Harnessing The Power of Sleep

December 21, 2022|Animal Lovers and Med Team, Personal Growth, Self Development, Self Help, Self Mastery, Sleep Well

The best way to boost your productivity and turn your health around is by harnessing the power of sleep. Most people toss and turn on occasion, but if you suffer from a consistent lack of sleep, chances are various aspects of your life are suffering. In order to age well and remain as efficient as possible, you need to create healthy sleeping habits that will last a lifetime.

Improving Your Sleep Hygiene

Bad habits are hard to break, and in order to progress, you have to break bad ones before forming new ones. If you have a lifetime of bad sleeping habits, you will need to change the way you live before getting on the road to better sleep. No matter when you start, or how old you are, proper sleep hygiene should be a top priority.

This means that whenever you are ready to sleep better, you need to start creating healthy sleep habits that fit your life. There is no one specific thing you need to do to improve your sleep health, but rather a range of lifestyle changes that will have an overall effect on your nightly sleep cycle.

Sleep Boosting Tips

There are a few ways you can go about improving your sleep hygiene. To start, if you sleep in the afternoon, you should stop. Instead of sleeping in the middle of the day, go to bed earlier each night. By sleeping in the daytime, you will naturally cause your mind and body to stay up much later than usual. Of course, if your work hours are in the evening, then sleeping in the daytime is going to be part of your natural cycle.

Reducing the amount of caffeine, you consume will also help improve your sleep. Stick to no more than one or two cups a day. When you do drink coffee, make sure you have your last cup in the early afternoon as opposed to late in the evening. Watch out for caffeine in other beverages such as iced drinks and energy drinks.

Paying attention to how much time, you spend on the computer, on your phone, or watching TV is also important. The lights and engagement keep your mind awake which can seriously hamper restful sleep. At the same time, it is also important that you expose your mind and body to natural light. The more natural light patterns you experience, the easier it will be for your mind and body to rest on a healthy schedule.

Until next time, be well.

-The Indigo Phoenix