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A compassionate approach to poor sleep during the perimenopause

Many women going through the perimenopause (or menopausal transition) experience disturbed sleep. It’s one, if not the, core symptom of this period. According to research, up to 60% of menopausal women suffer from poor sleep – which also has a knock-on effect on their family, work and social lives.

Adopting a compassionate attitude, i.e. taking a moment to respectfully observe yourself struggling with the aim to support yourself, can help to alleviate poor sleep and its daytime consequences.

From Climate Change to City Lights: How Environmental Factors Affect Your Sleep

How well do you sleep?
Chances are, you’ve experienced poor sleep — and not just once. That’s because sleep is influenced by a complex web of factors, from personal stress to environmental factors such as global climate change.

Sleep Equity for Global Health – World Sleep Day 2024

This year’s theme for World Sleep Day is Sleep Equity for Global Health. But what does it actually mean? In this short post I explain my take on it.

Your Future Self of Sleep

Sleep matters. And while we all know this on a deeper, felt level, many of us tend to ignore our need for healthy sleep. There will be different reasons for this depending on personality and circumstances. But I also wonder if this ignorance of sleep’s benefits for our health is because the harmful effects of not getting enough sleep aren’t always readily noticeable. In other words, sleep is ignored because the future self feels to abstract.

Social Jet lag – when social time wreaks havoc with your inner time

We all have an inner clock. It’s responsible for setting the circadian time of all the various processes and functions within the body. This inner clock takes its cue from the sun clock, the natural progression of the sun(light) over the course of the day.

Sleep Problems in Transgender People

Whatever the colour of your skin, or age, or sexual orientation, or your sex or gender – everyone needs a healthy sleep. Sleep is essential for our physical and mental health; it affects our desire to socialise and how we show up when around others. However, others can have an effect on sleep, minority stress, which is socially based, can have a detrimental effect on sleep of transgender people.

Does daytime napping protect the brain?

Previous studies have shown that napping helps to boost performance. According to a very recent study by Paz et al.¹ regularly taking a nap during the day can help to slow down the natural decline in brain volume and maintain brain health.

A compassionate approach to poor sleep during the perimenopause
Download my free White Paper Poor Sleep During the Perimenopause here. Learn more about how a compassionate attitude helps you to alleviate your struggle with poor sleep and its daytime consequences.
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What does Christmas Dinner mean for our Sleep? 💤🍗🎄Well, you may have seen me speak about ideal sleeping windows in the past, but did you know that there are also ideal eating windows too? And, you may not be surprised to learn that they impact each other. You’ll be glad to learn that Christmas Dinner is actually a healthier choice for supporting your circadian rhythm. While the time each of us may choose to eat our Chritsmas Dinner may vary (and even divide! 😅) it is, generally speaking, earlier in the day than our usual evening meal. And anything we may then have in the evening tends to be a little lighter. Not having the heaviest meal of the day so close to the time you’re asking your body to slow down, switch off its processes and go to sleep, is much better for your sleep!💙 So, see if you can take this into the New Year with you and eat your evening meal even a little earlier, to give your body the time it needs to digest, slow down and prepare for restful sleep and support your circadian rhythm.#ChristmasInspiration #WomensWellbeing #SleepHealth ... See MoreSee Less

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