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Not Talking Enough About Sleep

  • Writer: Megha Gala
    Megha Gala
  • Jun 30
  • 1 min read

As someone in healthcare, I’ve realized we don’t talk enough about sleep.

We assess.

We prescribe.

We coach.

We dive deep into symptoms, stress, and lifestyle...

But somehow, we skip over one of the most powerful forms of therapy:

Rest.

The kind of rest that isn’t multitasking with Netflix.

The kind that doesn’t start at 2 a.m. after you’ve finished everything for everyone else.

The kind that says, “Your body matters. Your brain deserves peace.”

I’ve worked with clients struggling with anxiety, pain, low focus, emotional overwhelm—and guess what’s quietly connected to all of it?

Sleep. Or the lack of it.

It took me a while to apply this lesson to myself.

To stop treating sleep like a “nice-to-have” and start honoring it as a non-negotiable.

Now, I protect it like I would a therapy session—because it is one.

I show up better.

I listen deeper.

I lead with more clarity—just because I started sleeping like my health depended on it. (Because it does.)

So today I’m asking:

✨ What would shift in your life if sleep became non-negotiable?

Not “if there's time” sleep.

Not “weekend binge” sleep.

But consistent, compassionate, I-deserve-this sleep.

It could be the change you’ve been chasing in all the wrong places.


 
 
 

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