Sleep during the Menopausal Transition
Dr Kat explains how poor sleep reduces quality of life and adds to the feeling of losing control during the perimenopause.
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.
Tips on Social Isolation and Sleeping Well
Dr Kat has put together some practical tips on how to sleep well while working from home in the face of Covid-19 to support your health and performance.
Healthy Sleep – What it is and Why it Matters
Chances are that when reading about sleep you’ll have come across the term ‘healthy sleep’ or ‘sleep health’. Often there isn’t much of an explanation what those terms refer to and you might have wondered what they actually mean. What is healthy sleep? And after all, isn’t all sleep healthy? Good questions! Well to answer the second question first: no, not all sleep is healthy. But we can do a lot to make it healthy!
How to use sleep smartly in your business
Employees are an organisation’s biggest asset. Or to be more specific, productive employees are. But what makes employees productive and keeps them engaged? Humans aren’t robots who can be left alone to work 24/7. What do employees need to do if they want to be as effective as possible? The answer is to maintain good health, both physically and mentally. But what fosters these? Sleep.
Why some sleep advice might feel insulting to you
We all sleep. It’s a basic human need (and a basic right actually but let’s leave that discussion for another time). But how we sleep differs greatly. Some sleep early, some late. Some sleep longer, others sleep shorter. And some sleep well while others have troubling sleeping. Many perimenopausal women often struggle with sleep.
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A compassionate approach to poor sleep during the perimenopause
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Beat those shorter, darker days... 🌈![]()
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We can recover and recharge mid-day, and no, I don’t mean naps. ![]()
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✨There is magic in ‘mini-breaks’. ✨![]()
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Taking yourself OUT of your ROUTINE, away from work, and doing these things to help you switch off from your usual day can help you to recharge your body and mind, in the space of 5 minutes. ![]()
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I actually suggest taking many of these throughout the day, and it could look like...![]()
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🍃Taking a breath of fresh air outside![]()
☕️Enjoying a hot drink![]()
⛅️Look out of the window![]()
🙆A stretch of your body![]()
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🍂During the darker days, the winter days, we might need more of these as we’re naturally not benefiting from as much sunlight or time outside. ![]()
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✨ Here’s my question to you. ![]()
What do you enjoy doing?
