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As former insomniacs we are done counting sheep. We’ve been there, done that and are now back asleep, at night, as we should. If you can’t sleep, then this blog is for you. It’s where we share our knowledge, experience and the naturally effective remedies that work for us (and our clients). Our goal is to help you, our fellow insomniacs, get back to sleep naturally and with integrity. Your success is our success.
Here’s why you can’t sleep
Here’s what we know about insomnia. When you’re lying awake, wondering if you’ll ever get back or simply off to sleep, it’s very tempting to view the inability to sleep as a symptom of psychological distress. Believe us when we say we know how distressing this can be. And whilst we know sleepless nights can be the result of worry, from what we’ve learned, experienced and seen, we do not believe that is the case with the majority of insomniacs.
Sleep hygiene is only part of the solution
Bottom line, our experience and research has shown that the problem with sleep resides not in your head but in your body. Or at least that’s where it starts. What you eat, how well you store glycogen, how high your stress hormones are, are some of the places where the secret to sleep is to be found. Yes, sleep hygiene can play a part to set the scene for sleep but on its own it can be a fruitless endeavor. In our experience, what matters most is your internal environment, not the external one
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Millions of people, right across the globe, are struggling to sleep every night – so you’re not alone.
Here is where we offer the sleep solutions that work for us and our network of insomniacs including the natural remedies that work the best.
We hope you find this blog a useful resource for helping you get back to sleep. Join the club if you want to stay in touch by entering your email into the box below – we’ll only send you information that we know can help you sleep.
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The answer is no. A person would need 4 days of adequate rest to make up for even 1 hour of sleep debt. Since we get less sleep than we need just about every weeknight, it’s almost mathematically impossible to close that gap over only 2 weekend nights https://t.co/9KUlNMXOIg
"3 – Breathe Yourself Back Into A Relaxed State" https://t.co/l53FfNOW91 #stressed-out #Stress #Sleep https://t.co/supCSkyhQw
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"Why Sleep Matters: The Nocturnal Brain Detox ." https://t.co/5nBnXootN1 #health #sleep #detox https://t.co/UobczOOPR0
The answer is no. A person would need 4 days of adequate rest to make up for even 1 hour of sleep debt. Since we get less sleep than we need just about every weeknight, it’s almost mathematically impossible to close that gap over only 2 weekend nights https://t.co/9KUlNMXOIg
"3 – Breathe Yourself Back Into A Relaxed State" https://t.co/l53FfNOW91 #stressed-out #Stress #Sleep https://t.co/supCSkyhQw
<<QUESTION? HOW LONG DO YOU GIVE THINGS BEFORE YOU LOSE PATIENCE?>>
Out walking this morning, I stopped at a pedestrian crossing just as the lights changed to green. As they did so, the lead car stalled at the very same moment the car behind beeped their horn (and mouth their annoyance). They did this before the driver in front had even drawn breath let alone put their car into neutral to start again.
Now if you were the car behind, how long would you have waited before giving the car in front a ‘gentle’ prompt? one breath, two breaths, more?
When I got home I found an email from a customer saying that they'd tried our bedtime drink and it 'hadn't worked'. They'd taken it for one night only. Now, whilst some people get an immediate result for others it can take time depending on so many factors: health (thyroid health), medication (steroids, anti-depressants can affect sleep), diet (no carbs = no sleep), life events (menopause) etc. Sophie designed the drink to destress the body and ready it for sleep which it absolutely does, so it really does work, given time.
It struck me therefore that, in a world that appears to be going at an increasingly faster pace, we have very little patience for waiting or for giving things (remedies and other drivers) a chance. We're too much in a hurray with too little patience.
To confirm my thinking I delved into the subject some more and, according to a survey conducted by Interparcel, here’s how long we are typically prepared to wait for things before we lose patience.
😡A webpage to load: less than 10 seconds (*makes note to address website*)
😡Online video to load: 16 seconds
😡To be served at a bar: five minutes
😡Sitting in traffic: 13 minutes
😡For a late train: 13 minutes
😡For a friend to call back: 18 minutes
😡For a late date to arrive: 17 minutes
😡For our food to be served: 24 minutes
😡A partner to get ready: 27 minutes
😡A pay rise: 21 months
(To move off after the traffic lights have changed I would say 3 seconds. You?).
The results suggest that British tolerance – our famously stiff upper lip – has disappeared. And the survey results would appear to confirm that too: a third of those polled describing themselves as someone who has ‘no patience’ generally and a half admitted they’ve become more impatient over the last five years.
In nature, there is little time for impatience, plants grow and seasons change in their own time. You can’t force a flower to flower or a fruit to ripen. But the flower and fruit will flower and ripen over time. As the adage goes good things come to those who wait. Even at traffic lights.
So I’m curious to know how long you give things to see them take effect? And what things are you unwilling to wait for? Post your comments below....👇
<<THE REAL REASON WHY YOU SHOULD NEVER GO TO BED ON AN ARGUMENT>>
Brian Lamb’s talk (New Health Horizons) on light which he gave at Botanica Health last year mentioned the hormone of darkness - melatonin.
Melatonin is produced by the pineal gland. Located in the centre of the brain, the pineal gland is the size of a grain of rice and yet has one of the highest blood flows in the whole body which tells us it does a pretty important job. And so too, melatonin: it synchronizes the body clock, it’s a ubiquitous anti-oxidant and free-radical scavenger, it protects your DNA, it protects against radiation damage even from cell phones, it boosts immunity, it increases cell regeneration. Able to get into every cell and component of your body, this hormone of darkness is a powerful anti-cancer, anti-Alzheimer’s substance, provided you allow it to thrive.
And it’s suppressed by, amongst many other things, adrenaline which rises whenever we find ourselves in stressful situations, like an argument.
When I got married, the advice I got most consistently about the secret to a good partnership was this: never go to bed on an argument. Recently, I stumbled across this article from a couple of years ago. It’s an article that offers advice on what to do if you argue before bed and how to avoid it next time, which I thought I’d share.
Why, because it’s Sunday night and the one night of the week when we are most anxious and sleep is the worst for many of us. I figured we could probably do without the addition of an adrenaline-producing, melatonin-suppressing argument, so I hope you find this helpful. As always please share any top tips of your own in the comments below.
Sleep well.
www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/do-argue-bed-avoid-next-time/
What to do if you argue before bed - and how to avoid it next time
telegraph.co.uk
Sometimes a late-night argument seems inevitable.