Many adults don't sleep well, and don't feel rested when they wake up in the morning.

Do you wish you could (1) rely on sleeping well most nights? and (2) wish you'd wake up feeling rested and ready for the day ahead?

The quick tips in this video can help you improve your sleep habits.

REMEMBER: Not all sleep dysfunction is easily solved with a few tips. For example, if you have sleep apnea, the tips I share in this video won't help. If your sleep issues can't be solved easily, please see a doctor.

Watch this short video for a few tips on good sleep hygiene.

So many of my clients tell me they're chronically tired because of work and life requirements, and because they don't sleep well. They struggle with insomnia, or at the very least, with difficulties getting to sleep and staying asleep.

This is about what's now called sleep hygiene, which encompasses all your habits and processes around sleeping. There's a lot of common wisdom about sleep hygiene, and the five tips below are adapted from a CDC document entitled TIPS FOR BETTER SLEEP. The pdf is HERE.

1. Their first tip is about CONSISTENCY. For good sleep hygiene, you want to be going to bed at the same time every night, and getting up at the same time every morning.

2. Make your bedroom QUIET, DARK, RELAXING, and a COMFORTABLE TEMPERATURE --- usually on the cool side is best for sleeping.

3. Take away all electronic devices. This seems to be the hardest step for many of us. But at the very least, stop your screen watching, scrolling, and reading at least an hour before you go to bed. Don't use your cell phone for your wake-up alarm. Put the phone and the laptop or iPad outside your bedroom. 
a. HERE'S A LINK to an article about silent alarms.
b. HERE'S A LINK to ideas for old-fashioned, no-screen, no-LED display alarm clocks.

4. For 2 to 3-hours before bedtime, do not eat a large meal, or drink alcohol or caffeine. 

5. Getting some physical activity during the day is a great help for your sleep that night.