When you’re a mother, it is easy not to get any sleep. The time you spend watching your baby make sure they’re safe, coupled with the moments you’re up sorting them out or feeding, means that it is a simple task for a mother not to get any sleep at all. To try and combat this, we’re taking a look at a few tips for a mother to help them sleep better and be more productive. Get Someone To Help We say this in a general sense, as there is no one place where another pair of hands wouldn’t be helpful. Having someone else who can help you with the task of helping your little one is always going to...
It may sound like a fairy tale, but it’s all too true – healthy sleep helps you to lose weight. That doesn’t mean you stop going to the gym, but it does shed light on the importance of a good night’s sleep. After all, you’ve got to have the energy and stamina to go to the gym, not to mention to work and all the household errands. If you’re serious about staying in great shape or losing a few of those unwanted pounds, then make sleep a priority, not an afterthought. Research proves it Studies show that sleep-deprived people eat hundreds more calories simply because they’re awake longer. But that’s not the only reason. Sleep affects levels of hunger-regulating hormones,...
I see you. I was you. Here’s how I got through it. I was three months out of graduate school when I found out I was pregnant. Not only did I not have insurance, but I also was up to my eyeballs in student debt and just at the very humble beginning of a career I hoped would lead to writing for film and television. When my daughter was born, I was juggling freelance gigs while producing a play I had written, all in a desperate attempt to jump-start my work life and help pay the bills. My husband was an actor, and supplemented that income by working late nights at a midtown Manhattan restaurant, an hour’s commute from our...
Sleep bingeing and napping can help you keep your overall snooze tally in good shape. Sleep, along with diet and exercise, is one of the three key parts of a healthy lifestyle, and it’s perhaps the hardest area to improve. You can decide to go for a run or eat a bowl of broccoli, but however hard you try you can’t force yourself to nod off – and trying really hard to sleep is likely to be counterproductive. What’s more, the focus on getting eight hours of rest every day can make us more stressed – but it shouldn’t, says Dr Petra Simic, clinical director of Bupa Health Clinics. It’s an unrealistic demand for many people because it ignores the...
Our minds and bodies rely on the restorative benefits of sleep. Lack of sleep causes all sorts of problems from obesity, to high blood pressure, to insulin resistance. Yet, sleep remains a low priority to many people—to the point where many brag about their ability to function on few hours of rest. The value of sleep is not to be dismissed. Don't allow life to defeat you. Give yourself permission to pause, permission to sleep, to reboot. I dare you. What do you have to lose? Except for maybe stress, depression, and sadness. Three Reasons Why Lack of Sleep Matters Appetite control gets completely out of whack. When you don't sleep well your hormones, the ones that signal when the body...
