Dr. Saundra Dalton Smith - Sacred Rest

drdaltonsmith.com Staying Busy is Easy. Staying Well Rested and Avoiding Burnout— Now There's a Challenge. We are a society that praises being busy, the more that one can cram into a day and the fewer hours you need to sleep the more productive and successful you seem, but are you and at what cost? According to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, NIH (June 7, 2017) "Sleep plays an important role in your physical health. For example, sleep is involved in healing and repair of your heart and blood vessels. Ongoing sleep deficiency is linked to an increased risk of heart disease, kidney disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, and stroke." How can you keep your energy, happiness, creativity, and relationships fresh and thriving in the midst of never-ending family demands, career pressures, the stress of everyday life, and Burnout? In Sacred Rest: Recover Your Life, Renew Your Energy, Restore Your Sanity, Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith, a board-certified internal medicine doctor, reveals why rest can no longer remain optional. Dr. Dalton-Smith shares seven types of rest she has found lacking in the lives of those she encounters in her clinical practice and research-physical, mental, spiritual, emotional, sensory, social, creative-and why a deficiency in any one of these types of rest can have unfavorable effects on your health, happiness, relationships, creativity, and productivity. In Sacred Rest: Recover Your Life, Renew Your Energy, Restore Your Sanity, Dr. Dalton-Smith discusses the seven types of rest using the R-E-S-T method: Recognize your risk Evaluate your current position Science and research Today's application Sacred Rest: Recover Your Life, Renew Your Energy, Restore Your Sanity combines the science of rest, the spirituality of rest, the gifts of rest, and the resulting fruit of rest. It shows rest as something sacred, valuable, and worthy of our respect. SACRED REST gives the weary permission to embrace rest, set boundaries, and seek sanctuary without any guilt, shame, or fear. Media Highlights Sacred Rest Suggested Interview Questions Rest seems like a simple process. Why then do so many people struggle with fatigue, Insomina, and Burnout? What is the distinction between sleep and rest and how does it connect with Burnout? In your book Sacred Rest, you describe seven types of rest. What are they? We can get a sense of what these are just from the names, but to gain a better understanding, can you briefly define each type of rest? When you mentioned emotional rest, you said that it’s when you no longer feel the need to perform. Can you say more about this? Your book has lots of teaching stories in it. Do you have a favorite? What are the long-term effects of focusing only on work and omitting regular periods of rest? Is this when burnout happens? What effect does work environment have on rest and burnout? Give us some examples of ways we can add rest in the middle of a busy work day? In the book you mention the gifts of rest, what’s does that mean? You offer a unique resource for your readers called “The Rest Quiz”. Can you talk a bit about “The Rest Quiz”? Many people think of rest as a luxury. What would you say to them? Sample TV Segment Focused Questions (3-5 minutes) Rest seems like a simple process. Why then do so many people struggle with fatigue and insomnia? In your book Sacred Rest, you describe seven types of rest. What are they?