Krystel Clear
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Krystel Clear
Energetic Hangovers- How to process and decompress from social activities
Feeling utterly exhausted after social events—even when completely sober? You might be experiencing an energetic hangover. These hidden energy drains can leave you feeling as depleted as an actual hangover, complete with fatigue, brain fog, and even physical symptoms like inflammation and nausea.
Drawing from personal experiences at recent charity galas, fashion shows, and travel, I explore how being constantly "on" in stimulating environments takes a very real toll on our nervous systems. The background noise, bright lights, multiple conversations, and diverse energies create an invisible but powerful drain that many of us don't recognize until we're completely depleted. What's fascinating is that these energetic hangovers often follow experiences we genuinely enjoy—connecting with others, traveling to new places, or supporting causes we believe in.
The good news? We can develop practical strategies to both prevent and recover from these energetic drains. During this episode, I share my go-to techniques: conscious breathing methods to stay grounded in overwhelming moments, the importance of physical grounding (yes, sometimes literally taking your shoes off!), setting clear intentions before events, and creating micro-moments of recovery throughout busy days. For aftermath recovery, I discuss the transformative power of nature connection, digital detoxing, movement practices, and physical cleansing rituals like infrared saunas and Epsom salt baths.
Most importantly, this episode encourages giving yourself permission to prioritize recovery time. Scheduling downtime after high-energy commitments isn't selfish—it's necessary self-preservation. As humans, we simply weren't designed for constant stimulation from digital devices, artificial lighting, and non-stop social interaction. Ready to protect your energy and recover more efficiently? Listen now, and discover how to maintain your balance in our hyper-connected world.
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What's up you guys? Welcome to this episode of Crystal Clear. I wanted to jump on for a short and sweet one today on energetic hangovers. So in my line of work and my business and my life it's very busy. As my regulars all know, I do a lot of community events. I'm talking big events. I did a fashion show last week. I walked the runway for different outfits for about 700 people for a really awesome organization. Sarasota February I had a couple of back-to-back events between 300 and 500 participants and I'm not always on stage doing things, but actively, when you're there, when you're representing yourself and your company and your cause and your purpose, you're on right.
Speaker 1:So you're talking to people, you're conversating, there's a lot of background noise, there's music, there's constant distractions. I mean it's really a very overstimulating environment that in the moment I'm energized by it, I'm super excited, I love to connect with people, I love to be there, I love to chat. But then at the same time I find myself now more so that I do events sober like I don't drink at these events at all anymore. I find it easier to like find myself in the overstimulated state which makes me go back to like why I probably drank at them in the first place. Pre-brody is because it was overstimulating. So ways that I am able to and I'll just kind of start with the big events, because I want to talk about this because we all experience it at some capacity, whether you've gone to a sporting event or you volunteered at your child's school or you've gone to a big Christmas party or a big party or a school dance I mean, we've all been a part of. You know even high school kids, like I watch my daughter walking into her school and there's bells ringing and people walking around. And you know even high school kids, like I watch my daughter walking into her school and there's bells ringing and people walking around, and you know you're shuffling from place to place. There's a lot of different energy surrounding you in these situations and you know whether it's people, whether it's environmental factors like background noises, or, you know, maybe things in the environment, maybe there's animals around. Who knows Ways that I have been able to kind of cope and manage through this, something that I just really felt compelled to get on and share with you guys.
Speaker 1:So, for example, for big events, one of my go-tos is breathing. So really that's the only thing I can control in the environment. Like if I'm talking a lot and I'm like shallow breathing, I notice that when I can be in conversation I can get into the shallow breathing. So I make sure, like when I'm doing my active listening and the other person is talking, I'm focusing on my breath, I'm taking deep breath in holding it and allowing it to flow, and I try to do more of a box breathing or sometimes I'll do staggered breathing, so I breathe in for four counts, hold, breathe out for four counts and continue that pattern and I found that that really helps me stay centered, stay grounded and also helps me listen. I'm to the point where I'm not actually physically counting my breaths. If I was, I wouldn't be completely actively listening, but I know I can know that pattern and that rhythm for myself. So that's one thing that I find really helpful. Or if there's music on, I'll sway and move my body because I feel like for me, I'm very kinetic, so physical movement really helps me, as you can always talk with my hands when I'm podcasting and that's just part of me, but I feel like it helps me process more, it helps me flow, it helps me be in my rhythm of being there and being present and kind of not to avoid the conversation if I'm talking to someone when there's music on but just to have some movement. I think you can relate if you have the baby sway. When you're holding a baby, you still sway back and forth. It's just that natural kind of motion that your body can take to really kind of help you be in your groove Also, making sure to stay hydrated, drinking lots of water If it's appropriate.
Speaker 1:Grounding like if I'm at a party or I'm at someone's home, like I'll take my shoes off and be grounded in the moment. I'm just a barefoot girl anyway. And be grounded in the moment. I'm just a barefoot girl anyway. Sometimes, at events, even if you're wearing heels all night and you're sick of wearing them, take them off. Who gives a shit, take it off right. Even recently, a trip. So recently my girlfriends and I went to New York City. So much fun. There was so much excitement leading up to the trip. It was my girlfriend's birthday. We had quick 48 hours. We had so much fun. We were grounded in our moments. We were super present with each other, where no one was on their phone, I mean, we took a ton of pictures. We went to the park. We had like this beautiful meditation in the park where we just laid there and kind of just soaked in that we were there and present in the city and I realized how much that really helps me when I'm traveling.
Speaker 1:So, from traveling somewhere, being in an airport is a lot, being on a flight is a lot. Again, you're surrounded by a lot of different people, a lot of different energies. Some might not always be pleasant Cab drivers. Wherever, especially cities like New York City, right, there's always something going on. There's 50,000 different smells in the street, there's so many different noises in the background. So we really just kind of kicked it off. We hung out in our room for a little bit, went to the park and really centered ourselves and I think it really set the tone for the trip and our intention of just being there and being present and soaking it all in.
Speaker 1:So if you're someone that travels a lot for work or maybe you do like I do and have to commute to a lot of different places throughout your day, I might have a meeting downtown and I might have to go to my office and I might have the virtual meeting from home, but I really try to get grounded wherever I am, when I'm getting there or like once I arrive. And one thing that really helps me is if I'm in my car or in the airport. Actually it's kind of fun in the airport too to put my headphones on or to turn the stereo on and listen to, like yoga, grounding music with no lyrics. So for me sometimes lyrics can be overstimulating. So just listening to something that I find I always find that flutes like the Native American flute, just really like I don't know, like I was, like my soul, my soul really responds well to that or chimes or something like you would hear in a sound bath, really bring me back to that peace and the calm. Or you can even do like white noise or or some sort of like waterfall or nature-esque Waterfall is kind of iffy. It depends on when I have to go pee that one can backfire, but that's something in between commutes or if it's like a hustle and bustle kind of day or even in traffic. Sometimes just putting on some soothing, calming music will just help me keep my nervous system regulated during those times. Helped me keep my nervous system regulated during those times.
Speaker 1:For me more of a regular practice, I really love to go in for shamanic clearings, sound baths. You don't have to go in for this, you could create this in your own space. There's a lot of yoga. Nidra is really great. Space, there's a lot of yoga. Nidra is really great. So after a long day or a big event or just even if I'm into my head a lot, it doesn't even have to be some extraordinarily big event. It could just mean if you're finding that you're like I got to do this, I got to do that, I got to write this down, I got to do that. I have to go pick the kids up here, I have to go pick that up there, I have to go to the grocery store.
Speaker 1:Sometimes we can energetically drain ourselves just from our thoughts, and that's real. So if you're extra exhausted during the day, just honor that, don't beat yourself up over it. Recently I have felt that I don't know if it's the time change. I don't know what's going on, but I have just been more tired lately. Actually, I did have food poisoning last week and that was a whole different ballgame. But just honoring that. So instead of waking up and going to cycle, I wake up and like how do I want to move today? What feels right for me today and then honoring that.
Speaker 1:So maybe it's a walk, maybe it's like I've been reading a lot more books lately because I've been really trying to digital detox and that's a big key in staying like we don't realize or maybe some of us do how overstimulating being on your phone, in front of lights or any sort of technology is. Let's just face it Humans are not made for that. We're not like. There's reasons that it is there and it's very useful and it's very helpful in a lot of ways, but we're really not built to be overstimulated all the time.
Speaker 1:So I try to always go back to nature. So I have my desk sitting if I'm working from home. My home office faces our yard and I get to see beautiful green and there's usually little birds out there, and so I really try to, even if it's in a virtual meeting and I'm overstimulated and there's a lot going on, I just try to take myself there. I'm listening, I'm participating, but I'm also looking outside, I'm keeping myself centered, I'm keeping myself grounded, I'm keeping myself like in the now present in my, because what I realized is, if I'm not taking time to do these little bits of micro healing throughout my day, I'm a fucking mess. I am constantly like I need to schedule this, I need to schedule this, I need to do this trip, I need to do this. I'm just taking a driver's test, like we got to get through an apartment, we, I mean it's just constantly circling so I can intercept, like we have the ability to intercept those patterns at any time. And so I've really tried to hold myself accountable for that recently, because I found myself kind of going down rabbit holes with too much to do and feeling overwhelmed, which is, I think, the reason I've really reached out.
Speaker 1:I've read Prince Harry's book Spare. Such a good book. Such a good book, I mean. It really just gives you an idea of the type of life that he's had to live and just gives me so much compassion for him and his wife and his family. Even I'm reading a fiction novel right now, and then I have another. I'm going to read Lise Marie. I love reading about people's lives because I'm always, again, very intrigued by human health and behavior. But just reading, and I don't like to read on a Kindle, I don't like to read on my phone. I want a paperback book because I feel like it allows me to just take myself away for a little bit.
Speaker 1:I'm not a big TV watching person, but even like watching your favorite show and just not thinking about the outside stuff. But for me, the digital detox is real right now. So I've just chosen a different route, but definitely recommend journaling. Obviously is one of my big things I talk about quite often. So journaling or just taking some quiet time to do nothing, just sitting on my lanai and trying to soak it in soak in the breeze it's getting a little hot in Florida right now, but just feeling the sun on my body or taking time to just let the breeze blow and when I'm walking, like really paying attention to my senses instead of it gets me out of my head. It gets me out of that constant state of thinking or feeling I need to be doing something. I was sick last week, just allowing myself to be and not worrying about the things that I wasn't getting done.
Speaker 1:Um, breath work again, is huge and you can youtube a lot like some great things to. Um, look up on youtube. You know breath work, box breathing. Um, yoga, nidra is really great. Um, yin yoga is really great if you want to add in some body like stretches and things like that, and there's obviously a ton of different resources out there, but those are just a few things that have been my go-to recently.
Speaker 1:The sauna I've been getting we have an infrared sauna, so I'm getting back into that Because after doing people-y things, I really need to shed the energy. I'm a giver, I love to communicate, I love to talk to people, I love to be in conversation, but sometimes I feel like my energy gets sucked out and sometimes I feel like I accumulate other people's energy, especially if I'm in one place too long or with someone that has something going on. And just so, something cleansing. I love a good Epsom salt soak bath or magnesium soak bath, a good long shower, a jump in the pool, a sauna anything that like a sweat, a run, a jog, a workout class, moving my body always makes me feel like I kind of shed the day, so anything that makes me feel like I'm getting rid of excess is huge in that.
Speaker 1:So if you find yourself leaving work events and you're too tired to go for a work class because, trust me, by the end of the day I'm not exercising, I might do some light stretches or something like that, but my peak exercise time is from about 8 to 10 am or sometimes earlier, but usually around between 8 and 10 these days and just really taking time to energetically cleanse. So even in the shower, I'll just picture the water rushing over me and just brushing it all away. And even if you don't have access to that like even this morning when I taught my yoga class just having the participants, like just taking a moment, closing your eyes, picturing your thoughts, like flowing through a river, going down the waterfall and just going away, like our thoughts are going to come and go, right, but allowing them to just flow, intentionally letting it go and not staying stuck there. You can come back to it, right, like we can come back. They're not going away forever unless we want them to. That's fine too, but you can always come back to it and, knowing that it's not too late to just let it flow, let it go if it's not serving you.
Speaker 1:I don't know. I just felt really. I know energetically we have a lot going on and a lot coming up. We have a son graduating and moving to college and summer's coming up, which is a busy time of year for travel. So I just wanted to get on and give you guys some kind of tips and tricks on things that I find really helpful to ground me, to center me, to take some quiet time for myself in moments to where I don't get overstimulated energetically, especially like family vacations. That can be a big one. I mean, we have four kids. We're not planning a big family vacation this summer.
Speaker 1:We went to Switzerland last summer, which was beautiful, but you better believe I took some time to make sure I wake up earlier than everyone else so I would go down, I'd have my latte outside by myself and just making sure I prioritized my time and knowing that that's not selfish. Or if you're going to a big event like a big concert or something like that, allow yourself enough downtime to recover. So that was kind of something I wanted to touch on. No one talks about or actually there's probably a lot of people that talk about it, but I wouldn't talk about it the effects of energetic hangovers. It can literally mimic the same physiological response as an alcohol hangover you can feel nauseous, you can feel tired, you can feel lethargic, you can feel sick to your stomach. I mean, depending on what you eat, depending on the people you're around, what you're digesting energetically affects you physically. So giving yourself appropriate time, like this past week, the beautiful event I had so much fun.
Speaker 1:Saturday I was done, I was down for the count. I canceled my morning Pilates class. I allowed myself to have a slow morning, slowly sipping my decaf coffee while my son watched a movie, having some snuggle time, playing some Lego, just really having some intentional time at home. And then later on I felt a little bit more energetic. So I took a walk and went to Pilates at three o'clock. So I allow myself the grace and compassion to pivot and to prepare.
Speaker 1:And now I know like in February I had back-to-back events. I had the Haven Gala, then I had a resilient retreat, farm-to-table event. Both causes that are near and dear to my heart Love them. It was Saturday night and Sunday night. By Monday I was physically ill because I was so tired and so worn out and I had eaten food that I felt over-served. I didn't drink any alcohol, but I felt like I had drank like six margaritas. I was puffy and inflamed. I didn't sleep well.
Speaker 1:So I just want to throw it out there that whether you're drinking or not or doing any other kind of substances, you can still get those types of hangovers just from being in high energy or high overstimulating zones. So detoxing sauna, hot bath, a good sweat, a good workout, some alone time, some time to just you know, even doing Legos with my son, I found so therapeutic because I just wasn't thinking, I was just doing it. Um, so just making sure to prioritize some time for yourself like that. Um, again, crystal clearcom. If you ever have any questions, would love to chat with you more on about this. I'm actually have a lot of upcoming retreats. I'm um doing a a couple ladies retreats coming up and I'm going to be hosting some over the summer in my space and just here for you, here for it in the comments, if you have any questions.
Speaker 1:Maybe things, situations that you're in that you don't really know how to energetically cleanse from, also have a ton of awesome resources. I love going to like my medium and acupuncture and shamanic clearings and breath work, and I just I love to do all the things and even as a fitness professional for over 20 years, I still like to go to an exercise class. I love going to Pilates because I don't want to think about it. I don't I want someone to tell me what to do, I just want to go through the motions and be done with it without thinking. So just, that's pretty much it for today. I appreciate you guys for always tuning in for your support. Just thought that I was just, from recent events, compelled to really put that out for you and support you through your spring and summer transition. So thanks, guys.