The number 1 issue the corporate women and business owners say to me is: I’m so tired but I just cant stop!
Why is it that when we are really exhausted this is just when we cant sleep and our mind is racing?
Well if you have ever felt like this you are not alone because this is exactly what happens when our adrenal glands start to run out of adrenaline.
There are actually 3 stages of adrenal dysfunction
- Adrenal Fatigue – this is where you are tired and actually want to sleep and not do much you get sick like colds and flus
- Adrenal Exhaustion – this is a weird phase because you are tired but you don’t want to stop and you cant sleep. This is because your body thinks you are being chased by lions so of course it doesn’t want to let you stop let alone sleep. As far as your mood goes you are cranky and tend to fly off the handle or using all your patience to control your frustration. Interestingly you don’t get sick because your immune system is hyperactive which is a problem in the last phase
- Which is Adrenal burn out. Believe me you don’t want to get to this phase I have and its not pretty. Here you cannot get out of bed and you are prone to chronic fatigue, autoimmune disease where your hyperactive immune system attacks healthy tissue and later on cancer and heart disease.
So if you are tired and wired what do you do to make sure you don’t get to burn out?
Take out your iphone, turn on to airplane mode put the timer on to 20 minutes. Lie down and breath in and out of your belly. Then scan your body from the top of your head to the tip of your toes and back up again.
This gives a message to your body you are not actually being chased by a lion. I know you are going to want to jump up and do something. Stop yourself and make yourself lie still. If you were on a horse and it was about to run off a cliff wouldn’t you do everything you could to pull it up and stop it damaging itself.
Well that’s what you need to do with your body to stop yourself from falling into burning out.
Do this every day it might take some practice but in the end you will be rewarded with great productivity and concentration and a much, much greater sense of wellbeing.
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My favourite way of unwinding is a hot cup of tea with a tim tam, having quiet time when the boys are asleep, massage, dancing and girls getaway.
Sound heavenly Mylan that’s a lovely way to relax and rejuvenate!
What beautiful ways to unwind I love having massages and have one about once a fortnight I think they are essential for wellbeing and dancing is wonderful too!
I love to get to the beach and get my feet in the sand , listen to the waves and just sit in nature and breathe in the salty air
I love the beach too so important to get back to nature!
My favourite way of unwinding, particularly in winter, is to have a bath with some essential oils or a burning candle and listen to nature sounds or a meditation track. Come to think of it I actually haven’t done this at all this winter. ?
Thanks Pip for helping me to bring it into my consciousness. Time to unwind. ?
My pleasure. I love the bath its so soothing I do 4 cups epson salts 1 cup bicarb so amazing. Which are your fav essential oils I will give them ago too!
mine is meditation, walking in nature, breathing fresh air and having a massage. looking forward to a planned adventure. enjoying time out with friends
Thats a lovely way to unwind and social time is so important too.
I like to clear my head by going for a walk for 40 mins to an hour if possible. This is the only time (aside from when attending a yoga class) that my phone is not even on me. Every other waking minute i’m attached to it!!!
Lol its great to get some phone free time away from it and the attached WiFi! How lovely is walking I enjoy that too. xx