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
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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