In part four, we focused on feeding your soul with self-care practices and mindset shifts. If you haven’t caught up yet, make sure to read that here. Now, we’re diving into a key piece of the health puzzle: rest and recharge. Sleep is not just a luxury, it’s essential for your body to repair, restore, and function at its best. Let’s explore why prioritising sleep is a must.
Rest and Recharge
Sleep really is a gamechanger for your health and for your emotional wellbeing. I know that you know that everything looks better when you are well rested. The purpose of sleep is for the body and mind to rest and repair, and that process in humans takes between seven and nine hours, which is where the idea comes from that everyone should get eight hours sleep a night. Perhaps you do, in which case I salute you, but many people don’t, and there are always consequences. Your mood, creativity and tolerance are lower than they would otherwise be, and your motivation to eat well goes out of the window.
“Your future depends on your dreams, so go to sleep.”
MESUT BARAZANY
There will be times when sleep gets a little patchy. However, if you regularly get less than seven hours a night (and it really doesn’t matter what you have convinced yourself you can get by on), really look at the impact it might be having on how that’s working for you.
Sleep has terrible PR and can often feel like just another thing to add to your list but – for one week– I invite you to really prioritise your sleep and throw everything you have at getting more of it. Then step back and see how you feel. Good, right?
That includes setting an unbreakable caffeine curfew by early afternoon, so those coffees can clear your system. It means finding something else to do instead of scrolling on social media 90 minutes before bed. Dimming lights in the evening and blacking out your bedroom (or at least investing in a silk sleep mask) are good ideas to help the body make more of the ‘sleep hormone’ melatonin.
And Breathe
As the Chinese saying goes, “if you know the art of deep breathing, you have the strength, wisdom and courage of ten tigers.”
Of course, you breathe practically every second of the day, but really, I’m talking here about the magic of something called ‘breathwork’.
Essentially, breathwork involves any exercises that you might take on to help improve mental, physical or spiritual well being. Usually, this would involve intentionally changing your breathing patterns.
So, by now, you should have a better understanding of how critical sleep and rest are for your health and emotional balance. With that in place, it's time to talk about the power of movement and creating healthy habits. In part 6, we’ll dive into why moving your body is non-negotiable.
If this resonated, here are three powerful articles to explore next:
• Be The CEO of Your Health - Part 3
• Be The CEO of Your Health - Part 4
• Be The CEO of Your Health - Part 6
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