From the Daughter of a Personal Development Coach: Energetic Clutter and What it Means to Me

When Tanya (my mom) first coined the term energetic clutter, it really resonated with me.

Her definition of energetic clutter -- “Energetic Clutter refers to all the things that demand our time, focus, and energy but don’t move the needle towards growth, or meaning, or how you want to feel.”

What stuck out to me the most was how much energetic clutter I had. So many elements in my life were no longer serving me but I had not yet done anything to shift my focus.

Since my realization, a lot has changed.

I changed my career path (which is still evolving), let go of toxic friendships and relationships, and started to honor what truly makes me happy.

Living a happy life felt so much harder when I was constantly in survival mode. At twenty-four, having a true plan for the rest of your life is daunting and unrealistic.

So I let go of the need to have complete control of the entirety of everything in existence. Giving myself the false narrative that I needed to have control over everything was taking up space, and certainly not helping me grow. It’s okay to want control and be frustrated when you cannot have it--but it turns into energetic clutter when it is the only thing you can focus on.

In my head, I can draw a connection between energetic clutter and subscriptions we no longer use.

We still get charged for them, but they are no longer useful to us. So occasionally, it could be beneficial to check in, go through your subscriptions, and find what is no longer of use. Similarly, we can look at what our energetic clutter truly is and make the decision to move on or adjust.

Energetic clutter can resonate in different ways for different people, but what stays the same is that it is crucial to examine where we want to be, how we can get there, and the potential elements of our lives that are holding us back.

Written by:

Molly Lesnick