You may have heard that Gen Y now make up over half the working population. What you might not have heard is that millennials anxiety, depression, and panic attacks are affecting Millennials more than any other generation. We have been lucky to work with, and assess almost 800 Millennials and so we took a look at the data to find out why this is the case.

88% of Millennials are experiencing two or more energy crisis indicators which leave them vulnerable to burnout or worse

However, it is at the extreme end of the spectrum where we see a key difference.

1 in 4 Millennial women are experiencing six or seven of the seven ECIs that can lead to burnout or worse (compared with 19% of Millennial men).

You can read what we found

It's not unusual for us to feel stressed or overwhelmed at some point during our day.

There are many simple ways to combat these feelings. Here are a few we love.

Disrupt Your Physiology

Stand. Walk. Drop and do ten pushups. Just move.

4-7-8 Breathing

Rest the tip of your tongue against the roof of your mouth, right behind your front top teeth.

1. Let your lips part. make a whooshing sound, exhaling completely through your mouth. 2. Close your lips, inhaling silently through your nose as you count to four in your head. 3. Then, for seven seconds, hold your breath.

4. Make another whooshing exhale from your mouth for eight seconds.

Get Grounded

Take your shoes off and put your feet on the grass, sand or in the ocean.

Share With a Buddy

When you’re feeling overwhelmed having someone you trust simply listen or provide a different perspective on the situation can be a huge help.

Mindful Anything

This is the simple process of actively noticing new things. Practice mindful eating once a day noticing all the sensations of the food. Practice mindful walking each time you move.

Practice Gratitude

Remind yourself of the things that you are grateful for. Write them down. Keep reminders close by at all times.

Discovering J.O.M.O. (the joy of missing out) was one of those F#%K YES moments. Wherever you look, we are bombarded with messages and images designed to drive that FOMO feeling and ultimately make us feel a bit shit about ourselves.

JOMO celebrates appreciating what you have and who you are. It's about practising self-care without guilt by staying in, disconnecting from the outside world and reconnecting with yourself.

You can keep it simple like reading a book in the sun with your feet in the grass, or get creative designing you own home spa routine. The possibilities of JOMO are endless.

So be a rebel and start practising JOMO today.

Did you know you only need to be 1% dehydrated to have your mental and physical performance negatively affected? It's no wonder when our brains are around 85% water and our bodies are around 55-60%.

Here's seven simple ways you can drink more water.

1. Reframe water as energy.

2. Make it social. If you're in a team assign one person the task to keep everyone's bottles or glasses full.

3. Choose the right sized water bottle. A smaller bottle will be easier to drink, fit in your bag or briefcase and you'll get the bonus of incidental exercise when you need to get a refill. And of course avoid single use plastic to minimise impact on the environment.

4. Go bubbly. Making your water a little more special can make a difference.

5. Add natural flavours. We love cucumber and mint, lemon and lime and strawberry and blueberry added to cold water. Try your own herbal teas by adding treats like ginger and lemon or orange and cinnamon to hot water. Much cheaper than the bought stuff too!

6. Rather than worrying about quantity just let your body tell you. You'll know you're well hydrated when your urine is a light straw colour.

7. Get into a rhythm that suits you. Try starting your day with a glass of water. If you're regularly in meetings, be the one that makes sure there's a full jug and glasses for everyone and get through a glass before the end of the meeting.

Drink up!

Sean :)

Energy intelligence is a skill. Now it’s time to put what you learned into practice. The quicker you do this the faster you'll move towards your ExIQ goal.

The Energx Power Session made you aware of the priorities to move towards you goal. Just like any other skill excellence and mastery will be achieved through practice.

Read the rest of this page and get moving!

Becoming your own cheerleader starts with being aware of when your inner critic [insert name here] shows up. Anytime they speak use the 'noted' or 'anyway' technique to consciously move past the thought. Remind yourself that if [insert name here] was actually real you sure as hell wouldn't be friends so there's no way you're going to be in your head either.

Lizzie Valesquez showed us that becoming your own cheerleader requires courage and practice. So put in the effort to become a champion.

TIP: Start your day and get into a positive frame of mind by reading your character strengths cards literally before you do anything else.

Your unique combination of character strengths make you, you. When we use our strengths daily we are 6x more likely to be engaged at work and 3x more likely to be happy in general.

Put your strengths somewhere you'll see them every day and reflect on how your used them at the end of each day.

Be aware of the following:

- When you're using them and feel a sense of 'flow'.

- When you overuse them, what happens?

- When you underuse them, what happens?

Your bedroom is for two things only. I don't have to remind you what they are. Nothing should be in your bedroom unless it positively contributes to the quality, quantity and frequency of sleep and sex.

Experiment with designing your sleep routine for the hour before you go to bed.

The basics are:

1. 7-8 hours sleep a night. Work backwards from the ideal time to get up to start your day the right way.

2. No screen time for an hour before bed.

3. Ban the phone from the bedroom. Buy a fun alarm clock.

4. Best bed, pillows, PJs and linen you can afford. Remember you spend 1/3 of your life here!

5. Last big meal 2-3 hours before bedtime.

Do this now and every. single. week. You can apply it to any context. Start with the types of work that you regularly do. Then look at the your overall program of work - which projects are energising AND add the most value? Try it for the relationships you have in your life. What could you change here?