The Sleep Blog
Achieve your New Year’s goals by prioritizing quality sleep! Sleep improves cognition, boosts immunity, regulates hormones, and balances emotions, giving you the energy and focus to thrive in 2025. From setting a consistent bedtime to creating a cozy sleep sanctuary, you’ll find science-backed strategies to optimize your rest in this blog post. Plus, discover how functional lab testing can uncover root causes of persistent sleep struggles.
While sleep hygiene is important, it often overlooks the critical role of stress and physiological dysfunction in sleep disturbances. Let’s talk about how chronic stress, hormonal imbalances, and nutrient deficiencies can impact your sleep. In this post, you’ll find out why additional interventions like functional testing to address the underlying issues and personalized protocols are essential for achieving restful nights.
As Daylight Savings Time approaches on March 10, adjusting your sleep schedule is crucial for a smooth transition. By gradually shifting your bedtime and embracing morning sunlight, you can ease the adjustment period and maintain your well-being. Follow these expert tips to navigate the time change with minimal disruption to your sleep cycle.
Are you struggling with sleep during the summer months? You're not alone. Kelly Murray, FDN-P, explains why humans may be wired to sleep less in the summer and offers expert tips to improve your sleep quality. Learn about the impact of light pollution, warmer temperatures, and more, and discover practical solutions to ensure you get the restful sleep you need.
Struggling with insomnia despite following all the right sleep practices? Your liver might be the hidden sleep sabotager. In this blog post, we get into the crucial role of liver health in sleep quality. Learn about the liver's functions, how they impact your sleep, and practical steps to support your liver for restful nights. From reducing toxin exposure to incorporating liver-friendly habits, get the insights you need to reclaim your sleep. Discover more and book a complimentary discovery call to start your journey to better sleep.
If you're like most of my clients (and how I used to be), you don't have a hard time falling asleep; staying asleep is your issue. You're likely waking up around two or three o'clock in the morning, and it could take you a couple of hours to fall back to sleep, that is if you can fall back to sleep at all. I know all too well how frustrating night wakings can be and have helped not only hundreds of clients overcome night wakings but myself as well.
About 99.9% of my clients are taking melatonin when we start working together. And as you can probably guess…. the supplements didn’t work. (Otherwise they wouldn’t be engaging my services!) In this blog, I take you through the science of melatonin and explain how it works in our body and, specifically, in sleep. Then I give you some tried and true tips for how to boost your body’s own melatonin production naturally.
If you’ve looked into my adult sleep coaching program, you’ve probably read about how I incorporate lab testing. But you may be wondering what role it plays in understanding sleep. This blog post breaks down the 5 lab tests that I use to help uncover what hidden stressors may be at play when you’re experiencing sleep issues.
Did you know that temperature plays a big role in our ability to fall asleep and stay asleep? In this blog post, I'm going to break down the interplay between temperature and sleep. Then, I’ll give you the best ways to make temperature work for you and your sleep, with some suggestions on what you can swap out or bring in to your life to optimize it all.
Ever notice how the sun can be both energizing and exhausting? There’s a reason for that and it has to do with our internal body clock. In this blog post, I explain in simple ways how natural light and artificial light affect our internal body clock and circadian rhythm. Then, I give my best tips to help you become intentional about the way you expose yourself to light in order to get the best rest possible.
Have you tried everything to resolve your insomnia, but you’re still experience sleepless nights? The real reason you’re not sleeping is because no one has told you about these little-known hidden sleep sabotogers — until now! This FREE mini-training: “Uncovering Hidden Sleep Sabotagers” will help you get to the root of your insomnia!
