How Your PSYCHOLOGY Controls Your ENERGY & How to Use Wise Effort to Unleash Your Potential - With Dr. Diana Hill

The Model Health Show

Shawn Stevenson

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Motivation, Wellness, Nutrition, Health, Sex, Selfhelp

4.8 • 7.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Your energy is one of your most precious resources; it allows you to pour into your relationships, accomplish your fitness goals, and so much more. But with our busy schedules and constant distractions, it can be easy for our energy to become misguided and misdirected. Today, you’re going to learn how to focus in on what really matters, using principles from psychology. Our guest is Dr. Diana Hill, a psychologist and author of the new book, Wise Effort. In this interview, you’re going to learn how to tap into your unique genius energy, and the three psychological mechanisms that can keep us trapped in negative patterns. These simple principles will help you recharge, refocus, and spend more time doing the things that energize you. So listen in and enjoy this interview with Dr. Diana Hill! In this episode you’ll discover: The difference between burnout and unfulfillment. (8:01) Where the term wise effort comes from. (10:38) What genius energy is and how to identify yours. (19:18) The five key components that make you unique. (20:21) A question you can ask yourself to find your natural interests. (21:16) The importance of aligning your energy with your values. (21:52) Three things that can misdirect your energy. (22:50) How avoiding discomfort can create more problems. (28:20) Why highlighting someone’s strengths is so powerful. (36:46) How your environment can affect the way you respond. (40:34) What the abbreviation HEART is. (41:30) What interoceptive awareness is, and how to improve it. (43:21) The definition of neuroception. (48:02) What post traumatic growth is. (50:35) How to use choice points to redirect your energy. (58:22) An exercise you can use to tap into your subconscious. (1:03:38) Items mentioned in this episode include: Paleovalley.com/model - Use code MODEL for 15% off! Wise Effort by Dr. Diana Hill - Get your copy today! Connect with Dr. Diana Hill Website / Podcast / Instagram / Facebook Be sure you are subscribed to this podcast to automatically receive your episodes:  Apple Podcasts Spotify Soundcloud Pandora YouTube This episode of The Model Health Show is brought to you by Paleovalley. Use my code MODEL at Paleovalley.com/model to save 15% sitewide on nutrient dense snacks, superfood supplements, and more.

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0:00.0	You are now listening to The Model Health Show with Sean Stevenson.
0:04.7	For more, visit the modelhealthshow.com.
0:11.5	Welcome to the model health show.
0:13.3	This is fitness and nutrition expert, Sean Stevenson, and I'm so grateful for you tuning in with me today.
0:18.5	Our lives are determined by our energy and specifically how we use
0:24.3	that energy. Today, science is affirming that our psychology and the way that we perceive things
0:30.8	has a huge impact on our daily energy. Today, you're going to discover simple daily practices
0:37.1	that will help you to shift from energy that depletes to energy energy. Today you're going to discover simple daily practices that will help you to shift from
0:38.9	energy that depletes to energy that energizes you. You're also going to learn the surprising
0:45.6	science on how to find your unique genius energy. And this is a game changer. You're also going to
0:54.1	learn the three psychological mechanisms
0:56.5	that make us feel stressed out and trapped in unhealthy patterns. And our world leading psychologist
1:03.5	guest today is going to demonstrate these three psychological mechanisms on me. And I had a big
1:09.9	breakthrough in real time during this interview
1:13.3	that I didn't expect. And so I'm so grateful to be able to share this powerful interview with you
1:20.1	today. And one thing to keep in mind again, before we get to our special guest, is how much
1:25.2	there's this battle between our energy and stress. Stress is
1:30.0	energy itself and it can be an expression of positive energy, but it also can be an energy
1:37.1	depleter. And one of the most valuable things that I did not learn in my university education about this essential nutrient has to do
1:48.7	with its relationship to helping our bodies to healthfully process stress. According to data
1:55.8	published in the Journal of Nutrition and Food Sciences, both emotional and physical stress can deplete our body's
2:03.8	vitamin C levels. And it can increase our body's requirement for vitamin C to maintain normal
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