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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I have said it many times: our bodies aren’t machines, they are biological systems, an organism.![]()
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Firstly, the clocks will go forward on Sunday 30th March at 1am.![]()
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When it comes to the clock change all I want to say is that our bodies aren't alarm clocks. The forward clock change in March jolts our internal systems, with consequences we're only beginning to understand but we nevertheless feel and experience them in our bodies and which can lead to injury in different guises … mental and physical health problems, road accidents, tiredness, and sleep problems. ![]()
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Do not be alarmed by this. By looking after the basics of our sleep, we can support our bodies through this jolt, this change for minimal impact.![]()
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These are the basics of healthy sleep:![]()
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You'll find more about each of these approaches on my profile. Take a look, your sleep will thank you. ![]()
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