07/13/2024
Let me guess…you’re exhausted all day, then you find yourself doing a million things before bed unable to settle down and sleep.
In the world of hormones, we call this “TIRED + WIRED!”
Speaking from experience, this can be exceptionally frustrating.
All you want to do all day is sleep, but when bedtime comes around you’re frantically cleaning, clearing out emails or you find yourself mindlessly scrolling when you KNOW you should be asleep by now.
And yet this pattern is extremely common for new mothers, women going through perimenopause or menopause, or people whose carcadian rhythm has gone off kilter for a number of different reasons. .
Good Sleep hygiene is critical for aging well and for functioning well consistency. Chronic sleep issues can lead to mood and cognitive client and has been linked to several chronic illnesses.
Supporting my clients with their stress management and sleep hygiene is the third pillar of my 90 Day Hormone Reset System. It’s also a category of health and wellness that when optimized can benefit nearly everyone.
Did you know that you need quality sleep to manufacture many of your bodies vital hormones?
And if you don’t sleep well you may not produce what you need to feel and function at your best?
Executive function, critical thinking and creativity are also heavily impacted by sleep.
And don’t even get me started about how sleep impacts mood regulation. Talk to any sleep deprived parent about their overall well being and you’re likely to hear a mix of the following: uncontrollable rage, extreme anxiety, depression.
I don’t know about you, but when I’m anxious, depressed and angry I’m not the best version of myself and I certainly don’t make the best decisions about my health.
As it turns out, insufficient sleep and/or stress can also cause weight gain. When you don’t sleep your body thinks that danger is lurking and has a tendency to hold on to pounds. Stress also has a way of being a self fulfilling prophecy. When you aren’t sleeping and stressed you created a soup of stress hormones. But that process gets in the way of manufacturing the hormones that could help you relax. But without those relaxing hormones we feel more stressed and the cycle continues.
Gnarly cycle to say the least.
If you’ve read this far I commend you for caring about your overall health and for your interest in sleep hygiene. To reward you I have some tips for good sleep habits. Comment “sleep” and I’ll send them to you.