Discover the six sleep types that combat real fatigue and enhance rest. Sleep is a state of rest, yes, but not all rest is created equal. And if the wrong kind is missing, your body will still feel like it’s running on empty fumes. Lately, eight hours haven’t been enough. I slept at the right time and woke up at the right time. I was still tired. I thought, perhaps, it’s because of the weekday. On the weekend, I slept throughout the day and the night. And still no rest. As our experts have previously explained to us, sleep is a state of rest, yes, but not all rest is created equal. And if the wrong kind is missing, your body will still feel like it’s running on empty, as Saundra Dalton-Smith’s ‘7 types of rest theory’ explains. While you may be sleeping enough, you could still be missing key types of restorative rest your brain and body desperately need. I was still tired. And weird, a word that I didn’t know that I could be. I thought that I had been doing everything right, no scrolling and snacking.
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Thursday, June 26, 2025