Why You’re Always So Tired (and Why It Isn’t Because You’re Lazy)

Someone you like texts you. A dinner, a birthday, a hike, a girls’ night you have wanted for months. And you stand there in the kitchen, thumb over the keyboard, and you type the sentence you have typed a hundred times: “Oh my gosh, I wish I had the energy for that, but I’m so tired all the time.”

And then, the guilt.

In this solo episode, JoAnn shares four reasons you might be this tired, and none of them are about going to bed earlier or eating better. By the end, you’ll know which one might be yours and why the guilt doesn’t belong here.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• The sentence you keep typing to your friends, and what it might be covering for
• What happened to my nights when I blocked just one app
• The study of 2,000 adults that gave your late-night habit a name
• The reason you might be tired that has nothing to do with your habits at all
• The free number that could change one conversation at home

Timestamps

• 0:00 The sentence you’ve typed a hundred times
• 2:16 Is going to bed earlier really the answer?
• 3:10 What happened when I blocked TikTok (no it didn’t open up my time)
• 4:53 The 2,000-adult study with a name for your nights
• 7:23 The body signal some of us never get
• 9:46 The reason you’re tired that isn’t a habit at all
• 10:11 The monthly pattern I couldn’t ignore
• 18:28 How little you actually have to do
• 20:55 The fourth reason you’ll want to skip (but is the most important one)
• 23:20 What two strangers in a room reveal
• 25:22 Why “I don’t do that much” might be costing you
• 26:57 The number most moms get when they finally count
• 27:55 The sentence to catch next time

Resources mentioned in this episode

• Home Responsibility Calculator (free)
• Happy Home Ladder
• No Guilt Mom Inner Circle
• The Best Mom is a Happy Mom by JoAnn Crohn
• More episodes on the No Guilt Mom podcast page

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