I have been thinking A LOT about arousal.
No, get your minds out of the gutter :D
I mean arousal in the psychological sense.

Arousal in psychology can be understood as your levels of excitement or energy, and it's often linked with your emotional state.

I have been thinking about arousal for two reasons. One, it's very personal to me because I have just been ill, and because I am currently not taking medication for my ADHD as I need to find a better fit for me.

Two, I think about this topic A LOT because it's something that occurs at some point in many of the coaching discussions that I have.

If you want to understand your arousal levels and also discover how you can engineer them or harness them to your advantage, then the research (thank you, sports science!) tells us that self-awareness is the first step to making progress.

In other words, to make progress here, most people benefit from a discovery phase where you can think about what energises you or wakes you up, and why.

It's possible to do some of this through journalling and reflection. It can also be really helpful to have someone take you through this process. A coach, for example, can ask you a series of questions that are designed to pull out the intelligence you need about your arousal and what increases it and decreases it.

If you would like to work with someone to help you gain clarity on excitement, energy and emotions, then I will have two coaching places coming up in the next few weeks. Get your name onto my waiting list and ask for a free consult to see how I might be able to help you make sense of what is going on for you.

There are then specific arousal-raising activities we can put in place that match what we uncover in the coaching conversations.

What are you wondering about your arousal levels? Comment below!

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