"Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.” –Jim Rohn
Are you tired from not sleeping well, or is stress keeping you awake at night?
It can be a vicious cycle because when you don’t sleep well, you are more likely to feel stressed and make poor health decisions. When you are stressed and make poor health decisions you are less likely to sleep!
It’s like the chicken and the egg scenario, which comes first? Being stressed or poor sleep!
So how as a busy working mum can you get a better night sleep ?
There is so much advice, information, seminars, supplements, drinks, marketed to you, to try and help you to get a better sleep and reduce stress. However, without completely understanding your unique situation as a working mum, and your unique challenges and the problems that arise, it’s hard for someone to make the right recommendations for you or your family.
If you are ready to take action and make some lasting changes have a look at some of the possibilities of things you may want to work on.
In which area do you need to look at making some changes?
When you sleep well you naturally wind down and have conscious and unconscious bedtime rituals and behavioural habits that you preform which promote good sleep. Eating well and exercising regularly is important. Calming overstimulated senses is essential. Having support through change can get you the results and the great night sleep you are trying to achieve.
Are you tired from not sleeping well, or is stress keeping you awake at night?
It can be a vicious cycle because when you don’t sleep well, you are more likely to feel stressed and make poor health decisions. When you are stressed and make poor health decisions you are less likely to sleep!
It’s like the chicken and the egg scenario, which comes first? Being stressed or poor sleep!
So how as a busy working mum can you get a better night sleep ?
There is so much advice, information, seminars, supplements, drinks, marketed to you, to try and help you to get a better sleep and reduce stress. However, without completely understanding your unique situation as a working mum, and your unique challenges and the problems that arise, it’s hard for someone to make the right recommendations for you or your family.
If you are ready to take action and make some lasting changes have a look at some of the possibilities of things you may want to work on.
In which area do you need to look at making some changes?
- Planning ahead and feeling organised
- Unwinding, relaxing, playing, de-stressing in ways that fit with your values and routines
- Exercise daily, the right amount and the right type to suit your unique situation
- Improving or eating a wholefood diet low in sugar, fat, salt and stimulates that can keep you awake or drain you of energy.
- Improving your digestion or correcting your nutrient deficiencies that can aid sleep, or help you cope with stress
- Creating a restful and calming sleeping environment for you and your children
- Creating boundaries and rules around work time and home life
- Creating boundaries and rules around bedtimes
- Avoiding blue light from computers and devices in the evenings
- Getting the help and treatment you need for any medical conditions that may be interfering with your sleep.
When you sleep well you naturally wind down and have conscious and unconscious bedtime rituals and behavioural habits that you preform which promote good sleep. Eating well and exercising regularly is important. Calming overstimulated senses is essential. Having support through change can get you the results and the great night sleep you are trying to achieve.
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