Why Behind Your Z’s Episode 1- Two Overlooked Factors that Improve Your Sleep

This episode discusses two often overlooked fundamentals that, if you don’t keep them in mind while you try to correct bad sleep, will have you tossing and turning through quick fixes that never work. When does sleep actually start? What triggers the sleep mechanisms inside my body? Where do I start to make the fix?

It’s tough to be patient when it comes to working on improving sleep and getting rid of any sleep anxiety, insomnia, or other sleep issues.  It’s sort of like weight loss and starting a physical health journey. You’d hope that 5 push ups today is a 10 pound loss tomorrow.

But I promise you; it’s a much better journey and more promising start to learn these key fundamentals about sleep before you embark.

The first is that your sleep cycle doesn’t start at bedtime. It starts when you wake up!

The second is that improving your sleep largely relies on balancing your sleep-related hormones. It doesn’t matter what sleep hygiene solutions you try; if they aren’t helping balance the hormones, their success will be limited.

In this episode, I also go over the stages of sleep and their specific functions.

Grasp the basics about sleep and you’ll begin to figure out where things went wrong and how this podcast will help you get your sleep right.

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