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How Your PSYCHOLOGY Controls Your ENERGY & How to Use Wise Effort to Unleash Your Potential - With Dr. Diana Hill

September 24, 2025
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Your energy is one of your most precious resources; it allows you to pour into your relationships, accomplish your fitness goals, and so much more. But with our busy schedules and constant distractions, it can be easy for our energy to become misguided and misdirected.  

Today, you’re going to learn how to focus in on what really matters, using principles from psychology. Our guest is Dr. Diana Hill, a psychologist and author of the new book, Wise Effort. In this interview, you’re going to learn how to tap into your unique genius energy, and the three psychological mechanisms that can keep us trapped in negative patterns.  

These simple principles will help you recharge, refocus, and spend more time doing the things that energize you. So listen in and enjoy this interview with Dr. Diana Hill!    

In this episode you’ll discover: 

  • The difference between burnout and unfulfillment. (8:01) 

  • Where the term wise effort comes from. (10:38) 

  • What genius energy is and how to identify yours. (19:18) 

  • The five key components that make you unique. (20:21) 

  • A question you can ask yourself to find your natural interests. (21:16) 

  • The importance of aligning your energy with your values. (21:52)  

  • Three things that can misdirect your energy. (22:50)  

  • How avoiding discomfort can create more problems. (28:20)  

  • Why highlighting someone’s strengths is so powerful. (36:46) 

  • How your environment can affect the way you respond. (40:34) 

  • What the abbreviation HEART is. (41:30)  

  • What interoceptive awareness is, and how to improve it. (43:21) 

  • The definition of neuroception. (48:02) 

  • What post traumatic growth is. (50:35) 

  • How to use choice points to redirect your energy. (58:22) 

  • An exercise you can use to tap into your subconscious. (1:03:38)  

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