Understanding Sleep Procrastination
Many of you experience sleep procrastination, even if you don’t necessarily realise that you do. But let me run through a quick example, and I am sure you will quickly realise that this is something that applies to you. It’s half ten at night. You’ve...
What to Do When You Can’t Fall Asleep
Do you have a clear plan for what to do when you can’t fall asleep? Most people don’t despite the fact that most people do in fact have issues with fall asleep, at least sometimes. You know the feeling. You’re tired. Genuinely tired. The kind of tired where your...
CBT for Sleep: How to Retrain Your Brain for Better Sleep
Unfortunately, CBT for sleep is criminally underutilised, despite how effective it is. I am sure you can relate to the following scenario, and it is something that CBT can actually help with. It’s 2:17 am. You know this because you’ve just checked...
Stress Management and Sleep: Foundational Sleep Hygiene
Most people aren’t aware of just how powerful the relationship between stress management and sleep is, or that it affects virtually everything else in your life. As a result, it’s one of the most overlooked aspects of sleep hygiene. You can optimise your sleep...
Body Weight Management: Foundational Sleep Hygiene
Body weight management is often not something that people associate with sleep hygiene, but it is actually incredibly important for your sleep. There’s a relationship between body weight and sleep that most people don’t fully appreciate, and it’s not...
Nutrition and Sleep: Foundational Sleep Hygiene
Most people don’t realise the intrinsic relationship between nutrition and sleep, but the reality is that they are inseparable. Each is constantly influencing the other in ways that either support your wellbeing or undermine it. You might optimise your sleep...
Exercise and Sleep: Foundational Sleep Hygiene
The relationship between exercise and sleep is quite robust, and it is one of those things that people tend to ignore, despite just how important exercise is to good quality sleep. I have seen multiple people who have had terrible sleep for years, completely cure...
Stimulant Management: Foundational Sleep Hygiene
Stimulant management is crucial if you are to get good sleep. Unfortunately, people often skip it. They do everything else right with their sleep hygiene, but then they pay no attention to their stimulant intake or timing, and as a result, they still struggle with...