I need to say this because I was one of the many who didn’t consider recovery important.
Recovery isn’t rest. It’s a strategy.
I’ll say it again…
Recovery isn’t rest. It’s a strategy.
One more time…
Recovery isn’t rest. It’s a strategy.
Let’s break this down.
There’s a reason you feel tired all the time.
You’re under-recovered.
And there’s a difference.
There’s a lot of healthy advice and tips out there about recovery. But recovery also needs to meet you where you are.
Why?
Because you can sleep eight hours and still wake up wrecked. You can take a vacation and still feel tired, and, you know, that’s when you need a vacation from the vacation. Or you can sit down and still not feel rested.
Work cultures have made us believe that with four or five hours of sleep, we’re good to go —if we can even sleep. Because we all know that, in reality, we tend to keep staring at the ceiling. Insomnia becomes our companion most nights. Or we wake up in the middle of the night because of nightmares. Or worse, thinking about how we can solve a problem at work.
As high performers, we know how to work. How to push. But most have never learned how to recover. And if you only rest when you crash, that’s not recovery. It’s rescue.
The truth is that our bodies don’t reset automatically.
This means that recovery isn’t passive.
It’s a trained skill —and a critical one.
When your body doesn’t get a chance to restore, your nervous system stays in go-mode, even when you stop. Digestion slows down. Sleep gets lighter. Energy spikes and crashes unpredictably. Workouts stop working. Your mind runs faster, but focus gets harder.
And for some, like me, this can turn into somatic pain.
Sound familiar?
That’s burnout already in motion.
Here’s the good news…
Recovery is a performance tool. It’s not a pause button.
It’s the difference between just “getting through the day” and actually feeling capable, clear, and strong.
When you learn how to recover, your energy evens out. Workouts start to build. Your stress responses soften. And your body starts absorbing the nutrition you give it.
This isn’t about bubble baths or a spa day —although they’re wonderful.
It isn’t also about sleep trackers.
It’s about building a recovery system that helps your body come back to neutral, so you can rise again.
And yes, rest is part of it. But so is blood sugar regulation. So is movement timing. So is mental space and rhythm.
And no, you don’t have to figure all that out alone.
Recovery isn’t what you do when everything is done.
It’s what makes it possible to keep going without falling apart.
It’s one of the most overlooked skills for driven, high-responsibility professionals like you.
Inside Timbiriche Vida, I help you train your body to recover. Because real energy isn’t found in a new supplement or another sleep hack. It’s built through a recovery system that holds.
What does health mean to you on recovery?
Let’s start there.
I’ll support you all the way.
To your rhythm and health,
