The Energy Reset Every Leader Needs This Spring

This past week I found myself surrounded with boxes of stuff I was inspired to clean out in time for our community’s spring clean up. I noticed most of the contents of one large closet had never even been unpacked since we moved into the house eight years ago. “Why did we ever keep this stuff,” I thought.

I spent hours sorting through old belongings of my kids and mine, throwing out what I thought they no longer needed. Placing some things aside that I needed to ask their opinion before I tossed or donated. (I’ve learned this the hard way.)

I like to get rid of things. I have been known to not take others’ opinions into account during my decluttering. This time I vowed to do it differently.

While I don’t always like the time it takes to clean out the old, I am drawn to the new energy that clearing out the physical clutter and its invisible weight provides.

We all accumulate things…physically, mentally and emotionally. Stuff that served in one season doesn’t always serve us in the next. And the truth is if we don’t clear stuff out and make room, we can’t move forward.

Like nature, we also need seasons of reset — of shedding, re-rooting, and realigning.

So this month, I want to invite you into a gentle but powerful Energy Reset.

Not a rigid routine. Not another thing to manage. But a reconnection to what fuels you—mind, body, and spirit. And a letting go of what does not.

Start With a Mental Declutter

Ask yourself:

Is this serving me?

Is this worry, recurring thought, habit, mindset, or relationship working for me?

Have I outgrown it? Am I holding onto this just because I always have?

Remember, we don’t always need to add something in order to move forward.

The greatest progress can often be made when we let something go.

Nourish Your Emotional Core

Ask yourself:

What am I feeling that I’ve been avoiding?

Where am I saying “yes” when I mean “not now” or even “no”?

Recently, I took on a problem for a family member. After days of investing my time and involving others to help, the family member decided she didn’t want the help after all. I had to undo what I had done, and it drained me emotionally.

It occurred to me that not every problem is ours to solve. Not every thought deserves our full attention. This is easier to see when our minds are decluttered.

Our emotional energy leaks not through the big things—but through tiny betrayals of self, repeated daily.

Choose one small boundary to honor this week. Let it be enough.

When you honor your emotions, you stop hustling for peace and start embodying it.

Reignite Your Physical Vitality

This isn’t about a diet or a bootcamp. It’s about remembering that your body is not a machine—it’s a sacred vessel for your mission.

Drink more water than coffee.
Walk without your phone.

Sleep like it’s your secret weapon (because it is).

And maybe most importantly—breathe.
​Deeply. Slowly. As if your life depends on it.

Because in many ways, it does.

As you go through the week, I encourage you to do some internal and external spring cleaning. You don’t need to overhaul everything. Often, it’s the subtle shifts that create seismic change.

When you reset your energy even gently, you rise with more clarity. Create space for growth. Know what energizes you. And are clear minded — for yourself and those you lead.

So let this be your permission slip:
To pause. To realign. To reclaim your spark—not by doing more, but by letting go of more so you can return to who you already are.

You are not behind.
You are not broken.
You are becoming.

All my best,
~Rita