Know what healthy feels like!®
This is a comprehensive article years in the making. It will likely go through revisions over time, so check back for updates.
Sleep issues are one of the biggest health issues we face.
Issues with sleep are complex and layered, which makes it a challenging problem to solve in one fell swoop. A short list of things that can affect sleep would include issues like emotional states, stress levels, aging, diet, exercise, non-sleep rest, spiritual issues, gender and sleep environment. The way each of the factors interacts with the others could be articles unto themselves!
Given the complexity, this article aims less to provide a solution to this vast problem, and instead will offer helpful suggestions of behaviors you might choose to add to your “toolkit” . This is an issue I have been grappling with for most of my adult life, so I hope my experienced perspective will be helpful to you!
This article will cover the following:
- Why sleep?
- Sleep environment
- Sleep hygiene
- Dietary considerations
- Exercise considerations
- Herbs and supplements
- Energetic products
- Esoteric perspective
- References for more research
