The Energy Scale

It’s a catch-22: our perspective—our outlook on where we are now, our past, and our future—shapes how we feel. And how we feel, in turn, shapes our perspective.

It’s amazing how everything can shift in a second. The situation might stay the same, but something changes inside us—our outlook, our perception—and suddenly everything feels different. We might spend years working hard, stressed over a financial situation, and then bam—something shifts. A new opportunity, a little more time, a moment of relief. Suddenly, the future feels lighter. 

What changed? 

Perspective.

Picture two people climbing the same mountain. One is a billionaire. One is in bankruptcy. They're on the exact same trail, tying their shoes, pausing for breath, watching the same sunset. But one sees through the eyes of security, and the other sees through the eyes of panic. Physically, nothing is different. But how they experience that walk—the trees, the breeze, the meaning of it all—is entirely shaped by perspective.

And what’s ironic is that the reverse is also true: how we feel affects our perspective. You know that moment when you finally have a good cry, or sit down with a friend over coffee, and suddenly the weight lifts? You didn’t change your situation—you changed how you felt about it.

Sometimes, we spiral into negativity before we even realize we’re getting sick. A few hours later—bam—we’ve got a fever. Then it makes sense. Our body was already dropping, and it dragged our mind down with it. 

That’s the power of chemistry. 

That’s the pull of perspective.

The truth is, when we’re caught in a perspective rut, we can’t see possibilities. We’re stuck in an energetic loop. But when we lift our inner energy just slightly, new doors begin to appear—ideas we hadn’t considered, solutions we didn’t see.

So how do we shift our energy before the external situation changes? We usually wait for the outside to change so we can feel better. But what if it works the other way around?

I started playing with this. Working from the inside out instead of the outside in. And I invite you to try the same. Don’t take my word for it—test it out for yourself.

This energy scale I’ve built is based on Dr. David Hawkins’ work on measurable energetic frequencies tied to different emotional states. I’ve taken that research and broken it down into stages, each with self-soothing tools, reframing questions, and internal dialogue prompts to gently guide you into a better-feeling state.

The goal isn’t to leap from despair to joy. That’s not realistic. The goal is just to feel a little better. To shift from despair to apathy, from apathy to neutrality, from neutrality to hope. Just one step up the ladder.

That’s all you need.

Each level includes “self-soothing rants”—phrases and sentences you can use or adapt to your own voice. Read through them. Try one on. See how it feels. Then create your own. 

Make a little game of it throughout the day: Can I say something to myself that feels even just slightly better than before?

You are literally nurturing yourself into a better emotional state. As you do, you are raising your frequency—and with it, your perspective. 

New options will begin to reveal themselves. It won’t feel quite so hopeless or impossible. That mountain might still be there, but you’ll begin to see paths around it.

The years of overtime and exhaustion you thought were your only way out might be replaced by a new idea, a fresh perspective, a softer truth. Don’t trust everything you see from a low perspective. 

Trust that better-feeling states will unlock new possibilities.

You don’t need to solve everything right now.

You just need to feel a little better than before. That’s how the shift begins.