We’ve been told that rest is simple. Get eight hours of sleep, switch off your phone early, drink enough water, and you’ll be fine, right? Wrong. If you’ve ever woken up after a full night’s sleep still feeling exhausted — emotionally heavy, physically drained, and mentally scattered — you’re not alone. Especially for women, tiredness is rarely just about sleep. It’s about everything we’re expected to carry. And often, what we’ve been taught to ignore. As a diabetic, I used to assume I was just fatigued from managing my health. But after decades of pushing myself — showing up for work, for family, for advocacy — I realised the real weight wasn’t just physical. It was emotional. Cultural. Cellular. The...