BY DAWN MICHELE JACKSON

You may have been exhausted and yearning for sleep but when your head hit the pillow it was hours of tossing and turning. After a sleepless night, you go about your day counting down the hours until you can rest. And then it starts again – the vicious cycle. Can you relate?

Now you’ re beyond frustrated and likely the lack of sleep is causing other issues including worry. Your nervous system just doesn’ t want to relax – it feels like it’ s preparing you for a battle.

Chronic stress, worry, overwhelm, and busyness cause your sympathetic nervous system to shift into overdrive. Your body senses the inability to relax and puts you in a fight or flight mode. This keeps every cell on constant alert waiting for perceived danger and protecting you from any outside threat.