If you’re like me, you care far too much about other people’s sleep habits. So what better place to look than the POTUS’s throughout history? The first thing to point out is that these are simply ideal sleep schedules… You may have noticed that being in the most important job in the world throws a few […]
You’ve had a productive morning, hit all your tasks and your boss is looking pleased. One power lunch later and suddenly everything is going to pot as the dreaded afternoon tiredness has set in. So why does it happen? Well, humans are built to sleep twice per day, a main sleep at night with a […]
Let me paint you a picture. It’s 7.51am, you know that’s the time as you’re checking your watch every 30 seconds or so as you’ve only got 9 more minutes to make it before you’re late to work. You curse yourself again for hitting the snooze button the 4th and 5th time… Idiot! Your belly is […]
Sometimes it’s just an absolute pain when that alarm clock rings, you snooze as much as you can but there’s a point where you just have to get up and face your terrible mood. Wouldn’t it be great to understand some of the causes of this horrible 15-minute/45-minute/3-hour period of feeling like death? Here I’ve […]
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last 20 years, you will have noticed that every social-media-influencer and health-and-lifestyle-guru has been espousing the benefits of meditation, but just what are those benefits? This study concluded that mindfulness meditation had significant improvements on the health outcomes of patients who were suffering from insomnia symptoms and fatigue. […]
If you’re a lifelong sufferer of sleep like me, then nothing is worse at bedtime that irregular noise that you can’t control. Whether it’s noisy neighbors or roommates, or that damn mini-fridge making weird sounds that wake you up… The optimal strategy is to use earplugs or moving where you sleep to reduce the noise […]
Your mind feels groggy, your eyes are bleary, you’ve hit the snooze button 7 times and you should’ve left the house 15 minutes ago. Oh dear, it’s another one of those mornings. But imagine if there was a better way to get of bed in the morning that resulted in a clearer mind and less stress because […]
Bad sleep habits? Looking for all-round better sleep? You’re in the right place. I used to suffer from terrible sleep for a variety of reasons and the better part of a decade spent learning how to sleep like all the other people. Don’t get me wrong, I’m still a light sleeper and have to be […]
Having tried numerous types of earplugs over the years and basically giving up on the idea that they can help you sleep, I feel like I can offer good advice to people who used to be in the same situation. And, as I will get into, wearing earplugs has made my sleep and my life […]
You wake up and it’s still dark, you check your phone and it’s 3am, still several hours before you’re due to wake up. The last thing you want now is the insufferable torment of spending those hours failing to get back to sleep, resulting in a ruined day of running on empty all because you […]