Ready for bed... (S2E5)

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This week is all about sleep... rest... routine. It's about how we signal to our body that it's ok to lay down the burdens of the day and be restored by a good night.

How do you get ready for bed? 

Are you ready for whatever life might throw at you? Or are you ready for rest?

Today's episode is full of tips and tools to help create a bedtime routine that signals to your body that it's time for rest.

A few of the things I cover include:

• Classic bedtime behaviours that may inhibit good quality sleep
• Things that may be masquerading as self-care - and why it's important to notice the impact they could be having
• Top tips and tools for good sleep shared by our Facebook group The Positive Menopause
• My own recommendations of things I've found have worked for me and my clients

The art, as ever, is simply to notice what your current bedtime practices are - and then see what you want to start, stop, continue or adapt.

Which bits feel like they’re nourishing you? Which feel like they just have to be like that? And what doesn’t need to be there at all?

Have a listen and then the invitation is simply to reflect and notice what you do as you get ready for bed tonight. 

Sleep is a classic area for disruption when we are stressed, and can be particularly challenging during menopause. The practices I talk through here are not an exhaustive list. And there are other steps that can be conducive to good rest, such as making improvements to nutrition, adapting how and when you exercise and dealing with the underlying causes of stress.

This episode is really a foray into practical actions we can all take that can help us move toward a better night's rest. If you would like more personalised support, please reach out to me, or whoever feels like they can best support you.

A key point is that for good quality sleep, we need to activate our parasympathetic nervous system - it’s the part of the autonomic nervous system which regulates the rest and repair. It’s when our digestio

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