DEFENDING ENERGY

DEFENDING ENERGY

Do you ever feel the need to examine what, why, when, and how—simply because you feel like you must prove or explain your actions?

Do you feel the need to know all the answers instead of trusting your intuition?

That cycle of thought is what I call defending energy.

What Is Defending Energy?

Defending energy is exhausting. It drains us.

The amount of energy it takes to defend your thoughts, actions, and beliefs often comes from repeated cycles of judgment—judging yourself and being judged by others. When we feel judged, the mind starts working overtime:

• We examine.

• We analyze.

• We predict.

• We rehearse answers to questions that may never even come.

All of this takes enormous energy. The result? Anxiety, doubt, and a loss of trust in ourselves. It’s cyclical in nature, and it wears us down until we feel exhausted and burnt out.

The Playback Loop

When we believe we must know all the answers instead of listening to our intuition, we create a mental playback loop.

That loop often stems from guilt, shame, blame, and resentment. It whispers:

• Am I worthy?

• Am I right?

• What if I don’t know?

And so we defend.

Defending energy becomes a posture toward the world: proving why we think a certain way, act a certain way, or live a certain way. It convinces us that anyone who holds a different perspective is an enemy.

But here’s the truth: once we enter the cycle of defending energy, we lose our center.

When Perspectives Collide

Life is full of conflicting perspectives. Our actions will often differ from another’s belief system. Misunderstanding will happen. This is natural.

The problem is not difference itself—it’s when we feel the need to defend against difference, rather than understand it.

Pausing, reflecting, and communicating openly allows opposing perspectives to coexist. It doesn’t require us to abandon our truth. It requires us to listen without judgment.

Because at the heart of it, we all want the same thing:

• To be seen.

• To be heard.

• To be acknowledged.

• To be valued.

The Cost of Defending Energy

When we lose our center, defending energy leads us to fatigue, tension, and pain.

It’s almost always fueled by judgment—both of ourselves and others.

The way out is not through more answers, more proving, or more control. It’s through trust.

Returning to Center

Try trusting the process.

Try living in the now, instead of chasing past regrets or future fears. Those predicaments only move you out of your center.

Center is where intuition speaks.

Center is where energy flows.

Center is where peace lives.

When you live from center, there is no need to defend.