Worksheet + Journal Guide
Download or print this worksheet to identify, protect, and restore your energy.
Step 1: Identify Your Energy Drains
What situations, people, or habits consistently leave you feeling depleted, anxious, or irritable?
Reflection: How do these energy drainers affect you in your body or mind?
Step 2: Recognize Your Energy Boosters
List the people, activities, environments, or practices that leave you feeling refreshed, calm, or inspired.
Reflection: How can you intentionally invite more of these into your daily life?
Step 3: Create Your Energy Boundary Plan
Think about ways to protect yourself from unnecessary stress or negative influence. Fill in each section:
People / Situations:
Boundaries I Can Set:
Daily Practices to Protect My Peace:
Step 4: Energy Reset Tools
Choose or create tools to restore your energy when you feel drained. Examples: meditation, grounding exercises, journaling, breathing, walking, music.
My Reset Tools:
Step 5: A Daily Check-In
At the end of each day, answer:
Where did I feel drained today?
Where did I feel energized today?
What boundary or reset tool helped me maintain my peace?
Step 6: Affirm Your Peace
Create your personal energy affirmation:
“I protect my energy. I honor my peace. I return to balance easily.”
Personalized version:
Tip: Use this light work worksheet daily or weekly to strengthen your energy awareness. The more consistent you are, the more natural it becomes to maintain calm and clarity, even in chaotic environments.
“This journal reminds you that healing is not the finish line—it’s the doorway. The Light Work Journal offers a daily practice for integrating wisdom, courage, and purpose. Light work is not about perfection; it’s about presence. In this journal, Keila Shaheen reminds us that awareness, when nurtured daily, becomes a creative force. It is the art of returning to yourself, again and again, with intention.”
— Yung Pueblo, #1 NYT Bestselling Author
After completing The Light Work Journal, you will be able to:
Reclaim your gift and talents
Navigate life with a clearer sense of self, direction, and grounded confidence
Recognize where your energy is being drained and consciously reclaim it
Live from alignment rather than internal conflict
If you meet this work with honesty and commitment, your life will transform in unimaginable ways.
Welcome to the next phase of your journey. Welcome to Light Work.
Shine on, little star,
Keila Shaheen
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