Springing forward doesn’t have to mean losing sleep! Follow this simple Daylight Savings transition plan to adjust smoothly, avoid grogginess, and wake up refreshed.
Your Doctor Says Your Thyroid Is "Fine" — So Why Aren't You Sleeping?
4 Tips to Help You Sleep During the Holidays
Struggling to get quality sleep during the holiday hustle? Between late-night gift wrapping, indulgent treats, and holiday cocktails, your sleep might be taking a hit. Here are 4 expert tips to help you navigate seasonal stress and maintain healthy sleep habits. From managing cortisol levels with self-care to balancing sugar and alcohol intake, and keeping a consistent sleep schedule, these practical strategies will ensure you wake up refreshed — even during the busiest time of the year.
Regulate Your Cortisol to Improve Your Sleep
Is Candida Overgrowth Keeping You Up at Night?
It's estimated that 70% of individuals have been infected with Candida at some point in their lifetime. Most of us have a little in our systems, which is fine. But when it gets out of control, it can wreak havoc on our entire bodies, impacting our ability to sleep! Get all the details in this blogpost.
Why Good Sleep Hygiene Alone Hasn't Solved Your Sleep Issues
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.
How Poor Methylation Impacts Your Sleep
Sleep is an indispensable aspect of our overall well-being, especially for busy women like us who are juggling multiple roles. However, when the delicate balance of sleep is disrupted, it can have profound effects on our daily lives. One lesser-known yet influential factor that significantly impacts sleep quality is methylation—a biochemical process that plays a crucial role in various bodily functions, including the regulation of sleep patterns.
How Blood Sugar Impacts Your Sleep
Blood sugar levels play a crucial role in your sleep quality. This blog post explores how dysregulated blood sugar can lead to sleepless nights and offers practical tips to stabilize your blood sugar for better sleep. Learn about the impact of blood sugar on sleep and discover strategies to enhance your sleep quality through balanced nutrition and lifestyle changes.
How Grounding Can Improve Your Sleep
Grounding, also known as earthing, reconnects you with the Earth's natural energy, offering significant benefits for your sleep. Delve into the science of grounding, its impact on reducing cortisol and inflammation, and get practical tips for incorporating grounding into your routine. Learn how to improve your sleep quality naturally through grounding.
3 Tips for Falling Back to Sleep After a Night Waking
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.
Why Having a Fast Metabolism Could be to Blame for Your Insomnia
The Difference Between Nightmares and Night Terrors
Nightmares and night terrors come with a lot of questions…What are they? What causes them? How can we prevent them? These are some of the common questions I hear. In this article, I am answering ALL the questions you may have about nightmares, night terrors and what the difference between the two is.
How Noise Can Improve Your Sleep
Using CBD to Improve Your Sleep
If you’ve struggled with your sleep, you’ve maybe wondered if CBD could help. In this blog post, I explain what CBD is and how it works with our endocannabinoid system. Then, combining research and drawing upon my own experience with TruZen CBD, I give you my ultimate opinion on whether or not to take CBD to improve your sleep.
How to Repair Your Relationship with Your Bed So You Can Improve Sleep
These 3 simple steps will transform how you sleep.
In the world of psychology, this comes down to something called “stimulus control” and the basic premise is this: our subconscious connects different environments with different feelings, thoughts and behaviors.
I call it "Just Don't Lie There".
Read this blog post to learn my 3-step strategy to help decrease the time it takes you to fall asleep or back to sleep if you wake up in the middle of the night.
5 Travel Sleep Tips for Your Next Trip
Traveling can be stressful on its own, but especially if you’re someone who experiences sleep issues. The anxiety alone of wondering whether you’ll get a good night’s rest while you’re on-the-go is enough to keep you up at night! Friend, I have been in your shoes and I am here to tell you that there IS a way to rest well while you’re on vacation. Read this blog post to learn my tips on how to do it!
How Your Adrenals Affect Your Sleep
Change Your Mindset to Improve Your Sleep
Improving our sleep and health is a joint effort — partly physical, and partly mental. As cliché as it may sound, mindset has a lot to do with our physical bodies. Studies have shown how our thoughts can either improve or deteriorate our health! The good news is, our brains are neuroplastic, meaning they can change. You can make new pathways in your brain by changing your thoughts. It takes time, and it doesn't come naturally to any of us — but the effort is 100% worth it.
What to Do When Your Lack of Sleep Impacts Your Health and Relationships
Gut Dysbiosis: The Sleep Disrupter That Lives In Our Gut
The gut is called the second brain for a reason. Depending on the balance of the gut microbiome, nearly all aspects of our daily health and wellness are impacted — for better or for worse. So when it comes to lack of sleep, you might ask yourself, “Is it really my mind — or my gut — that’s to blame?”