Always tired? What if you could get your energy and your 'mojo' back? Think back to those days when you were full of energy, full of life.
You were going places fast at work rising up the ladder.
Your social life was great and you kept in touch with all your friends.
I'm going to tell you how you can get back to that life in 30 minutes.
Want to understand how? You probably already know you are not alone.
A recent study found that 75% of women in their 30s frequently feel tired and of those 59% fell tired all the time.
Not all tiredness is due to children for most women it is their lifestyle.
All you need is a little knowledge to help you make informed decisions and small changes with big positive outcomes.
Let me tell you a story with a happy ending.
I want you to experience the same results.
A while ago I bumped into an old friend of mine - Emma.
We had graduated from college together and moved into town.
I got a job in a bank and Emma joined a big advertising firm.
I'll be honest with you for the first couple of years I was jealous of Emma.
In the first two years Emma gained two promotions.
She was first to buy her own flat.
She was also the life and soul of the party.
As the years went by I saw less and less of her.
It got to the stage where I wouldn't even include her on emails for group outings and evenings.
None of our friends had seen her in ages either.
So I asked her what had happened.
She told me that in the last few years she had begun feeling overwhelmed.
Whilst only 33 she said she felt tired all the time.
She told me it was affecting her work - she had less energy and was less creative.
Her rate of promotion had slowed.
She was more stressed and spent the weekends crashed out at home.
She was also putting on weight and having a couple of glasses of wine in the evening.
Let's take 30 seconds out.
In those 30 seconds in one column write down all the negative emotions and feelings that you suffer regularly - are you tired, less energetic, stressed, grumpy (etc).
In another column write down what parts of your life are being negatively affected - work, relationships, family life, social life (etc).
Finished? Imagine being back to your old self.
Now resolve to change.
You are going to make small changes with real positive outcomes!! Back to the story.
The more we talked the more I thought I might be able to help.
I had just spent 4 years working with leading scientists in sleep research.
As we chatted I went through her daily routine.
She was getting little sleep during the week but making up for it at the weekends.
She had resorted to coffee to get her through the day and of course a glass or two of wine at night.
I explained to her why some of her actions were likely to be causing the problems.
Not just the constant tiredness but the stress and weight gain.
Her increase in caffeine and use of alcohol at night can affect the quality of sleep and I explained why and how she should moderate her consumption to improve her sleep and energy during the day.
I also advised her to try sticking to a steady sleep and wake schedule all week.
We also discussed some other aspects of sleep and her daily routine.
It was really good to catch up and we agreed to keep in touch more regularly.
For one reason or another it took 6 months before I saw her again.
She told me that she had made some simple changes to her daily routine that we discussed.
She said she now felt much more energetic during the day and had just achieved the promotion she had been longing for.
As a result she was going to buy a bigger flat.
She had also lost 5 pounds in weight, was less stressed and much happier.
Since then we have caught up at least once a month and she is often comes out for group events.