Sleep is not the reward for a well-lived day. It is the metabolic scaffolding that lets the rest of your hormones do their work at all.
The 3am wake-up
Blood sugar drops overnight; cortisol rises to correct it. In the luteal phase, this response is amplified. You are not failing at sleep — your endocrine system is doing exactly what it was designed to do.
“Rest is not the opposite of work. It is the condition of it.”
