Managing Sleep and Hot Flushes
When it comes to people struggling with their sleep during menopause, hot flushes and panic are often the key triggers for them seeking help…
Three Ways Menopause Can Impact Your Sleep
Menopause can impact your sleep in more ways than one, from hot flushes to anxiety. Here are three of the most common ways you may find menopause affecting your sleep.
How can I rewire my brain for better sleep during menopause?
You CAN rewire your brain for better sleep during menopause. It's not uncommon to find that sleep challenges during menopause can make every night feel like a struggle. However, the good news is that we have the ability to reprogramme our brains for improved sleep.
The Link Between Hormones and Sleep
There are many things that can have a direct impact on our quality of sleep. From diet and lifestyle to stress and alcohol, many factors can affect our ability to sleep well. However, many of us don’t realise how much of an impact our hormones can have.
Five sleep myths busted
From the amount of sleep we need, to whether or not caffeine will stop you sleeping, I address some of the top sleep myths to help separate fact from fiction.
Why menopause could be behind your poor sleep
Poor sleep due to menopause also causes extra stress and anxiety, in what is potentially already an anxiety provoking time. With the correct techniques, you can learn how to manage your symptoms of anxiety and panic which will in turn help you to sleep better.
How can CBT for insomnia help improve sleep.
If you have struggled with your sleep for a while you may have heard about CBT for insomnia but are not sure how it can help you then this article explains more about this NHS recommended treatment.
Tired, but can't fall asleep?
We often say that we feel tired but actually in order to fall asleep we need to be 'sleepy'. But how can we tell the difference? As you probably have experienced you may feel exhausted but then you get into bed and sleep doesn't come.