GLOSS Issue 23 JULY 2015 | Page 66

TIRED OF FEELING TIRED? Dr Jenny Brockis “I CANNOT GET TO SLEEP TONIGHT. I TOSS AND TURN AND FLOP. I TRY TO COUNT SOME FLUFFY SHEEP WHILE O’ER A FENCE THEY HOP. I TRY TO THINK OF PLEASANT DREAMS OF PLACES REALLY COOL. I DO NOT KNOW WHY I CANNOT SLEEP – I SLEPT JUST FINE AT SCHOOL.” -KATHY KENNEY-MARSHALLA S weet sleep. It’s the stuff some of us can only dream of. Yet sleep is essential to best brain performance. It’s the one thing that can never be up for negotiation in any shape of form if we are serious about wanting to get the best out of our brain every day. Keeping on top of everything and still operating at a high level takes time and effort. With big days, long hours 66 GLOSS JULY 2015 and multiple demands on our time, managing our energy to get through everything can be more than a bit of a juggle. But have you ever noticed how, despite doing all the ‘right’ things such as eating well, doing our exercise and chilling out, we sometimes still feel really tired. It’s often because the one thing that our