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How professional authority creates sleep-disrupting moral burden

I haven't had a full night's sleep since becoming a manager six months ago, and I can't tell if it's the responsibility or the guilt about having power over other people's lives.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The weight of having influence over others' wellbeing has activated a hypervigilant conscience that prevents rest.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Sleep — the science and the practice across traditions?”

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