This is why You're Still Tired After 8 Hours of Sleep (It's Recovery, Not Sleep)

You slept 8 hours. So why do you still feel exhausted? Here's what nobody told you: sleep and recovery are not the same thing. You can lie there unconscious all night and still wake up foggy, inflamed, and running on empty, because the real restoration happens in the deep stages of sleep most high-performers never reach. That's when your brain finally switches on its overnight cleanup crew and clears out everything the day left behind. In this episode, Justin Roethlingshoefer unpacks the sc...