How To Sleep Deeply And Peacefully – All Night Long

In this week’s Success Newsletter, I would like to reveal 2 keys to sleeping deeply and peacefully – all night long.

First a quick update:

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Now, let’s talk about the 2 keys to sleeping deeply and peacefully – all night long.

I came across a post on Facebook where someone was asking for help and advice because she was waking up for hours in the middle of the night.

She received hundreds of responses from people posting their ideas and suggestions.

What did they suggest for how to sleep well and peacefully?

They offered everything from using Ambien and Lunesta to cannabis, cannabis oil, various herbs such as valerian, drinking milk, listening to music, reading a book, and doing deep breathing.

Yet despite hundreds of responses, no one actually suggested that she deal with the root cause of her sleep disruption.

This is something that so many of us do in life – we respond to the symptoms and very rarely even consider getting to the root cause.

Unless there is a real biological dysfunction, the inability to sleep can be traced to two things:

1. Habits which eventually disrupt sleep
2. Psychological issues which disrupt sleep

Here are Sleep deeply and peacefully

1. Prepare for sleep
At least 3 hours prior to sleep, start to wind down. Stop filling your mind with heavy, negative thoughts or conversations. Stop work early and turn your phone off! Avoid watching the news.

Remember, if you are using your computer after dark, the light of the computer screen or phone will disrupt your natural circadian rhythms. Your body has specific cycles for day and evening. Search for the setting on your computer or phone to switch on the ‘blue light filter’ at night.

Eat dinner early – at least 3 hours before sleeping. Go to sleep the same time each night. The sleep received before midnight is more important than even the sleep you receive after midnight.

American scientists Jeffrey C Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael Young were awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine “for their discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm” – your internal body clock: “The clock regulates critical functions such as behavior, hormone levels, sleep, body temperature and metabolism. Our wellbeing is affected when there is a temporary mismatch between our external environment and this internal biological clock…”

They discovered that every single one of us (despite our personal misconceptions) actually needs a full 8 hours of sleep, and, you cannot make up for the lost sleep the next day.

Thus, if you know you need to wake up at 6 a.m. make sure you go to sleep by 10 p.m.

Follow the natural rhythms of your body. Your body naturally reduces the release of cortisol and increases the release of melatonin in the evening following sunset. Your cortisol levels peak around 7 to 8 a.m. When your body releases cortisol in the middle of the night, it will wake you and keep you awake!

2. Deal with your issues during the day
One of the primary reasons that we wake up in the middle of the night is because we have so many unresolved issues.

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) explains disrupted sleep as the result of overthinking and unresolved emotions – TCM promotes ‘calming the spirit.’

Calm your spirit by addressing and resolving your issues – daily issues or deeper ones.

Do you wake up in the middle of the night with racing thoughts? What are the thoughts that you have when you wake up in the middle of the night? What are the issues that you’ve not yet resolved? What are the things that are creating concern, worry or anxiety? What decisions have you not yet made? What are your fears and doubts?

Think about key areas in your life which seem to you either out of control, unbalanced or with which you are dissatisfied. This is the answer to sleeping deeply and peacefully. Deal with these issues during the day.

Also, if you are getting ready for bed and you’re already thinking about all the things you have to do the next day, then simply write them out on the list on a piece of paper, and that way you won’t be trying to remember them while you are trying to sleep.

Of course, you can supplement the above suggestions with meditation in the early evening (just 15 or 20 minutes) and 5 minutes of slow, gentle deep breathing to relax you.

If you need personal help to overcome issues or emotions which are disrupting your sleep, book a one-on-one session with me. 

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I wish you the best and remind you “Believe in yourself -You deserve the best!”

Patrick Wanis Ph.D.
Celebrity Life Coach, Human Behavior & Relationship Expert & SRTT Therapist
www.patrickwanis.com