Everyone loves a good night's sleep. But fatigue. Insomnia, Sleep deprivation. Those are all central complaints for pretty much every health issue out there, fatigue being number one. And I think for many people, myself included that general fatigue is just something that we live with. It's just something we accept as a normal state of being. but it's not supposed to be that way.

celebrating this month of love with self care as self love in the face of a beauty diet and fitness culture that survives, and thrives on messages of not enough. I want to introduce you to an extraordinary woman today, who is on a mission to redefine beauty and help women navigate a world of wellness with compassion, and self love. Paula, Marie Davis is a 55 year young wife of nearly 30 years and mother of five. She's a health coach, entrepreneur, raw food chef, flying Yogi, natural beauty advocate, change maker and so very much more.

part two of our sleep factor 101. Today, we are going to be talking about the stages of sleep. And what is happening in those stages of sleep, and which ones are more important. We just want to get a real good picture of what a good night's sleep looks like what is normal. What is abnormal. And how can we use this information to really find our way back, and support our health With a healthy night's sleep.

Most of us have some level of fatigue and I can't think of anybody who has not at some point in their life, missed a night of sleep for one reason or another. The problem with that is that when we extend interrupted sleep pattern for long periods of time, we can end up doing some real damage to a lot of different physiological systems in the body. Stress plays a big role in this. Because when we experience chronic stress over long periods of time a can bleed from just a bad night's sleep here and there, into chronic insomnia and long term sleep deprivation and we know that over time. Sleep deprivation can actually become another cause of elevated stress levels.

What no one tells you is that unless you’re willing to uncover and shift the shadow patterns that created those habits in the first place it’s nearly impossible to keep those results long term. Our mental, emotional & physical patterns provide the infrastructure for our beliefs and drive our actions. 

Maybe one of the most powerful, deeply entrenched patterns we have are our shadow patterns around food. Changing an eating habit, or any habit permanently is nearly impossible without also addressing the underlying patterns that support it. 

That filter that we see the world through, woven with the voices of our past, serves to keep us safe in whatever experience we know. In effect, it is our own internal safe space. Everyone has one. We maintain it with confirmation bias and identity politics and apparently Facebook Groups.

What happens when something challenges your gatekeeper? What happens when an idea that runs counter to your world view gets into your safe space?