How many of us are willing to admit we are exhausted beyond explanation? Sure, our bodies are tired. But so are our minds, our emotions, and our souls. We run and run and run, trying to keep up with all the demands and expectations placed on us and those we place on ourselves. We rarely take the time to rest.

For some, sleep comes easily when your head hits the pillow. While others, many others, struggle to piece together five hours of sleep over the course of a night. Sleep, or physical rest, is as vital to our overall health as food and water.

But physical rest is but one of the seven types of rest we need says Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith, author of the book Sacred Rest.

In this episode, Dr. Saundra explains the difference between sleep and rest and how rest replenishes, restores, renews, recovers, rebuilds, regenerates, remolds, and repairs every area of our lives. Rest does important work! We discuss each of the seven areas of rest and examples of how to get that rest so you may enjoy your life fully. 

The seven areas of rest are:

• physical rest
• mental rest
• emotional rest
• spiritual rest
• social rest
• sensory rest
• creative rest

When I heard her discussing her book, Sacred Rest, at a writers conference, I knew I had to read it. Taking the Rest Quiz at restquiz.com helped me discover what areas of rest I needed most. Once I put her practice of rest in those areas into practice, I noticed more energy, less brain fog, and relief from fatigue.

Take the rest quiz at restquiz.com and learn which types of rest you need.

Follow Dr. Saundra at ichoosemybestlife.comfor resources, tips, and articles about rest and how your health, spirit, emotions, and relationships will thrive when you practice rest.

Listen to her podcast, I Choose My Best Life, on all podcast apps and at her website.