82 Where Does Your Energy Live?

So, where is your energy? At home within you, around you? Or has it been misplaced, borrowed, or casually wandering the cosmos?

You ever have one of those days where you wake up feeling fine, maybe even good, and then, by mid-afternoon, you’re sprawled on the couch wondering why you feel like a phone battery on 2%?

You check your mental list:
✅ Nothing catastrophic happened.
✅ You ate food (if peanut butter straight from the jar counts).
✅ Your houseplants are still alive (and possibly thriving on your energy).

So where the heck did your vitality, motivation, and will-to-function go?

If you’re an empath, highly intuitive, or someone who absorbs the world’s collective stress like a sponge in an oil spill, you might not be losing energy so much as leaking it, lending it, or flat-out donating it to things you didn’t sign up for.

But the good news? You can call it back.

Three Places Your Energy Might Be Hiding (or Hibernating)

1. The News Cycle Black Hole

Ah, yes. That thing where you say, “I’ll just check the headlines real quick,” and 45 minutes later, you’re spiraling into the abyss, equal parts devastated and enraged. Even if you only read one headline, your body and nervous system may still process it as an actual event happening to you.

Here’s an Intuitive Wellness Idea: Mindful Media Consumption

Before diving into the news, set an intention. Tell yourself: I am here to be informed, not consumed. Choose your sources wisely, set a time limit, and balance hard news with uplifting stories. Because yes, terrible things are happening—but so are beautiful, hopeful, miraculous things. You can also look at different news channels to gain a broader perspective, but only if you’re open and mindful. 

2. Other People’s Emotional Overdrafts

Have you ever walked into a room and suddenly felt tired or heavy—like someone’s stress just jumped into your lap? Empaths and intuitives often unintentionally absorb the emotional states of those around them.

Here’s another Intuitive Wellness Practice: Energetic Check-Ins

Throughout the day, pause and ask: Is this mine? If you suddenly feel anxious, sad, or drained out of nowhere, take a breath and mentally return anything that isn’t yours; send it back to its source. Visualize your energy as a golden light, gently moving back into your body.

3. Your Plants, Pets, Desk, Laundry Room, and Other Random Objects

Yes, your houseplant might be thriving on your emotional energy. Don’t believe me? Ever notice how some plants perk up when you sit near them and others droop when you’re sad? Energy is everywhere—and it moves where attention flows. (Read The Secret Life of Plants if you don’t believe me.) 

Here’s a daily Intuitive Wellness Necessity: Calling Back Your Energy

At the end of the day, call your energy home. Close your eyes, take a few deep breaths, and say:

"Any energy I have left scattered in conversations, worries, headlines, (or houseplants)—come back to me now, cleansed and whole."

Pay attention to the places from which your energy comes back to you. Pay particular attention to the areas in your energy field and your body where your energy returns. Is it the surface, or does it go deep within you? 

It sounds simple, but it works. Like a well-trained dog, energy responds to your call when you remember to call it home.

Final Thoughts: Your Energy Wants to Come Home

Your energy isn’t gone. It hasn’t been stolen by the universe or buried under a pile of unfinished to-do lists. It’s just... out exploring.

But you can bring it back—gently, lovingly, and with a good dose of humor. The world will still be there. The news will still be newsing. Your plants will keep photosynthesizing. But you? You get to feel whole, strong, and present in your own life.

And isn’t that where your energy belongs?

🌟 Try one of these practices today and see how it feels. Your energy needs you, and you need it. Bring it home. 🌟

And for the fun of it… 

Here’s a 3-Step Intuitive Wellness Practice to Recognize Where Your Energy Is—and Call It Home

If your energy feels scattered, borrowed, or MIA on a spontaneous road trip, this practice will help you track it down and gently call it back to your body, mind, and spirit.

🌿 Step 1: Find Your Energy’s “Last Known Location”

Close your eyes and take a deep, slow breath. Imagine you’re scanning your energy field like a detective looking for clues. Ask yourself:

• Where do I feel the most depleted? (Mind, body, or emotions?)
• Did I give too much energy to something today? (A conversation, the news, a stressful thought?)
• Does anything feel heavy, sticky, or not quite right?

You might get a sudden memory, a physical sensation, or just a knowing of where your energy went. Trust what comes up.

🌟 Example: You suddenly realize you’ve been replaying a stressful conversation from this morning. Bingo. That’s where your energy has been hanging out.

🌿 Step 2: Gently Release What’s Not Yours

Now, breathe into that awareness. If your energy feels tangled up in stress, someone else’s emotions, or old thoughts, imagine loosening your grip.

• Try this:
  Picture the energy that isn’t yours gently dissolving—like mist rising off a lake.
   Take a deep breath and exhale, saying: I release what’s not mine. I send it back with love.
   Feel yourself getting lighter, clearer, more centered.

🌟 Example: You realize your shoulders were tense from absorbing a friend’s anxiety. As you exhale, you feel them soften, as if you’ve returned something that was never yours to carry.

🌿 Step 3: Call Your Energy Back Home

Now for the best part: bringing your energy back. Imagine it like golden light, tiny sparks of you that have been scattered out in the world.

Try this:

Say (out loud or in your mind): Any energy I have left behind, come back to me now, cleansed and whole.

Visualize your energy returning, filling your body, mind, and spirit like a warm, radiant glow.

Take one more breath and anchor it in, feeling present, strong, and fully you.

🌟 Example: You feel a renewed sense of calm like your energy has been tucked back into its rightful home—your beautiful self.

Final Thought: Your Energy Belongs With You

This practice is quick, powerful, and yours to use anytime. You don’t have to let the world drain you or let your energy wander off like a distracted puppy. Call it home. It’s where you belong.