliver on that today. My sister-friend, Joey, WhatsApp-called me from Egypt last week. We were in the philosophical MOOD, jacked on temple light and New Moon-ness. Here are the highlights:
Anita Moorjani’s “units of energy” description!
“Imagine if your energy is a currency and you give it a value. Let’s say a good night’s sleep gives me 10 units of energy. What am I going to do with these 10 units of energy? Am I going to a horrible job that I hate, and I’m in a relationship I don’t like, and I live in a neighborhood I hate? Then I’m down negative 15 units of energy.
Imagine if you don’t even give yourself a good night’s sleep! Imagine living that kind of life, every single day, where you’re going into an energy deficit. No wonder people get sick!
The people most prone to going into energy deficit are empaths. What empaths need to do is to see energy as a commodity with a value. You need to get into ENERGY EQUITY.
What recharges you, what pays you back energy? It could be something like playing with my dog. It energizes me! I get 5 units of energy!
We all have things to do that deplete our energy, we have responsibilities. We have kids. We have aging parents. We help people who have disabilities to do those things…
But what are you doing to build up the energy equity so that you can do those things?”
As a heart centered human, wired to serve, whose empathic-ness can run me ragged… this is a BRILL re-frame for me. Admittedly, it’s a mind-trick and I’d love to be so enlightened that I don’t need such gimmicks. But I’m not. Yet.
When I think, “I’m generating 5 energy units when I go on a seawall walk,” then I’m more likely to go for the walk. The walk becomes my seva.
And I’m paying closer attention to essential and non-essential energy costs.
Packing boxes at night to get ready to move apartments? Essential. Costs me 10 units. So I better make sure I go for a walk, AND crack some jokes, AND do some Redwood Svasana before bed. That’s 15 units up.
Debate with a name-caller who slid into my DM’s? Non-essential. Costs 5 units. Not worth my energy.
ENERGY EQUITY. My joy gets prioritized. My empathy gets honoured. I go for more walks, I dance more, I’m in bed by 10:30pm. ENERGY IN THE BANK, baby.
Opportunity cost: “If you can do it in 30 seconds or under 5 minutes, just get it done.” – Codi Sanchez
Me: I just taught this great class, The Vision Builder, and this is HAWT:
“When you introduce the time element, that says, ‘I will change gradually,’ you don’t change at all.” – Krishnamurti
Joey: Oh! BOOM! Basically he’s saying, ‘Just f*ckin’ change!’
Me: Yep! If you drag it out, it doesn’t happen. Just f*ckin’ CHANGE!
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BONUS WISDOM. ALWAYS.
Joey and I talk about if I should start eating meat again to help turn my bod’ into a fat burning machine. And I happen to mention that I developed an allergy to eyelash extension glue years ago. Sad face. And that I just got this Castor Oil with Rosemary from Living Libations that I like for my eyebrows and hair roots. “Rosemary’s verve saturates Castor Oil’s viscosity to enhance absorption as it seeps into skin and scalp. Massage into hair and scalp. Dab upon pigmented patches and blemishes, slide on for deep facial massages, and roll-on to brows and lashes.” Nom nom.
Energy equity. Time management. The metaphysics of change. Fat-burning and lush hair.
Girlfriendship is a spiritual practice.
I hope you load up your energy units this week!
All for Love,
NOTES:
If you want to watch the Anita Moorjani clip it’s HERE—she’s doing an Empath Course with Commune. I spoke at an event with Wayne Dyer and Anita when she was being mentored by Wayne. I’m so happy to see her become such a strong teacher. Her book, Dying To Be Me, is one of my favourite NDE stories.
Joey and I are bringing a group to Egypt this April 23 to May 6. There are a few spots left. It’s a pilgrimage, that’s for sure. Email me if you’re feeling called to Egypt.
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