Get your beauty sleep

Why: Consistent, high-quality sleep keeps your emotions balanced and is one of the biggest ways to support your energy, focus, and motivation levels.

Sleep balances cortisol, insulin, and other key hormones that control stress, appetite, and metabolism.

Not getting enough can negatively impact your skin, posture, and outlook — take your emotions after a night of rough sleep with a grain of salt!

How much: Aim for 7–9 hours per night, depending on your current stress and activity levels.

If you’re tired, skip the workout

Why: I think of exercising on low energy as going into “energy debt.” It can raise cortisol, increase inflammation, and slow recovery to feeling balanced again.

Because high cortisol can cause the body store fat around its organs, resting is actually more beneficial than the workout for your physique too.

Rest gives your energy levels a chance to recover, your body a chance to repair, and your nervous system to settle, allowing you to perform better and benefit more from your next workout.

Eat less sugar by getting good sleep

Why: Sleep deprivation makes it more likely for your body to reach for fast energy foods (i.e. carbs) to compensate for low energy.

Lack of sleep also causes your body to create more ghrelin (hunger hormone) and less leptin (fullness), affecting your hunger cues.