Sleep coaching. You might have heard it before, or this is your first time hearing about it - and wondering just WTF is it? Why do people need a sleep coach? Who would hire a sleep coach?!
If you’re one of the lucky ones and don’t have any trouble falling asleep or have any sleep issues, then let me just say go ahead and say congratulations, go ahead and close this article (well, maybe you’re curious what it is, or know a friend or family member who has some sleep issues, so you’re welcome to keep on reading.) Unfortunately for some others, sleep doesn’t come as easily to them.
Sleep is something we do that takes up ⅓ of our lives. We start the day from it, and end the day with it. For an activity that takes up that much time of our lives, it goes without saying that it’s a pretty major part of our lives. So when we don’t get enough or the quality isn’t up to par, we ultimately suffer the consequences.
If you have sleep difficulties, a sleeping disorder, or just want to sleep better, you’ve probably googled things like “how to fall asleep faster,” “insomnia,” “sleep apnea,” or “why am I always so tired?” as these are some of the top searches.
With so many distractions in our current age, with social media, endless emails and notifications, the need to get ahead, and everything becoming digitized, all the pressures of life… who has time for sleep? And just how can we relax enough to fall asleep?
For a long time, we think that sleep is an unconscious act, but it turns out that there is a whole science and utmost importance to this nightly activity.
It may be back to basics, just like with breathing but perhaps we’ve lost the knowledge of getting good sleep.
So what does a sleep coach do?
Well a sleep coach can educate you on not only the science of sleep, but also educate you on the methods, behaviours, and techniques to help you fall asleep faster, stay asleep, and feel refreshed the next day.
Sleep coaches can recommend you tools and gadgets and sleep services which you might not have heard of, that may go a long way in helping your nocturnal troubles. Furthermore and most fundamental in a coaching program to get you from point A (poor sleep) to point ZZZ (great sleep! Hope you appreciate the pun) is the accountability. That’s why there’s such a thing as “accountability partners”; we have it in business, you might have a gym buddy, and where you could potentially use one is for your sleep.
As a child, our parents told us when it was our bedtime, some of you might remember sulking or pleading for just one more video game or bedtime story. But as an adult, there’s no one pushing us to go to bed and punishing us if we don’t. The only accountability we have is to ourselves, and maybe a sleep tracker or notification reminding us it’s bedtime.
When you’re unable to sleep well (you already know the feelings and the consequences, so I’m not even going to list it here, but if you do want to read more on the benefits and the result of sleep deprivation though,read this linked article) and you don’t have the answers on how to fix your sleep, that’s where hiring a sleep coach can get you the hands-on help and answers you’ve desperately been googling.
So hire a sleep coach, Book a free consult with us today. What do you have to lose? You’re already losing sleep!
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