338: Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith: 7 Ways to Incorporate More Rest and More Joy Into Your Life

Published: May 22, 2019, 7 a.m.

Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith is an author, speaker, and board-certified physician. She has an active medical practice in Alabama (near the Birmingham area). Dr. Dalton-Smith is a national and international media resource on the mind, body, spirit connection and has been featured in Women's Day, Redbook, and First For Women magazine. She is the author of Set Free to Live and Come Empty (winner 2016 Golden Scroll Nonfiction Book of the Year and 2016 Illumination Award Gold medalist). She is a member of the Christian Medical and Dental Association and a repeat keynote speaker at their annual gathering. She has shared her tips on merging faith and medicine with over 16,000 health care professionals to encourage the current and next generation of doctors to treat the whole person.\nI wanted to Dr. Saundra to come on the show to talk about her new book Sacred Rest.\xa0This is a really eye-opening conversation that provides a ton of insight into 7 different types of rest and why each is important.\xa0Dr. Saundra\u2019s work goes much deeper than just the need for sleep.\xa0I think this conversation will be just the permission you might need to incorporate more types of rest (and joy!) into your daily life.\nListen in to hear Saundra share:\n\nHow \u2154 of the population is sleep deprived\n\nThe truth behind highly functional, high producing women (hint: low joy, low quality of life)\n\nThe difference between sleep and rest and why you need both\n\nThe 7 types of rest - sleep is only 50% one of the types!\n\nHow to use flow break cycles to have the work rest ratio to recover the energy you need to have energy during all waking hours\n\nHow to have rest periods even in the midst of family/kid chaos, as well as model rest to your kids\n\nLinks mentioned:\nQuiz: Rest Quiz\nWebsite: I Choose My Best Life\nBook:\xa0I Choose My Best Life\nTwitter Handle: @DrDaltonSmith\nFacebook Page: Dr. Saundra Dalton \u2013 Smith\nInstagram: @DrDaltonSmith\nPinterest: @DrDaltonSmith\nThank you to our sponsors:\nSwanky Badger: You can go create your own personalized Father\u2019s Day gift today by going to swanky badger dot com, forward slash SHAMELESS and you\u2019ll get 10% off your first purchase. That\u2019s Swanky Badger.\nKiwiCo.:\xa0Visit KiwiCo\xa0and get your first crate free!\nMy Intent: Go to My Intent and use code SHAMELESSMOM for 30% off until May 31.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices