Stimulant Management: Foundational Sleep Hygiene

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...
Sleep Environment Optimisation: Foundational Sleep Hygiene

Sleep Environment Optimisation: Foundational Sleep Hygiene

Sleep environment optimisation is the next stop in the tour of foundational sleep hygiene habits. You should have already established consistent sleep and wake times, built a wind down routine that transitions your nervous system from activation to rest, sorted your...
Light Exposure Management: Foundational Sleep Hygiene

Light Exposure Management: Foundational Sleep Hygiene

Light exposure management is the next thing we need to discuss in this series on foundational sleep hygiene. If you have been following along, we’ve already discussed the importance of tracking your sleep, we’ve also established that consistent sleep and wake...
Wind Down Routine: Foundational Sleep Hygiene

Wind Down Routine: Foundational Sleep Hygiene

Most people, unfortunately, don’t have a consistent wind down routine, and this is one of the core reasons they have poor sleep. In the previous article, we discussed how consistent sleep and wake times give your circadian rhythm the predictability it needs to work...
Consistent Sleep and Wake Times: Foundational Sleep Hygiene

Consistent Sleep and Wake Times: Foundational Sleep Hygiene

The next foundational sleep hygiene habit we must discuss in this series is consistent sleep and wake times. In the last article, we talked about tracking your sleep, learning to pay attention to the patterns that govern how well you rest, and building awareness of...
Tracking Your Sleep: Foundational Sleep Hygiene

Tracking Your Sleep: Foundational Sleep Hygiene

In the last few articles in this series, you’ve learned why sleep matters, you understand what happens during those precious hours of unconsciousness, how your sleep-wake cycle is regulated, and roughly how much sleep you actually need. Now comes the practical...