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Is your child anxious?

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Is your child anxious?

Stress and anxiety does not only affect adults. Today anxiety has a significant impact in the lives of our children, often as a result of added pressure at school, home and from their peers. Prevalence of stress and anxiety in children has increased markedly over the last decade and is now considered to be the most common mental health disorder in school age children affecting 1 in every 8.
Anxiety in children can lead to physical difficulties and inability to cope with every day stresses. The child can develop problems with sleep, headaches, stomach aches and digestive disorders as well as lack of concentration, increased irritability and tiredness amongst other signs. If ignored, anxiety can become the trigger for more serious problems.
How do you know if your child may be struggling with anxiety? Anxious children are often quiet and well behaved and thus their anxiety can frequently go unnoticed by loved ones. Alternatively, some children can be disruptive and misbehave in an attempt to gain attention.

Causes of stress and anxiety in children include peer/family pressure, increased schoolwork demands, neglect at home and even terrible news on TV. With all of these pressures on children it is important to take time out to talk with your child regularly and be involved in what’s happening in their lives so that they do not feel alone. The best medicine that a parent can give to help their child deal with stress is fulltime encouragement and support.

So what else can parents do?

If your child is stressed or anxious there are a number of ways that you can help your child to better cope with stress.

  • Prioritise sleep. Sleep is crucial for decreasing anxiety and improving physical and emotional wellbeing so make sure your child gets enough sleep to help them recover and recharge for the day ahead. The amount of sleep your child requires is age dependent but ranges between 9.5 to 11.5 hours every night.
  • Making your home your child’s happy place where they feel safe and secure is essential. If you have stress at home, do your best to improve the situation or talk to your child about it.
  • Listening to your child’s problems empathetically and keeping channels of communication open will encourage them to feel comfortable enough to let you know about any issues going on in their lives.
  • Allow your child some downtime away from technology to do things that they enjoy whether it be reading quietly, playing with friends or spending time outdoors.
  • Mineral supplementation can be beneficial to support the nervous system and promote relaxation. Look for a formula which combines magnesium, zinc, potassium, B vitamins and vitamin C to nourish the nervous and adrenal systems and help the body better cope with stress and anxiety.

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5 Easy Ways To Make Sleep A Priority In College

5 Easy Ways To Make Sleep A Priority In College

This article is from Huffington post.
5 Easy Ways To Make Sleep A Priority In College

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“That’s IMPOSSIBLE. You’ve got to be kidding.”

That’s the typical reaction I get anytime I tell someone that I regularly get eight hours of sleep every night. As a full-time college student who juggles a student government position, sorority membership and a part-time job, it can be hard to obtain the necessary amount of sleep. But since I’ve made sleep a priority, I manage to get those crucial eight hours every night. Here are five steps I swear by that will help any college student get a good night’s rest.

1. Do not sign up for early morning classes.
Having the power to choose when you go to class is huge – use it. I am in the second semester of my freshman year and I have yet to take a class that begins before 11 a.m. Waking up with the sun shining makes me feel so much more motivated to start the day, rather than rolling out of bed when it’s still dark out. Scheduling your classes later in the day offers a larger window of time to get your full eight hours of sleep. If you struggle to catch up on sleep, don’t sign up for 8 a.m. classes. Keep on snoozing until late morning.

2. When the clock strikes twelve, it’s time to stop the homework.
Turns out Cinderella was definitely onto something! If your homework starts to run past midnight, call it quits and shut it down for the evening. If you prioritize homework that is due the next day, you’ll always have assignments with immediate deadlines completed at a reasonable hour. If you have time leftover, then you can work ahead. Enforcing a cutoff time for homework ensures that you don’t get carried away working into the wee hours of the morning.

3. Don’t go out EVERY night.
College is the time and place to go out and party with your friends–in moderation! If you’re staying out every night and getting up early for classes, there is just no way to get the sleep you need. What’s the point in going out if you’re just going to be exhausted all night and wiped out the next day? Stick to partying on the weekends when you know you can catch up on sleep the next morning.

4. Don’t binge on Netflix until 2 a.m.
Actually, don’t do anything on an electronic device that late. According to the National Sleep Foundation, light emitted from your laptop, tablet or cellphone stimulates your brain, making it harder for your mind to calm down and get ready for sleep. I get it, I love ending my day by laying in bed and watching an episode of “Grey’s Anatomy” on Netflix! But force yourself to ignore the “one more episode!” urge and give your brain a chance to relax and wind down.

I still have trouble with this one. Coming from someone who loves to stay busy and be involved on campus, I recognize how exciting it can be to fit in as many activities as possible. But don’t be afraid to cut yourself a break. You can’t be all things to all people. It’s completely acceptable to reschedule a lunch date or miss a club meeting from time to time if it means giving yourself an opportunity for some much-needed rest. Take a nap! You deserve it.

The fact of the matter is: it’s difficult to get a full night’s rest in college, but not impossible. Even just trying one or two of these tricks can make a positive impact on your sleep habits. By making sleep a priority you’ll feel happier, healthier, and enjoy college life that much more.

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Step away from the sleeping medicine

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Step away from the sleeping medicine

We humans are a strange bunch. We pack our lives full of so much chaos and stress and then, when we’re so stressed or sick we can’t sleep, we simply take some sleep medicine to knock us out.
Sleeping medicine isn’t bad in and of itself. It can be extremely useful for patients recovering from painful surgery. But too many of us misuse sleeping medicine, not realising that overuse can lead to serious side effects and long-term sleep problems.

If we take sleeping medicine for several days in a row, our bodies become dependent on it to get to sleep. When we stop taking the sleeping medicine, we suffer withdrawal symptoms like nausea and shaking. The more sleeping medicine we take, the more our bodies get used to it, and we need increasingly higher dosages. This increases our chances of suffering serious side effects like severe allergic reactions, hallucinations, headaches, dizziness, and sleep walking.

Before you take over-the-counter or prescription sleeping medicine, consider the many alternatives out there.

  • Is your insomnia a symptom of a more serious health issue? Dealing with this health issue could cure your insomnia?
  • Have you tried relaxation techniques before bed? You might benefit from yoga, meditation, a hot bath or listening to relaxing music.
  • Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy is a form of psychotherapy that modifies destructive thoughts and negative emotions, which cause insomnia in many people.
  • Try getting more exercise during the day (but don’t exercise for four hours before sleep). Jogging, dancing, aerobics, cycling and other aerobic exercises in the late afternoon can dramatically improve your ability to fall asleep.
  • Is there a stress in your life that is keeping you awake at night? Removing or dealing with that stress could cure your insomnia.
  • Try aromatherapy using oils like lavender, St. John’s wort, clary sage, ylang ylang and chamomile, which are known to promote good sleep.

Use herbal sleeping medicine. A sleeping medicine made with ingredients like kava, chamomile, lavender and passionflower can drastically improve your sleep without harmful side effects.

 

Before taking any kind of sleeping medicine – including herbal sleeping medicine – consult your doctor, especially if you take medication for another health issue. Some herbal sleeping medicine can react with other medicines.

Sleeping medicine isn’t a wonder cure for insomnia. If you overuse sleeping medicine, you could end up with worse sleeping problems than before. Don’t be so quick to take over-the-counter or prescription drugs before you’re tried other alternatives.

Naturopathic tips

Avoid caffeine and alcohol as these substances can interfere with good restorative sleep. Reduce exposure to light at night as light supresses the release of melatonin the hormone which makes us sleepy and helps us fall asleep.

Take natural sleeping remedies from the SleepDrops range to help you fall asleep and stay asleep – SleepDrops for Adults and Essential Sleep Nutrients

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Problems Sleeping for Blind People

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Problems Sleeping for Blind People

Did you know that 8 out of 10 blind people have problems sleeping?
It’s true. People who are blind or vision impaired are among the most frequent sufferers of sleep disorders in the world.

People who are totally blind (who can’t perceive light) have the highest rate of problems sleeping. The most commonly reported problem for people who are totally blind is non-24-hour-sleep-wake-disorder – where their circadian rhythm is out of sync with the 24 hour clock, meaning they’re unable to sleep at night.

Non-24-hour-sleep-wake-disorder most commonly occurs among the totally-blind population, but also affects those with normal vision.

Most people’s natural sleep cycle (circadian rhythm) functions between 24-25 hours – slightly longer than a full day. During the course of the day, sunlight signals travel from the eyes to the hypothalamus in the brain, and this regulates the production of melatonin. It’s this melatonin that tells us when it’s time to wake up or go to sleep. But if you can’t detect light, your light receptors are faulty, or your hypothalamus is wonky, you might find yourself slipping back into your natural sleep cycle.

This means you will have a couple of days of good sleep, but then you’ll start falling asleep later and later, and wanting to sleep in longer and longer. If you continue to try to sleep and wake at regular times, you will feel drowsy and irritable throughout the day, as your body thinks it should be in bed. Non-24-hour-sleep-wake-disorder is one of the more troublesome problems sleeping, as it often isn’t detected as an actual disorder for several years.

People with other vision-impairments, like colour-blindness and light sensitivity, are also prone to problems sleeping, the most common being sleep phase disorders and insomnia.

With over 1200 New Zealanders losing their sight every year, sleeping problems among the blind will continue to increase. One of the best ways to combat these types of sleep-phase and circadian rhythm sleep disorders is with melatonin.

By increasing the amount of melatonin to your brain, you can help regulate your own circadian rhythms and cure your problems sleeping. You can get melatonin in some prescription medicines, but it’s better to use a natural source. Sleepdrops not only contain melatonin, but 25 of the best natural sleep aids for a natural, deep sleep. Herbal sleeping pills containing melatonin have proven to be extremely effective in treating non-24-hour-sleep-wake-disorder, as well as other problems sleeping associated with blindness.

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Need an aid to sleep

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Need an aid to sleep?

If you’re going through a bout on insomnia, and you’re tried all the usual advice – cutting back on caffeine, relaxing before bed and making sure your bedroom is cool and dark – you may need some kind of aid to sleep.
The right aid to sleep for you could be anything from a certain food to an herbal tea or a prescription drug. There are many different sleeping, and only some will work for you. If you need aid to sleep, try one of these popular ideas:

Eat carbohydrates for dinner. A dinner high in carbohydrate rich foods like rice, potatoes, rice and bread could be the perfect aid to sleep. Carbohydrates help you feel full after dinner, and induce to body to produce melatonin, the chemical that induces sleep.

Calcium and magnesium tables can work as an aid to sleep for some people. Magnesium relaxes the muscles and helps you fall asleep.

Instead of a “nightcap” before bed, try a soothing herbal tea. Drinks with chamomile will help send you to sleep, or try a warm glass of milk use rice, oat or almond milk with a teaspoon of honey dissolved in it.

Try aromatherapy. Many people find aromatherapy the most effective aid to sleep. You could use an oil burner in your room before bed – don’t use open flames while you are asleep, in case of an accident – or add a few drops of oil to the bathwater.

To induce sleepiness, try chamomile, lavender, juniper or sandalwood. To relieve stress and depression, try basil, jasmine or ylang-ylang.

Use soothing music. The most popular products used as an aid to sleep are soothing music and nature CDs. Choose from lapping waves, wind rustling through leaves or ambient music. You can also find “white noise” CDs can be the perfect aid to sleep for people living in shared accommodation.

Herbal Sleeping pills: These can stimulate melatonin in the brain and help you to sleep, without the harmful side-effects of prescription drugs.

Massage. Even the most basic massage before sleep can help you relax and release muscle tension – the perfect aid to sleep. Make sure you feel comfortable and warm before your partner begins you massage. They don’t have to be a massage expert – simply gliding their hands over your neck and shoulders can relax you and ease you into sleep.

An aid to sleep doesn’t have to be a carton of prescription pills. If you need an aid to sleep, try taking a bath, listening to soothing music, using aromatherapy, using herbal sleeping pills, having a massage and drinking herbal tea. You’ll instantly feel more relaxed and sleepy.

Naturopathic tip

Practice meditation or deep breathing before bed to help your body relax and calm your mind.

Or check the SleepDrops website and look at the resources section for the delta sleep brain wave MP3 to download

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Helpful tips from SleepDrops on how to get you sleeping on flights

How can I sleep on a plane?

Many people find it difficult to sleep on long haul flights and with changing time zones find activities in the new country difficult for a couple of days. Here are some helpful tips on how to improve your chances of sleeping on the plane and waking up refreshed in a new country ready to have some fun or work really well!

Check list of things you will need to have and do

  1. Pre- book window seat so you can lean/sleep against it.
  2. Take a memory foam pillow with you on the plane.
  3. Eye mask
  4. Noise cancelling ear plugs or mp3 player with preloaded relaxation music (Delta Sleep track from SleepDrops is free for download from our website https://sleepdrops.co.nz/faq-and-resources/resources/)
  5. SleepDrops, Essential Sleep Nutrients and Daytime Revive
  6. Bottle of water.

Protocol

  1. Before leaving home prepare a drink bottle with 2 teaspoons of Essential Sleep Nutrients mixed into the water. You will drink this later at the airport.
  2. About an hour before boarding have a light meal. A medium sized salad with some protein (50 to 100grams) is ideal and bring with you some crackers. The protein – turkey, chicken, beef – will provide the amino acids and the crackers will provide the carbohydrates necessary to cross the blood brain barrier. This combination provides fuel for your body to make sleep chemicals.
  3.  Drink your bottle of prepared Essential Sleep Nutrients in water while at the airport and as you are preparing to go through customs. Remember you will have to have nearly finished it by the time you get to customs otherwise they will take it off you. Refill your bottle at a drinking station either in the lounges or at your gate.
  4. About 15 minutes before boarding starts take 10 SleepDrops under your tongue.
  5. Once you are boarded and settled into your seat drink another ½ bottle of water and take another 10 drops of SleepDrops under your tongue.
  6.  As soon as the seatbelt sign is turned off and you are allowed to move around, head straight to the lavatory.
  7. Head back to your seat and ask the person next to you or tell the flight attendant directly that you do not wish to be woken for dinner service.
  8. Ask the attendant to wake you after 4 hours so you can get up and walk around to avoid deep vein thrombosis.
  9. Take another 10 drops from SleepDrops under your tongue.
  10. Put on your eye mask, pop in your noise cancelling ear plugs with or without music.
  11. Do “Deep Sleep Breathing” slowly increase the time that you breathe in and out until you are breathing in for the count of 9 and out for the count of 11.
  12. Allow yourself to drift off to sleep.
  13. Get woken after 4 hours sleeping and walk around for 5 minutes
  14. Go back to your seat – take 5 to 10 drops of SleepDrops – put on your eye mask, pop in your earplugs and do your ‘Deep Sleep Breathing” until you go back to sleep again.
  15. The Flight attendants will wake you when it is time to prepare for landing.
  16. Upon waking take 5 drops of Daytime Revive under your tongue. You can continue to take 5 drops half hourly until you reach your hotel or where you are staying.
  17. Take Daytime Revive as needed until you have adjusted to new time zone.

 

© Kirsten Taylor Naturopathic Sleep Specialist.

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Story time at the zoo

Bedtime has never been so easy, thanks to SleepDrops’ children’s story book, Sleep Time at the Zoo.

Launching today, the book is cleverly designed to teach children about how to get ready for bed in a fun and engaging way, while providing parent’s with a useful tool to use as part of their night time routine, helping to make nightmare bedtimes a thing of the past.

The children’s story book, written by Sleep expert and founder of SleepDrops International Ltd, Kirsten Taylor, is packed full of beautiful illustrations by artist and illustrator, Tony McNeight.

Kirsten says sleep is integral to a child’s physical and mental development but research shows 20 per cent don’t get the recommended amount of sleep needed and up to 40 per cent have poor sleep schedules.

“I developed this book as a way of helping children and adults form good habits before bedtime. It is so important that your children receive the recommended amount of sleep as it keeps them focused, maintains their mood and helps to boost their health and learning capabilities.”

“Creating this book was a labour of love for Tony and myself. It was vital that the book was engaging for children and helpful for parents, it took a lot of effort but I think we’ve struck a great balance. So many parents have a daily battle with their children at bedtime and I want this book to assist parents and remind them that it doesn’t have to be a daily struggle,” says Kirsten.

SleepTime at the Zoo takes children on a colourful journey visiting a variety of animals at the zoo, along the way providing a bedtime checklist for children and adults to go through together, helping to prepare children for bed.

Throughout Kirsten’s 10 years as a Naturopathic Sleep Specialist she has seen the demand for sleep remedies increase across the board including among children and babies.

“The advent of new technology has had a huge impact on the duration and quality of our children’s sleeping patterns. Ipads and televisions can cause children’s minds to be too stimulated delaying the onset of sleep and effecting sleep quality,” says Kirsten Taylor

“My book aims to get children in the right frame of mind before bed, helping parents to establish an effective sleeping regime, leading to happier children and parents in the long run.”

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SleepDrops’ new sleep remedy

SleepDrops’ new sleep remedy

Natural sleep company, SleepDrops, have developed a new sleep remedy to help people to sleep through the night naturally.
SleepDrops Essential Sleep and Stress Nutrients – also known as, SleepDrops Powder – joins a number of products developed by Kirsten Taylor, one of New Zealand’s top sleep experts and founder of kiwi company SleepDrops.

With insomnia and sleep disturbances now affecting 47 per cent of the population worldwide, and more than 80 official sleep disorders recognised in adults, the issue of sleeplessness is a widespread problem.

SleepDrops Powder is a comprehensive formula containing Tart Cherry skin extract, a potent antioxidant which provides guaranteed levels of melatonin, a hormone essential for regulating body temperature, energy levels, anti-inflammatory responses and muscle fatigue. The formula also includes a high dose of Vitamin C and two types of magnesium for increased absorption and other essential cofactors to help bring overall balance to the body.

Kirsten says magnesium – known as the anti-stress mineral, is especially crucial in helping to keep the body and mind healthy. “Every cell in the human body has magnesium dependent processes and it is also helps to regulate the stress hormone, Cortisol, which can lead to poor quality sleep.

“More often than not it’s a range of nutrient deficiencies which lead to a bad night’s sleep. Vital nutrients can be used up more rapidly during times of stress, poor dietary choices, lack of sleep and just general daily living,” says Taylor

SleepDrops’ natural remedies target the widespread problem of sleeplessness and insomnia. Helping people have a better night’s sleep is Kirsten’s mission and something she’s been assisting with over the past five years since SleepDrops began.

“I’ve worked really hard to develop a comprehensive sleep powder which incorporates ingredients that work together and complement one another to support healthy sleep and stress hormone production – leading to better sleep for everyone,” says Taylor.

SleepDrops powder supports the nervous system and immune system, as well as assisting with healthy liver function and cardiovascular well being.

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SleepDrops will put Americans to sleep

SleepDrops will put Americans to sleep

New Zealand company, SleepDrops, is heading to California for the Natural Products Expo West 2015 to showcase their natural sleep and stress remedy range.
Developed by sleep and stress specialist Kirsten Taylor, the SleepDrops range is specially designed to provide effective, natural relief to people suffering from stress and sleep challenges.

Taylor says she’s looking forward to being a part of the Natural Products Expo, “I’m thrilled to be heading to the biggest natural trade show in the world, and having the opportunity to talk to people about how they can get a better night’s sleep, without taking dependency inducing drugs such as sleeping pills.”

“We’ll be showcasing our entire range on display including ‘SleepDrops for Adults’, our best selling product, ‘SleepDrops for Kids’ and ‘SleepDrops for babies’, designed to naturally support your little one’s sleeping patterns, and ‘Day Drops’ which soothes frazzled nerves and supports sleep at night.”

The SleepDrops range incorporates carefully selected herbs, homeopathics, nutritionals and flower essences, all in specific doses to restore the natural balance in a person’s nervous system.

Two years since it hit the mainstream market, SleepDrops has become the top-selling sleep remedy sold in New Zealand, reporting an impressive 100 per cent growth rate in pharmacies nationwide.

The 2014 IRI Aztec report*, released this month, shows that SleepDrops has doubled the number of units sold compared to the previous year, and topped the charts as both top manufacturer and top brand.

Ms Taylor says she’s pleased with the performance and demand for these products, and is thrilled that she has helped so many people feel better during their day and to get a better night’s sleep.

“The report shows an increasing number of people are reaching for combinations of SleepDrops products to help them combat stress and sleep issues, which is exactly what we designed the range to be do,” says Ms Taylor.

“Demand has increased rapidly since we launched, to the point where we now have a team of six employees, plus a team of master brewers at four contract manufacturing laboratories across Auckland, mixing each and every batch to our strict requirements.

“We are already exporting to markets outside of New Zealand and have spent the last year developing processes to keep up with the increase in demand.”

In a short time SleepDrops has made an impressive impact in the health industry and has picked up several awards, including the prestigious ‘Best New Product’ at the Health 2000 Supplier Awards 2013. More recently, SleepDrops won the Westpac Auckland Business Awards 2014 for Best Emerging Business.

The success of SleepDrops proven through its large, nationwide retail network. Now stocked in more than 900 outlets across the country, it is consistently in the top five most sold products in health stores throughout New Zealand.

Kirsten has now established herself as a leading sleep specialist featuring on shows such as 60 Minutes and New Zealand’s morning news show, Breakfast, providing insights into sleep problems and chronic insomnia.

 

* The report analysed insomnia product sales during 2014 from 43 per cent of pharmacies across New Zealand (from a total pool of 972 pharmacies). 

Below is a summary profiling the top five brands from the report.

Manufacturer Brand Rank Dollars share Dollars Growth % YA Units Growth % YA
SleepDrops International SleepDrops 1 25.2 95.4 98.0
Douglas Pharm Clinicians 2 13.3 -8.6 -7.6
Martin&Pleasance Bach 3 11.2 -7.1 -1.3
Vitaco Nutra Life 4 9.6 81.1 97.7
Sanofi Natures Own 5 8.9 -31.5 -28.4

Awards:

  • ‘Best New Product’ at the Health 2000 Supplier Awards 2013 (winner)
  • ‘Marketing Execution’ at the Health 2000 Supplier Awards 2014 (third)
  • ‘Best Emerging Business’ at the North Shore Westpac Auckland Business awards (winner)
  • ‘Excellence in Innovation’ at the North Shore Westpac Auckland Business awards (finalist)

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How to combat sleep deprivation

How to Combat Sleep Deprivation

Most of us walk around in a constant state of sleep deprivation. We may not realise it, but all our attempts to get up early and cram as much as we can into each day are making us tired, irritable, and unable to concentrate. Sleep deprivation affects most of us every single day, and we don’t even realise it.
Did you know that if you don’t get enough sleep for several nights in a row, you work up “sleep debt”? It’s true. Adults need between 7-9 hours of sleep each night, and when you don’t obtain this, you accumulate sleep debt. This sleep deprivation stacks up over subsequent nights, till you pay it back by making up those lost hours of sleep. If you accumulate too much sleep debt, you may have to “pay it back” over several nights.

It’s important that you monitor your sleep patterns and pay back any sleep debt you “owe” your body. If not, you’ll continue to suffer the effects of sleep deprivation:

  • Impaired performance
  • Decreased productivity
  • Inability to maintain focus
  • Loss of creative thinking
  • Wretched bad mood
  • Low energy
  • Lack of motivation
  • Pain, such as headaches and nausea
  • Loss of motor control
  • Increase in accidents

Long-term sleep deprivation can have a disastrous impact on your life. Not only could you suffer the above symptoms on an ongoing basis, but you also increase your chance of having a serious car or work accident.

Research suggests that over 100,000 car accidents each year are caused by sleep deprivation. It only takes a second for you to close your eyes behind the wheel and cause a major accident. Don’t take the risk. Eliminate sleep deprivation!

How do you say goodbye to sleep deprivation? Simple. You have to pay back your sleep debt, hour for hour. This might mean you need to schedule a couple of weeks where you get up an hour later each morning, or go to bed earlier. Have a sleep-in on the weekend. It can help refresh you for the week ahead.

We’ve spent so much time trying to cram more activities into our day and be as productive as possible, we don’t realise we’re working more than ever and cutting back on the very processes our bodies need to function. Sleep deprivation is our body telling you to slow down and have a snooze.

Naturopathic Tip: Take time out every day for stillness or meditation to calm the mind, reduce stress and to aid sleep.