480: 7 Types of Rest Every Person Needs
Beauty Bytes with Dr. Kay: Secrets of a Plastic Surgeon™
Kay Durairaj, MD, FACS @beautybydrkay
4.9 • 608 Ratings
🗓️ 10 December 2022
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
the impact that proper rest can have on us. Although this is common information, what most people don’t know is that there’s actually a difference between all of them. According to Dr. Dalton-Smith, sleep and rest are not the same things! In fact, there are 7 different types of rest you should get yourself acquainted with. In this podcast, I’ll be discussing what those types of rest are and what each of them entails.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, hello, hello, guys. You're listening to Beauty Bites with Dr. K. Secrets of a Plastic Surgeon, |
| 0:20.1 | and it's time for a five-minute |
| 0:22.0 | Friday. It is a busy season of the year, and I wanted to talk to you about rest because there's |
| 0:30.6 | no rest for the weary, certainly no rest for injectors and plastic surgeons around the world. |
| 0:35.5 | This time of year is so busy, but we all need rest. And there |
| 0:39.6 | are seven types of rest. All rest is not the same. And your body actually needs a variety of |
| 0:46.6 | resting types, whether it's a power nap, a deep slumber, or a beauty sleep, you know that proper |
| 0:52.3 | rest can have an amazing impact. But there's a difference between |
| 0:57.1 | the types of rest that you have. I was reading something by Dr. Dalton Smith, who talked about |
| 1:03.6 | how sleep and rest are not the same thing. And in fact, I'm going to teach you about these seven |
| 1:09.9 | types of rest that you should get acquainted with. |
| 1:13.2 | So first of all, what's the difference between sleep and rust? |
| 1:16.0 | Sleep is the body's natural state when it's inactive. |
| 1:19.8 | Rest, on the other hand, is when you are actively intentionally putting aside time to promote a state of relaxation. |
| 1:30.7 | You may not be slumbering in REM sleep with your eyes closed, but you're getting physical rest. By not getting sufficient time to rest, |
| 1:37.0 | you risk burnout. It's the overwhelming feeling of being exhausted from this hustle culture that we |
| 1:43.3 | live in. This in turn leads to stress, |
| 1:46.6 | heart disease, diabetes, isolation, depression. So many reasons why we need rest. So if you're |
| 1:54.6 | someone who's getting an adequate amount of sleep every night, but you still feel tired, |
| 1:58.8 | it's time to figure out what type of rest you actually need. |
| 2:03.0 | Rest number one is physical rest. And physical rest can be active or passive. Passive means |
| 2:09.7 | high quality sleep or napping and active being physical activities, including stretching, yoga, meditation, or massage therapy. These are all forms of |
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