Start Your Day Right
If you do not feel refreshed upon waking, your first step may be the most decisive action that may affect your sleep at the end of the day.
BreakfastThe most important meal of the day?
Depends what you are fuelling your body with or actually aren't. Timing is also key... |
The angel in disguiseCoffee may become your worst enemy if you need that life-saving cup in the morning.
Like a drug, overdosing is also possible. |
SnacksBlood sugar imbalances are directly linked to poor energy levels, fatigue and lower resilience to stress, as well as anxiety and depression, and social isolation.
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The last thought of the day is also the first thought in your mind as you wake, so be mindful about the thoughts you want to give energy to.
Stay in control of your blood sugar levels and follow simple advices to make big changes in your life and allow you to go back to sleep, reach deep, healing sleep every night.
Why would you feel empowered by listening to me?
The answer is very simple.
My story:
Due to the genetic make-up passed on by my parents, I am not able to process (and effectively detoxify) neurotransmitters, like dopamine and epinephrine (adrenaline). Epinephrine and cortisol, the stress hormones, are known to interfere with melatonin production, which means that higher concentration of one impacts the other, and very often sleep. Because, at the time my body should be producing melatonin, it is still busy trying to suppress the effect of cortisol.
This has affected my sleep since a few days old (my mum can share many stories of the things she had to try to help me sleep), and to this day, I am still working on my sleep. Some nights are amazing and some nights are bad, however, I am more able to deal with bad nights and look forward to the next night with open arms, rather than dread.
Sleep is very often disturbed by our daily activities, and often poor sleepers tend to work shifts, work long hours (I am a professional chef after all, working on average 12-20 hours a day), and tend to be night owls, having better levels of concentration at night.
I have written the best chapters of my books Energise - 30 Days to Vitality and Detox before Energise at night, away from distraction and in the best possible quiet environment.
Putting this aside, I am no longer in my twenties, not even my thirties, and I do not recuperate in the same way -- if at all -- after a bad night sleep. I have been on a journey for the last 12 years also, where I have tried almost anything to make me sleep, or at least help me sleep. I have tried acupuncture (with amazing results, but only momentary), hypnotherapy (relaxing and soothing, but not sleep), sleep clinic, CBT for insomnia, and supplements like tissue salts, Bach flowers, CBD, melatonin, GABA, 5-htp, adaptogens and many many more. I have also learnt to become more present, mindful and grateful for each moment, and this has had tremendous effect on my sleep.
I have developed an entire chapters in Energise - 30 Days to Vitality to sleep and restoring circadian rhythms, as well as stress and techniques to help every one find balance in their life and learn to be the drivers of their own life and enjoy the journey.
Benefit from my real-life experience and experiments in easy-to-achieve steps.
I will help you address all parts of your life, let it be your diet and lifestyle, and most importantly the way you use your thoughts and help you destroy your museum of old beliefs and replace this with more constructive thoughts to bring your current state into a more resourceful state, one that are ideal for sleep.
I will share with you tips that you must follow to help you sleep. These will include the use of technology, work-life balance, and many more.
I will share with you tips that you must follow to help you sleep. These will include the use of technology, work-life balance, and many more.
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