Sleep Better Tonight: 5 Nutritious Foods to Enhance Your Bedtime Routine
Getting a good night's sleep is essential for our overall health and well-being. Yet, for many of us, falling asleep and staying asleep can be a challenge. The good news is that there are so many tweaks you can make to your day to day life to help with your sleep, including upping your food game with better pre-sleep snacks. These foods not only soothe your body but also provide essential nutrients to aid in relaxation and sleep quality. Let's explore five of the best and healthiest foods to eat before bedtime to help you sleep better.
Stress and Sleep: Breaking the Cycle for a Better Night's Rest
In today's fast-paced world, stress has become a common companion for many of us. Whether it's due to work pressures, relationship challenges, financial worries, or simply the demands of daily life, stress can take a toll on our overall wellbeing. One area where stress often leaves its mark is our sleep. Here's how it works:
Food to eat (and avoid) for better sleep
We all require sleep to function properly as humans, and the quality of our sleep can significantly impact our health and well-being. While there are various factors that can impact our sleep (stress levels, light exposure, temperature of our bodies and the general environment etc), the food we consume is one of the most significant ones. What we eat, and when we eat it, can either promote or hinder our ability to fall asleep, and also the quality of sleep we have throughout the night.
How to Not Feel Completely Bushed the Day After the Clocks Go Forward
As the clocks go forward this weekend (Sunday! Mark your calendar!), many of us will be looking forward to the longer, brighter evenings that come with the start of daylight saving time. However, this change can also have a significant impact on our sleep, leaving us feeling groggy and tired in the days following the time change.
How to Wake Up Well this Winter
Winter can be a beautiful season, with snowflakes falling and the air crisp and fresh. Not to mention hot chocolate, fluffy scarves and TV time under a big blanket.
However, when the days are shorter and the weather is bad, it can be hard to get out of bed in the morning.
How Stress Affects Your Sleep
Do you find yourself struggling to nod off at night, and that stresses you out, then you really struggle to fall asleep, which makes you over-tired and even more stressed? You're not alone. We dive into this topic for #stressawarenessmonth
Top 5 Personal Favourite Sleep Tips
In honour of International Sleep Week coming up soon, I wanted to touch on a few tips and tricks that I've implemented in my daily routine that's helped with my sleep quality and quantity so much & share it with you here today so that hopefully you'll also be able to up the ante on your snooze.
What to Do When You Can’t Sleep
Do you often find yourself lying in bed, eyes closed and ready for a good snooze, but for someone reason you have a hard time nodding off? We totally get it! The culprit might be a super stressful day that's lying ahead for you come morning, or pesky noises coming from the neighbours' flat, or you're struggling to digest a big meal so don't feel the most comfortable. Whatever the reason, we’ve compiled a list of techniques you can use to help get a good night’s sleep.
How To Reset Your Circadian Rhythm
Do you sometimes wake up minutes before your alarm is due to go off? You can thank your circadian rhythm for that! Circadian rhythms are the body’s 24-hour cycle internal clock that carry out essential functions such as digestion, hormone regulation and, last but not least, sleep.
Simple Ways to Create the Ultimate Sleep Environment
Did you know roughly 30 percent of the general population suffers from some form of sleep disruption and 10 percent suffer from insomnia? In these not so certain times, it can be more and more difficult to get a good night’s sleep. One thing that is for certain, we’ve got some tips to help you sort sleeping problems by creating the ultimate sleep environment!
How to battle Stress (so you can Sleep)
Stress, we can’t seem to escape it, and often see it as a part of the 24/7 always on culture we live in. The unprecedented times we are now living in is exacerbating this stress and the associated impact on both anxiety and our mental health.
Why a 'sleep divorce' could be really good for your relationship
Picture your average night sharing a bed with your partner. Are they happily dozing off while you’re tossing & turning? While you’re hot and bothered and on the verge of shoving the duvet to the floor, are they swaddled like a baby?
Power naps for the win - when to take them and for how long
Do you find yourself guzzling down the caffeine every afternoon at 4PM, like clockwork? If so, a mid-afternoon nap could be the answer to weaning yourself off caffeine (and tiredness) forever. Napping is often associated with tiny tots or the elderly, but really, its a good idea for everyone.
How to easily fall (and stay) asleep
You’ve heard it all before – getting your eight hours of sleep is the key to health, happiness and everything in between. Which is probably the most frustrating thing to hear when you’re not one to sleep very well, or nod off easily. I have struggled with insomnia during different periods of my life.
Who Sleeps Here - Lise van Schoor's bedroom
Today I'm sharing a few snaps from the bedroom of my sister and Nightire's number one fan, Lise van Schoor. Over the holidays, I managed to pin her down for a chat about balancing work & life, her best sleep tips and what inspired her gorgeous abode's design aesthetic. Have a look at what this finance girl with a creative edge, had to say…
How to Design Your Workday based on your Sleep Habits
Do you insist on having a cup (or two) of coffee every morning before you brave any kind of activity? Or are you one of those lucky individuals who can jump out of bed and get to work pronto?How to Design Your Workday based on your Sleep Habits