Chief Executive Officer--->Chief Energy Officer
A Revolutionary 3-Minute Morning Practice
Transform your leadership through intentional energy stewardship
Discover the PracticeExceptional midlife women leaders face a unique energy crisis that traditional productivity methods ignore. As perceptive gifts develop, rooms get smaller, risks get larger and vision evolves, women are smart to recalibrate assets and energy as early as possible.
Your gifted mind processes information at accelerated rates, creating higher cognitive load during daily tasks and requiring more recovery time between high-demand activities.
Environmental factors create additional energy drains that others don't experience, compounding throughout the day and affecting your leadership capacity.
Professional roles demand consistent high performance while traditional systems ignore your unique neurological needs and energy patterns.
Hormonal changes, caregiving responsibilities, and identity transitions create additional energy demands during an already challenging life stage.
Years of adapting to neurotypical systems has created chronic energy depletion, making sustainable high performance feel impossible.
Most productivity systems focus on time management rather than energy stewardship, often exacerbating burnout by adding more tasks.
Energy is not infinite. It must be stewarded, protected, and allocated intentionally.
Purpose: Create awareness of current energy reserves
Rate your current state (1-10 scale) across three domains:
Physical Energy: Body sensations, fatigue levels, physical capacity
Emotional Energy: Mood, emotional resilience, interpersonal capacity
Mental Energy: Cognitive clarity, focus availability, processing power
Purpose: Identify the day's primary energy dynamics
Ask yourself three key questions:
What is today's biggest potential energy drain?
What is today's most likely energy gain/source?
What external factors might impact my energy?
Purpose: Set one non-negotiable energy protection
Choose ONE boundary that honors your energy audit:
"I will not check email before 10am"
"I will take a 5-minute reset between meetings"
"I will work from the quiet conference room today"
"I will delegate the 3pm status update"
Transform your leadership approach through progressive mastery
Goal: Establish the habit and begin data collection
Complete the 3-minute audit before your first meeting or task. Track patterns without trying to change anything. Notice what insights emerge from simply paying attention.
Goal: Begin implementing one daily boundary
Continue the energy audit practice while implementing your sacred boundary 80% of the time. Observe the impact of boundary-setting on energy levels.
Goal: Begin communicating energy needs professionally
Share energy audit language with your team. Use phrases like "I need to honor my energy audit today" and model energy stewardship for others.
Goal: Become proficient enough to share the practice
Refine your personal audit process, begin teaching simplified versions to colleagues, and create team norms that honor individual energy management.
Experience transformation at individual and organizational levels
Reduced decision fatigue throughout the day
Increased awareness of energy patterns
Greater sense of agency over daily experience
Improved boundary-setting skills
Sustainable high performance without burnout
Enhanced leadership presence and effectiveness
Better modeling of healthy work practices
Increased professional confidence and authenticity
Teams experience more consistent leadership
Meeting culture becomes more intentional
Other team members adopt similar practices
Organizational norms shift toward sustainability
Three minutes. Your energy matters. The revolution begins with awareness.
Begin Your Practice