My sleep hasn’t been ideal this week.
Between daylight savings time and the launch of Stamina Lab’s new The Hero Within workshop from the team behind its Be Your Own Best Coach program, I’ve had less time in bed and lower quality of sleep.
Daylight savings time is really tough on everyone’s sleep and recovery.
Every year on the Monday after "spring forward" there is an:
Increase in heart-attacks
Increase in car accidents
Increase in injuries (and injury severity) at work
Hospitals report a 24% spike in heart-attack visits around the US. When we gain an extra hour in the fall, hospitals report a 21% reduction in heart-attack visits. Coincidence?
Basically, your body's internal clock is being forced to adapt to a new schedule, similar to the effects jet lag. This "circadian misalignment" affects your alertness and fatigue levels throughout the day.
Additionally, that lost hour also has ripple effects on your cognitive & physical performance.
Add in a stressful week for the workshop launch on top of that and that’s a tough recipe for me.
Fortunately, I’ve got great resources to draw upon, particularly Dr. Alex Dimitriu. He’s dual board certification in psychiatry and sleep medicine and helps his patients optimize peak performance by day and peak restorative sleep by night. If you recall, I recently did a podcast interview with him, which you can find here.
With it being sleep awareness month… actually today is World Sleep Day, we decided to offer some help.
I hosted a live Ask Me Anything Q&A webinar to help improve your sleep.
How do you wake up in the morning without an alarm clock?
How do you look less tired when you wake up?
How do you sleep comfortably on a hot night? How about a cold night?
How do you get out of bed when you really can't?
How do you fall asleep fast?
How do you improve your sleep? We asked Dr. Dimitriu to answer submitted questions. The full webinar and action guide can be downloaded here.