But I honestly believe every single woman is in a constant journey of becoming, not to become more of something, but actually becoming more of herself, to actually become more aware of who she is.

Welcome back. Today we have a very special guest. It's Dr. Sandra Dalton Smith. She is a physician, bestselling author, and a renowned expert on rest. She helps people recover from burnout and embrace a healthier, more balanced life. Today we're going to talk about rest. We're also going to talk about belonging. We're also

going to talk about this concept of being fully known and becoming the women that we truly are.

This is a great one.

Okay, without further ado, here's my friend Dr. Sondra. So here's what I think. I think we are all

super exhausted, even when we're getting enough sleep.

What's going on?

You know what?

I feel like for a lot of us, it definitely isn't just about sleep.

I have spent so much time talking about rest and the seven types of rest, but I really just feel like that is the reason.

So many of us are so tired. We are so focused on one aspect of rest and not really looking at it from a holistic

standpoint and all the different ways that we can be fatigued. So I'm always asking people,

or telling people sometimes, don't just tell me you're tired. Tell me what kind of tired you are.

Oh, I love that. Yeah, let's go back. Let's talk about rest for a little bit. I have so much I want to talk to you about.

Now, your last book, Sacred Rest is a tremendous book, huge success, life changing for so many women.

As an author, I always like to say, huh, there is something going on in this

woman's life to write a book on this topic. So for you, what was going on in your life that made

you write that book? I was burned out. And, you know, it was one of those situations where when I

realized that I was burned out, I didn't really know what that even meant. And I certainly didn't have any

idea of how to get out of it. You know, a long time ago when I first started this journey with

really being burned out, that wasn't even something that medical society even saw as a thing.

Or it was just work related. Yeah. It was like, oh, you're burned out. Well, what does that mean? There's like no guidelines for it. I mean, it's just been within the past seven or eight years that even the World Health Organization even named it as a diagnosis. So it was one of those things where I was calling myself that, but I didn't even know what it meant. And for me, it really just meant that I'd gotten disconnected from the reason I do any

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