Do you wake up feeling exhausted every morning? Whether you have insomnia, can’t fall asleep, stay up too late, or feel restless throughout the night, a consistent lack of sleep deprivation can lead to severe mental and physical health issues.
There has been an increasing volume of discoveries, surveys, and studies that validate the importance of sleep. According to the National Institute of Health, sleep is essential for your health and overall well-being.
Insufficient sleep is linked to obesity, heart attacks, pain syndromes, learning disabilities, and cognitive problems such as depression, anxiety, and increased risk for suicide. A lack of proper sleep can also result in performance problems and workplace accidents.
Improving your sleep can lower your risk for these disorders and diseases and also:
- Reduce depression and anxiety
- Support weight control
- Enhance your mood and improve learning and memory
- Improve thought clarity and increased creativity
- Increased energy
You can address most sleep problems through specific yet simple habits and lifestyle changes. Sleep coaching is an excellent way to start getting good sleep. People are often surprised by the improvements that they see in their day-to-day life after getting good, consistent sleep.
Here are some methods that sleep coaches use to help you improve your sleep:
Bedroom inspection
Your bedroom is supposed to be a haven for happiness and sleep. If being in your room doesn’t make you feel calm, it’s time to make some changes. A sleep coach can guide you through the best ways to make your bedroom more comfortable. For example, try placing a picture of your favorite people in a place where you’ll see it as soon as you wake up every morning. This will give you a burst of happy hormones and make you feel more motivated and energized to get through the day.
Make sure that the colors in your room aren’t too stimulating. While it’s great to express yourself and surround yourself with your favorite colors, it’s best to stick to more neutral tones to promote a feeling of calm. You can, however, add colorful accents around the room through rugs, pillows, plants, and paintings on the walls. Colors such as green and blue can make you feel more serene and at peace, while bright colors such as yellow can make you feel cheerier.
Environment control
It’s imperative to clean and vacuum your room often, especially if you have carpeted floors. Dust can decrease the air quality of your room, which is extremely important for you to be able to get a good night’s rest.
Your room’s temperature can also affect your sleep quality. Sleeping in a room that’s too hot or too cold will make you feel more restless, and you’re more likely to wake up in the middle of the night. Try keeping your room between 68-72 degrees Fahrenheit to keep your body comfortable and cool.
Aromatherapy
Scents often get overlooked as tools for relaxation. Essential oils are inexpensive and easy to introduce into your daily or nightly routine. Scents are powerful stimulants—have you ever encountered a random smell and remembered strong feelings or memories associated with it? Your sense of smell is wired to your brain’s centers of emotion and memory. According to a study, essential oils can improve disrupted sleep and overall sleep quality in adults.
People who are unable to get good sleep often have stress and anxiety. Aromatherapy is great for relieving symptoms of stress and anxiety, which may indirectly improve your sleep.
Place a few drops of lavender, vanilla, jasmine, or sandalwood oil into your diffuser and let it run all night.
Mental and emotional release
Depression and trauma can make it extremely difficult for people to let go of their difficult experiences and emotions. Releasing them can help you open up to joy, happiness, and improved well-being. Emotional release is also known as emotional cleaning—it’s the act of mastering your negative moods and feelings. This usually happens naturally as you feel your stress build up before you break down and cry. While it might feel terrible, the release leaves you feeling peaceful.
A sleep coach who practices MER will help you get into a relaxed state and ask you a bunch of questions to tap into your subconscious. This will help them discover the root of your emotional problems that you’re struggling to release. This subconscious technique can help you reframe your past experiences and learn how they affect your present state.
Mastering your emotions and achieving mental peace can improve your sleep quality and efficiency. You’ll be able to fall asleep faster without all the intrusive thoughts going around in your head, and you’ll feel more at peace with yourself and your life.
Sleep hypnosis
Hypnosis is often misunderstood due to its portrayal in media, but when administered in a professional manner, hypnosis can help you focus your attention in such a way that you can receive suggestions to positively change your behavior and thoughts.
During hypnosis, your brain activity changes to improve receptiveness to different ideas. Hypnotherapy is a kind of mind-body medicine where you get suggestions to make positive choices for improving your sleep quality.
Hypnotherapy can treat many different kinds of health problems, including mental health conditions such as depression and anxiety. It can also help you change your behavior, like losing weight or quitting smoking.
Hypnosis can be combined with other treatments, such as cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia, which helps you reframe any negative thinking surrounding sleep. It can also improve your sleep hygiene and help you develop better sleep-related routines.
Are you ready to hire a professional sleep coach?
If you’re suffering from sleeplessness, insomnia, or night terrors, it’s best to get a sleep consultant before sleep deprivation starts to interfere with your physical and mental health. A Better Snooze provides top-notch sleep help services, including MER, hypnosis, and neuro-linguistic programming. The company’s sleep experts have a deep understanding of sleep patterns and can help you achieve a good night’s rest.
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