“I tune in to some friendly voices
Talking ’bout stupid things.
I can’t be left to my imagination.

Let me be weak,
Let me sleep
And dream of sheep.”

Kate Bush

How Do You Sleep?

Sleep is of course absolutely essential for every human being. As well as being vital rest a key part of a healthy lifestyle, it can benefit your heart, weight, mind, and more as during our sleep time our brains recharge, our bodies release important hormones and our cells repair themselves.

Statistics vary on the amount of sleep needed and of course individual requirements differ, however it is generally considered that most adults need around 7-8 hours’ sleep each night.
Life circumstances may hinder the amount of sleep we actually get. Parents with young babies are an obvious example where normal sleep patterns can get disrupted more easily. Chaotic or busy lifestyle choices can also affect the amount of sleep we get each night. Being busy and stressed are something that tends to affect most people in the modern world, and some end up sleeping more at weekends or on holidays to compensate for not getting enough sleep on working days.

If you are sleeping well most nights of the month, and feeling fully re-charged when you wake up in the morning, then how very fabulous for you!!
However, many people just don’t get enough sleep or have problems getting to sleep at night and going without adequate sleep has both short and long-term consequences.

In the short term, a lack of adequate sleep can affect perception and judgment, our moods, the ability to learn and retain information; it can reduce productivity and efficiency at work and even highlight personal safety issues especially on the roads. In the long term, chronic sleep deprivation may lead to a host of health problems including obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and even early mortality.

So, we should try and make sure that we get enough sleep. It’s useful for us primarily, as well as the people and the world around us.
If you aren’t getting enough sleep at night, or falling asleep reasonably quickly then there are some simple practical changes that you might want to consider making in order to help you get to sleep at night:

 Cutting down on your caffeine intake, particularly in the hours before bedtime. Consider drinking herbal teas or infusions if you need a warm drink in the evening. For those of you who are dairy tolerant, warm milk can help with the dropping off to sleep process.

 Create a restful sleep environment, and do obvious things like avoiding watching TV in bed – in fact if you have a TV in your bedroom then get rid of it would be the smartest move.

 Turn your Wi-Fi and mobile phone and all other devices off when you go to sleep

 Reducing alcohol intake

 Establishing a sleep pattern that is appropriate for your lifestyle. i.e. go to bed at a sensible time if you need to get up at 5 o’clock in the morning.

Easy adjustments like these, plus a few others, are the first suggestions that I offer to clients who come to see me for sleeping difficulties, and are often essential for improved sleep patterns.

When people have difficulty sleeping, often though it is also because they have worries in their lives that are left unresolved during the course of day to day activity. Perhaps that’s because we are too busy to deal with it, or because we are trying to avoid the issue, consciously or unconsciously.

When that’s the case our subconscious mind will keep trying to bring the issue to the attention of our conscious mind so that we take some kind of action to deal with the issue. And of course, if it is unable to do this during our waking hours, then it will do so when we’re trying to go to sleep, in that half-awake, half awake-sleep state of awareness which is called the hypnagogic state.

One simple solution is to deal with that is to process all our issues before we go to bed, which isn’t always possible of course. Another is to utilize the power of the subconscious mind and that’s where my new hypnosis recording may assist you…called “Sleep Well Tonight”
As ever, it comes tried and tested as it worked for me and for a handful of people that I have had testing this recording in the past couple of months.
If you want to see if it can benefit your sleep, then readers of my newsletter do have a special opportunity this month and can buy the recording at a discounted price of £3.99 (normal price £5.99) You can do that through any page on my website, then download the October newsletter and get the discount code. When you get to the checkout in my shop enter the discount code, and click the apply discount button.

Scientists have gone to great lengths to fully understand sleep and its benefits, and still haven’t really scratched the surface of understanding what happens to our consciousness when we sleep, what they have discovered in studies of humans and other animals that sleep plays a critical role

– In improving immune function
– Helping metabolism
– Aiding memory and concentration and the ability to retain information
– Reducing stress
– Less daytime fatigue / more stamina
– Reduce inflammations (people who get less sleep tend to have higher blood levels of inflammatory proteins than those who get more)
– And many more

So if you are not getting enough sleep, or need help in getting to sleep earlier, then

(If you have friends, relatives or colleagues that might benefit, please do ask them to sign up to my newsletter rather than just giving them the discount code) … The offer lasts until 16th October so click now
And sleep well tonight !!
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