Whether for a momentary check-in, or a deep-dive re-evaluation of our priorities and approaches, pausing allows us greater clarity and connection to what we truly need, as we make choices. In this session learn the importance of pausing our thoughts, behaviors, and actions so that we can assess what our body needs.

7 Days of Sleep - Part 2

Ready Set Relax

If our expectations are that things should happen in a particular way and especially without any effort or support by us, it can create an element of resistance -leading to stress, anxiousness or frustration when things go differently. By becoming more aware of the relationship we have to our expectations for falling asleep (or anything), we can notice if this is undermining the relaxation necessary for falling asleep.

Ready, Set, Relax

Awareness

Curious Observation

Cognitive Flexibility

Attitudes of Mindfulness

Focus

Time For A Catnap

Are you familiar with the mid-day slump?  Taking a few minutes to meditate can help rest our mind and body so that we feel refreshed for the next part of our day.

Balancing Inner And Outer Data

It's a common theme to not be getting enough sleep. Even knowing what the recommendations for how much sleep are, it can feel hopeless if the recommendations seem unattainable. One useful approach is to balance both the outer information with the inner information.

Building Your Sleep Routine

Creating a familiar and repetitive routine at night can make it easier to fall asleep, and get good quality sleep through the night. One of the reasons for this is that your brain and body will associate the cues of your sleep routine with relaxing, winding down, and letting go of the day.

Sleep For Success

It's a funny thing, but in our desire to be productive and effective in life, we cut out the very things that support those outcomes. Our bodies actually thrive on being well-rested.

Are Your To-dos Taking A Toll

It seems practical that we would be able to say to ourselves, "I've done enough today, I'm a human being not a human doing...and I need sleep."But for many of us, we let our minds decide for the body (until the body collapses).  The mind can become so fixated on doing, that we override the signals from the body needing rest, and we wait to give ourselves permission for sleep and self-care at the bottom of the list.

Are Your To-do's Taking A Toll?

Watching The Clock Tick

In life, we are not always rewarded for getting into bed early with a great night of sleep. And it is normal to have an immediate reaction of feeling anxious, frustrated, and even angry when falling asleep just isn't happening. The problem is that if we get focused on our difficult feelings at that moment, we're not only likely to be miserable, but we're also likely to become even more awake, guaranteeing no sleep anytime soon.

7 Days of Sleep - Part 2

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