Last week I gave a talk at the Beaconsfield 55+ group. It was a fun gig with good feedback. I got some new clients and one woman, I'll call her Sheila, came in to see me.
Sheila is 76, in pretty good health, with a few small ailments, although, her main concern was low energy. I figured out her body type, which was a Gonad or Pear shaped type.
Sheila said that she had always felt guilty about sleeping too much and she was trying to stay up later and get up earlier as she thought she shouldn't stay in bed too long.
I explained to her that the Gonad body type needs more sleep than any of the other types.
That is was completely normal and beneficial for her to sleep a long time. And that the Gonad body type are care-givers, always taking care of others and having a hard time taking care of themselves. I suggested that it was time for her to let go of feeling guilty for any form of self care including sleeping in. Can you imagine if Sheila had come to see me in her 20's? She might've saved herself decades of sleep deprivation and low
energy.
