79 // We Wouldn't Do This To Our Bodies, So Why Do We Do It To Our Brains?

About this episode

The episode discusses the importance of mental rest and questions why we push our brains to exhaustion similar to how we wouldn't do to our bodies.

If you are someone who 😩 struggles to fall asleep 🥲 you constantly feel 'on', stressed, anxious 🙃 you find it hard to 'rest' 🫩 or wake up already tired... THIS IS FOR YOU. A really interesting analogy I heard recently.. Imagine from the moment we WOKE UP - we started running. And we didn't stop. We kept going, exhausted, fatigued, depleted... until we hit the pillow. We wouldn't do this to our bodies, so why do we do it to our BRAINS?! Most people are go go go, non s...

People in this episode

Host: Sophie Kate

Topics covered

• sleep
• stress
• anxiety
• mental health
• self-care
• rest

Keywords

• sleep struggles
• stress management
• anxiety relief
• mental fatigue
• self improvement

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