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Fostering
Your Energy
& Living Your
Life Well
ENERGIZE YOUR LIFE
DEBRA LAFLERWELLNESS CONSULTANT, COACH, & SPEAKER
GROUP HEALTH COOPERATIVE
OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
Debra Lafler
Doctorate in Spiritual Studies
Master’s Degree in Health & Behavior ---Health Education
Certifications in Wellness, Worksite Wellness, & Yoga
20 years of experience in the field
Areas of expertise:
Personal Wellness & Well-Being
Health Behavior & Health Behavior Change
Worksite Wellness (employee wellbeing)
SPEAKER INFORMATION
FOSTERING OUR ENERGY through understanding:
Wellness
Balance
Human Needs, Values & Priorities
Mindset: Perfectionism vs. Optimalism
Human Energy
Wellbeing & Longevity Research
Self-Care (tips, techniques, practices)
TODAY’S FOCUS
ICEBERG MODEL OF HEALTH (ENERGY)
Iceberg Model of Health & Disease, John Travis, MD, MPH
SNAPSHOT FROM WELLNESS 101
Physical
Social
Intellectual
Spiritual
Emotional
Occupational
ITS ALL CONNECTED
WELLNESS & BALANCE
THE WORK-LIFE BALANCE CHALLENGE
Consider your day’s schedule:
5am Personal 5pm Travel
6am Personal 6pm Personal
7am Travel 7pm Personal
8am Work/Career 8pm Personal
9am Work/Career 9pm Personal
10am Work/Career 10pm Sleep
11am Work/Career 11pm Sleep
12pm Personal 12am Sleep
1pm Work/Career 1pm Sleep
2pm Work/Career 2pm Sleep
3pm Work/Career 3pm Sleep
4pm Work/Career 4pm Sleep
BALANCING PRIORITIES
(HAVE TO / WANT TO)
WHY DO I DO (OR DON’T DO) THAT?
What is “most -needed” right now? (and why)
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs :
HUMAN NEEDS
Am I thriving?
Am I good enough?
Am I loved/belong?
Am I safe? (food, water,
shelter, safety, & money)
Am I alive?
VALUES: What IS “most important (valuable)” to me?
& WHY? (note: not what “should” but what “IS”!)
MY BODY MY MIND MY SPIRIT MY SPOUSE/PARTNER
MY FAMILY SCHOOL WORK/CAREER HOBBIES
VALUES
What about all the things I “should” be
doing, but I don’t do?
YEAH, BUT…
RE-EVALUATE “SHOULDS”
I “should”…..
I “have to”….. DE-ENERGIZING
I “need to”…..
---Versus---
I “want to”…..
I “get to”…... ENERGIZING
SHOULDS VS. WANTS
I “can’t”…..
I “don’t have”….. DE-ENERGIZING
I “don’t do”…..
---Versus---
I “can do”….. ENERGIZING
I “have”…...
I “do”
CAN’T DO VS. CAN DO
Exercise: (from Tal Ben Shahar’s book “Being Happy”)
Make a list of the most important areas in your life.
Note what “perfection” is, and then what could be “good -enough”
Such as:
CATEGORY PERFECTIONIST OPTIMALIST (good enough)
Professional 12 hours a day 8 hours a day
Spouse/Partner Date(s) 2 x a week Date(s) 2 x a month
Kids (quality time) Every day 4 days a week
Friends/Social 1 x a week 1 x a month
Exercise Every day 3 days a week
Meditation 30 minutes a day 5 minutes a day
Hobby Every day 2 days a week
Cleaning Every day 2 days a week
EVOLVE FROM A PERFECTIONIST
TO AN “OPTIMALIST”
“It was a great relief to adopt this new good-
enough approach. With my revised set of
expectations, a fresh sense of satisfaction replaced
the old frustration. And, unexpectedly, I found that
I was more energized and focused.”
----Tal Ben-Shahar
QUOTE FROM TAL BEN-SHAHAR
KNOW ALWAYS
Aliveness, Health, Power,
Inertia, Creativity, Motivation
UNDERSTANDING HUMAN “ENERGY”
(OUR “BUZZ” & “ESSENCE”)
PHYSICAL …........................our bodies
INTELLECTUAL…..................our minds
EMOTIONAL…......................our emotions
SPIRITUAL…........................our spirit
SOCIAL….............................our relationships
ENVIRONMENTAL…...........…our environment
HUMAN ENERGY FLOWS
FOSTERING ENERGY…
BY RECOGNIZING OUR BLOCKS
FLOW FEELS: BLOCKS FEELS:
ALIVE DEAD/DYING
GOOD BAD
PLEASURABLE PAINFUL
ENERGIZING EXHAUSTING
PEACEFUL FRUSTRATING
“ALL IS WELL” FEARFUL/ANXIOUS
IDENTIFYING BLOCKS
BLOCKS ARE SIGNALS
(THEY ARE NOT ‘BAD’; THEY ARE A GIFT!)
CURIOUSLY ASSESSS OUR…
PHYSICAL …........................ self-care
INTELLECTUAL….................. thoughts
EMOTIONAL…...................... emotions
SPIRITUAL…........................ spirit
SOCIAL…............................. relationships
ENVIRONMENTAL…............. environment
Q: DOES THIS HELP OR HURT ME?
LEARNING WHAT TO LET GO OF
Image credit to: tracyholloway.comImage credit to: lessonslearnedinlife.com
FOSTERING ENERGY(CREATE IT, SUSTAIN IT, ENJOY IT)
TAL BEN-SHAHAR VIDEO (2 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWfZ70bVQa8
BLUE ZONES VIDEO (10 min)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39puksTfUaM
BLUE ZONES BOOKS
SUMMARY TIPS
HOW DO YOU
INTEGRATE THESE
THINGS INTO YOUR
LIFE?
ADVICE/TIPS FROM ALL
Debra Lafler
dlafler@ghcscw.com
608-662-4913
Facebook Page (daily posts for inspiration):
Debra Scott Lafler’s Personal Wellness Development
THANK YOU
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