Why You’re Still Exhausted (Even When You’re Sleeping Enough)

I hear it again and again. “I don’t understand why I’m so tired. I’m sleeping more than I used to!”

That’s usually where this conversation begins, and it’s where something important shifts.

Because sleep and rest are not the same thing.

Sleep is essential, yes. But it’s only one kind of rest. Many of us are sleeping, but still living with a deep rest deficit in other areas of our lives. The result is a culture of capable, caring, high-functioning people who feel chronically depleted no matter how early they go to bed.

Rest is about restoration, and restoration happens in more ways than we’ve been taught…