Ruminate: Journal Prompt 3

Beneath the overwhelm of rumination there are signals—a white flag waving, a yellow light blinking—there is something trying to get your attention.

Ruminate: Journal Prompt 2

When rumination takes over, you are miles away, down a long hallway, in the corner of a dark room, with the door closed, you are isolated.

While rumination can be a normal experience, it can be terrorizing if the content is negative and anxiety-provoking.

Respect the communication of your body. If you listen, your body will tell you how to manage your energy.

Perhaps you are on the other side of energy management, you have no trouble conserving and protecting your energy, but rather in expending energy.

You cannot manage something you do not recognize. What does your drained energy sound like?

Creating mental visuals, of what it feels like to be drained of energy, can help you explore and understand the full weight of your experience.

Your boundary work happens when your actions advocate for your limits.

The act of preparation acknowledges that needs can feel out of reach during high energy outputs.

Bring attention to where energy is depleted quickly.