
The Evening Shield
Protect Your Daytime Energy and Reclaim the Calm of Your Twilight Hours
- Non-Fiction
Do you finish your working day feeling entirely depleted, collapsing on the sofa only to scroll numbly through a screen? Most evening routines fail not because of poor personal discipline, but because your mental stamina was squandered hours earlier on demands beyond your control. When dusk arrives, there is simply nothing left to give to your family, your passions, or yourself. In The Evening Shield, Gudrun Smith introduces the transformative Three Circles framework—a practical psychological model designed to map and defend your emotional and cognitive energy before exhaustion sets in. Through compelling, relatable case studies of professionals struggling with boundary erosion, you will discover how systemic workplace pressures silently drain your evening reserves. Learn how to identify hidden daytime micro-leaks, navigate professional resistance without guilt, and establish impenetrable boundaries that safeguard your domestic peace. It is time to stop dreading the end of the working day. Build your shield, protect your stamina, and reclaim the twilight hours you deserve.




