Importance of A Bedtime Routine

Quality sleep is ESSENTIAL to good health. Not only is it essential for good health, but if you’re a business owner like me, your business is dependent on you getting adequate sleep! The National Sleep Association made adjustments to their recommendations THIS year—they’ve concluded that adults require 7-9 hours; as opposed to 6-8 (the former recommendation). Any less than 7-9 hours even in just ONE NIGHT increases your risk of Alzheimer’s, heart disease, and other inflammatory chronic diseases. You also can’t “catch up on sleep.” So it shouldn’t be taken lightly at all.

Adequate sleep also supports the release of growth hormones, which repairs your cells & tissues that get damaged from lifting. So not only are you replenishing your body and mind while you catch those z’s, but you’re literally healing while you dream.

A bedtime routine will help your body settle down & fall asleep faster; which in turn will:
✨Improve your mood the following day
✨Increase your energy levels
✨Help you feel more prepared
✨Recover from exercise
✨Decrease inflammation
✨Decrease symptoms of anxiety & depression
✨Improve cognition & memory
✨Regulate organ function
✨Improve digestion & decrease bloat

As a lifestyle coach, I’m often working closely with my clients to perfect basics like sleep that play a PIVOTAL role in making progress and changes in body composition & overall mental/physical health. You may not realize but us coaches are not only invested in your success, but your wellbeing and health as well! We want to see you succeed, but it’s impossible to do so without getting down to the basics.

A few recommendations I have for a solid bedtime routine;
💤Take a hot shower/bath an hour before you go to bed
💤Use essential oils, candles, or incense to shift the air quality in your room
💤Put on meditation music or try a guided meditation
💤Take CBD
💤Have your phone automatically turn on DND after 10PM
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I have seen so much success with these, obviously there are some tweaks person to person and that’s always addressed in coaching. In order to create a routine that works perfectly for you it takes some trial and error and customization. Sleep is not a ONE SIZE FITS ALL kind of deal, and as a life coach this is applicable to the entirety of your health. That’s why as your coach, I wok with you as a client one on one to create a routine and health objectives that are right for YOU. Not Joe, Mary, and Tom. YOU and only YOU.

Ready to take back your life, improve your health, and feel great? Click here to apply for my 1:1 coaching and get some dang rest!!