3 Ways to Boost Your Energy Levels in the Morning

“We need energy if we want to show up as our best selves in the world.”

Do you wake up full of energy and ready to start the day?

Or is getting started hard and slow? We all know how it feels to be overtired and rundown, but this shouldn’t be a daily situation. We need energy if we want to show up as our best selves in the world.

Here’s how you can boost your energy levels in the morning, without coffee and without me telling you to get more sleep.

Yep, we’re actually going to avoid coffee.

For now. We want to avoid coffee for the first hour after waking. This is due to the relationship between caffeine and cortisol.

The circadian rhythm controls a part of the brain called the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN). The SCN is responsible for releasing cortisol — our stress hormone.

This hormone, while often vilified, is normal and beneficial. However, when we compound our natural cortisol spikes with a cup of coffee, it can dramatically increase our stress response, and can also cause our bodies to be immune to the impact of the caffeine. In the long term, this increases our caffeine tolerance, meaning we’ll need more and more in order to get a buzz.

After this spike, feel free to have a cup of coffee.

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