Have you ever wondered why you can feel completely exhausted after a day when you haven't done much physical work? You haven't lifted anything heavy. You haven't run a marathon. Yet your shoulders ache, your concentration is shot, and you feel like you could fall asleep sitting up. One possible explanation? Your body's stress-response system may be working overtime. What happens inside your body when you're stressed? Your body has a built-in stress response that helps you dea

Have you ever gotten eight hours of sleep, woken up, and thought, “I could honestly go right back to bed”? Wow do I know that feeling! Between the farm, the offices, and everything else life throws at me, sometimes sleep feels like just another item on my to-do list. But here's something worth thinking about: sleeping and getting restorative sleep aren't necessarily the same thing. Your body does some of its most important maintenance work while you're sleeping. It's a time f

Why Am I So Tired? 7 Things That Could Be Draining Your Energy “I’m tired.” How many times have you said those words lately? Maybe you didn't sleep well. Maybe you've been working too much. Maybe life has simply been…life. Maybe you spent hours chasing a chicken that hopped a ride on a hay trailer to another property!! (don't even ask...) But what if you're not chasing chickens and are getting enough sleep and you're still tired? Fatigue can have a lot of causes, and sometime