What Is Sleep Hygiene?
If you’re struggling with your sleep, you’ve probably come across something called ‘sleep hygiene’…
Three Ways to Reset After a Bad Night’s Sleep
Here are three tips to help you reset after a bad night and to stop one bad night from turning into a bought of insomnia.
Three Ways Menopause Can Impact Your Sleep
Menopause can impact your sleep in more ways than one, from hot flushes to anxiety. Here are three of the most common ways you may find menopause affecting your sleep.
How Much Sleep Do We Actually Need?
At the moment, there are so many stories in the media around how we need at least seven to eight hours of sleep, in order to function, to exercise, and to perform at our best.
Is Sleep Always to Blame if You Feel Tired?
If you’re feeling exhausted during the day, your sleep isn’t always to blame. There’s actually another big culprit for tiredness that’s often behind this fatigue. Stress.
Should I Take Sleep Supplements?
If you are struggling to sleep well, it can be really tempting to spend lots of money on vitamins and sleep supplements. However, in most cases, this won’t fix the problem.
How can I rewire my brain for better sleep during menopause?
You CAN rewire your brain for better sleep during menopause. It's not uncommon to find that sleep challenges during menopause can make every night feel like a struggle. However, the good news is that we have the ability to reprogramme our brains for improved sleep.
Three Things to Do After a Bad Night’s Sleep
If you’ve slept terribly, it can be really easy to spiral into some negative thinking around how bad your day’s going to be because of your bad night’s sleep.
Two of the Most Common Sleep Mistakes
I have discovered over the years that most people struggling with poor sleep tend to make the same mistakes - and often they are surprised to even know they are mistakes! So, I thought I would share two of these on my blog - are you making them?
The Number One Reason Why Ignoring Your Worries Doesn’t Work
When we try to ignore something our brain really wants us to process, it will work even harder to try and get our attention and the best time is of course, in the middle of night…
How to Set Realistic Sleep Goals
Here are my three top tips on how to avoid falling into the trap of setting yourself up to fail when it comes to improving your sleep.
Three Ways to Get More Energy During the Day
If you’ve had a bad night’s sleep and are feeling as though you’re really lacking in energy, here are three things you can do to help boost your energy during the day.
Why You Should Forget the Eight Hour Myth
Have you ever had lots of sleep but felt shattered, or just had a few hours but felt great? This tells you two things…
The One Thing to Avoid if You Wake in the Night
There are many sleep issues people face, but one that comes up time and time again when people are seeking help, is a problem with waking in the middle of the night.
The Link Between Hormones and Sleep
There are many things that can have a direct impact on our quality of sleep. From diet and lifestyle to stress and alcohol, many factors can affect our ability to sleep well. However, many of us don’t realise how much of an impact our hormones can have.
Why a bad night’s sleep is good for you
I’m going to tell you something you’ve probably never heard before. A bad night’s sleep is good for you…
Depression and insomnia, the chicken or the egg?
Depression and insomnia often go hand in hand. In fact, studies have shown that 83% of depressed patients have at least one insomnia symptom, but which comes first?
A sleep experts big secret
Can I let you into a little secret? Even sleep experts don’t sleep well all the time.
5 ways to stop anxiety impacting your sleep
With everything that’s happened since 2020, it’s easy to feel consumed by worry; whether it’s social media scrolling or simply watching the evening news, we’re constantly being bombarded with bad news…
What You Should Be Doing Instead of Sleep Hygiene
Are you ready for the uncomfortable truth? If you’re truly suffering with insomnia, no silk eye mask, relaxing bubble bath or winddown routine is going to fix the problem.