Your mind and body are trying to get your attention

The house is dark and quiet, everyone else is asleep. You settle in to your cozy bed after another exhausting day, and your eyes should be closed.

But your brain has other ideas. Maybe it's rehearsing tomorrow’s presentation for work, maybe it's replaying that awkward conversation and coming up with 100 better responses you should've delivered. Perhaps it's organizing your massive to-do list? It could just be contemplating whether magnesium actually helps you sleep, as you lay there most definitely not yet asleep.

Meanwhile, your body has it's own agenda. “Let’s run a full diagnostic on every worst-case scenario we’ve ever imagined and decide what we would do when each one happens.”

Be like Rizzo!

The most interesting part of this is It might not be a “sleep” problem at all.

It might be:

a nervous system problem,

a gut health problem,

a stress management problem,

or a been-in-go-mode-for-too-long problem.

Many people don’t actually realize this, but sleep quality is largely a reflection of your daytime rhythm and routines.

If your day is filled with:

●     Skipped or skimpy meals

●     Back-to-back tasks with no down time

●     Unchecked scrolling and screen time

●     lack of wind-down time before bed…

Then it’s not at all surprising that your brain doesn’t know how to down-shift into a resting state.

But here’s what I think is the most shocking:

That unchecked stress also messes with your blood sugar.

Those blood sugar spikes and dips mess with your gut…

The gut that actually helps produce melatonin, whch WOULD help you sleep.

So if your sleep feels broken, it’s probably not your mattress or your pillow or even the temperature in your room when those factors all seemed just fine before.

But it could be your mind and body trying to get your attention.

Try thise:

Eat real meals on a real(ish) schedule

Cut the screen scrolling at least 60 min before trying to sleep

Try 10 minutes of a “wind-down rouotine” (stretching, journaling, bathing/showering, whatever helps you relax)

And if you keep waking up, especially between the hours of 1–4 am… it could be your blood sugar spiking/dipping (food/digestion), or cortisol levels (stress).

So here's the real talk"

If you feel like your sleep is off, especially suddenly — there’s a reason.

Your body’s not working against you, it's trying to get your attention.

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