If you’re heading into January thinking you need better routines, better time blocking, or more discipline—this episode will change the conversation.

Because the real issue isn’t time.
It’s energy.

In this episode, you’ll learn how protecting your mental, emotional, and physical energy is the missing link to easier follow-through, steadier eating, and less burnout—and how one simple phrase, “No, thank you,” can become one of your most powerful self-regulation tools.

This episode will feel like a deep exhale.

✨ What You’ll Get from Listening

After this episode, you’ll understand:

• Why time management fails when your energy is depleted
• How low energy—not lack of willpower—drives overeating and procrastination
• The four types of energy that quietly determine how your days (and nights) go
• Why people-pleasing directly drains the energy you need for self-control
• How saying “No, thank you” protects your capacity without guilt or conflict
• Why boundaries improve eating habits, mood, and consistency—backed by behavioral science

🧠 Why This Works

You’ll learn how boundary-setting:

• Reduces decision fatigue and emotional overwhelm
• Preserves self-regulation (the resource you need for intentional eating)
• Increases agency, self-trust, and follow-through
• Prevents burnout-driven nighttime overeating

In short:
When your energy is protected, everything feels easier.

📘 Planning with Energy (Not Pressure)

You’ll also hear how this concept reshaped the Time Management 101 and Weekly Planning pages in the 2026 Follow-Through Planner, so your planner supports your real life instead of demanding more from you.

🧩 This Week’s Simple Challenge

You’ll leave with a clear, doable challenge to:

• Remove one unnecessary energy drain
• Protect one recovery moment
• Practice “No, thank you” once—on purpose
• Feel the difference immediately

🎧 Listen now and give yourself a calmer, more supported start to January.

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