When is the last time you actively recharge your battery? And I'm not talking about just zoning out

to social media. I mean, purposefully doing things that make you feel energized. That's what we're

going to talk about in today's podcast. Hey, cutterbugs. Welcome back to the Kletterbug podcast.

Today we're talking about recharging your battery, recharging your mental, physical,

and emotional battery. And I want to talk about this right now because it's fall and this time of

year is the time where we all need to like collectively as a society kind of slow down a little bit.

I'm not saying that this isn't a busy time of year. I have my kids birthdays and hockey season

starts up and things are really hectic. But we also need to realize that it isn't healthy for

us as human beings to run at 100% 24.7. The summer's crazy and we're outside and we have extra yard

work and we're doing things. We're going places and we're doing all this fun stuff. And just like

nature needs to have this period of like going dormant, right? The kind of slows down. All the trees

drop their leaves or just like I'm not I'm not dealing with you leaves. I'm not feeding you

anymore. I'm just like chilling for the winter. We kind of kind of have that same vibe. We need to

let some things go. We need to make sure that we're prioritizing rest. And doing this as seasonal

changes is really helpful because it's kind of that reminder to us as it starts getting cooler

side. As nature starts slowing down, maybe we can start slowing down too. And actively doing things

to recharge our battery. We can't hibernate like bears, though I wish I could. That's definitely not

what I'm talking about. I'm talking about being really mindful when it comes to

how slowing down and making sure that we are nourishing ourselves and our brains and our bodies

and our emotional state with lots of rest. And so when I think of this, I'm like because I'm always

like IVHD so I'm like a ping pong ball, right? And I used to think that I would need to recharge

my battery. I would need like lay in bed for a day and just watch TV or have naps or just basically

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