What if you could sleep yourself kind?
Learn how sleeping well helps you be the kind person you want to be.
Why a late dinner is bad news for your waistline
Is it bad to eat late at night? This question is coming up a lot in my work with clients. Luckily, several research groups are investigating how meal timing affects metabolic health. (And sleep – but I will talk about that latter point in more detail in a different post). In this blog, I will summarise the findings from two recent studies, and I focus on how the timing of your biggest daily meal and eating late can impact weight loss. And the opposite, weight gain and obesity.
Is your inner critic giving you a hard time for not sleeping well?
When we make a mistake, we often blame and point the finger at ourselves for what we perceive as a major personal short-coming. Within seconds our mind starts to beat us up, wielding an invisible measurement stick and complaining that “You should have done this better, you are simply not good enough! Who will like you? You are a failure!” And these might be some of the ‘nicer’ thoughts that your mind hurls at you. But even when we are not making mistakes, our critical mind, the inner bully, is constantly evaluating what we are doing and how well we are doing it.
Bedtime procrastination – why bedtimes are different to bodytimes
Bedtime procrastination means that people don’t go to bed and sleep ‘on time’ although there is nothing preventing them from doing so. It’s an intention-behaviour gap. They intend to go to bed but then stay up for another while. What’s the big deal you might ask? Well, less opportunity to sleep and therefore more sleep deprivation and tiredness the next day at work.
What is Insomnia and How Sleep Therapy Can Help
Often, we get stuck in spirals of fear and guilt about not sleeping or insomnia. Our minds race, our hearts pound, and anxiety piles upon anxiety. We feel alone and disconnected from our loved ones.
A holistic approach based on science
I blend evidence-based practices in my approach. The result is a combination of sleep science and chronobiology with Compassion-Focused Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Training, and Mindfulness. In this post I explain what they are about.
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A compassionate approach to poor sleep during the perimenopause
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A message to future you! 💙💙💙![]()
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The harmful effects of not getting enough sleep aren’t always readily noticeable, but you could protect your future self immensely, so take note. You can help her immensely by doing these small things today, tomorrow, next week and next year. ![]()
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Menopause or Perimenopause may seem a long way off or it may feel like something you don’t want to think about right now, but sleep can support you in preparing for this in ways you may not realise, while supporting your other long term health too! ![]()
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Supporting wellbeing now can help you tackle this inevitable change with more ease and more confidence, and one of the biggest influencers in supporting your wellbeing?![]()
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You guessed it - sleep. ![]()
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💤 💤💤 Sleep helps you to:![]()
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💤 Regulate hormones which as you move towards perimenopause, will begin to fluctuate (one of the main factors in temperature changes) - it helps your body adapt to fluctuating oestrogen and progesterone levels.![]()
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💤 Reduce Inflammation and support recovery. ![]()
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Sleep is one of the biggest components in our bodies’ recovery. Again, fluctuating hormones can impact physical symptoms like inflamation & joint pain - giving your body the quality sleep it really needs to recover and regulate can be game changing. ![]()
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💤 Support Mood and Mental Clarity - both common complaints during this transition, but can be helped immensely by the way we prepare our bodies and quality sleep is one sure way to do it!![]()
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Plus, looking before and after perimenopause, lack of sleep can also impact other issues and diseases - for example lack of sleep can increase the risk for cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, it affects mood paving the way for mood disorders, and it might increase the risk of dementia and other neurodegenerative diseases. ![]()
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So, don’t put it off as unimportant or something you can avoid when you have to, or ‘do with out’. Sleep is valuable to you and your future self.![]()
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If you want to know more about my thoughts on this topic - I’ve written some words that you’ll find linked in my bio. 💙![]()
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