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Hack Sleep: How to Fall Asleep Faster, Sleep Better and Sleep Well, and Naturally Reverse Sleep Disorders
Tired of sleep issues destroying your life? Have you had enough?
Do you ever spend hours in bed awake unable to fall asleep, or wake up in the middle of the night, or wake up in the morning just feeling awful? How would it feel like if you could put these issues in the past, get the rest you deserve, and stop sabotaging your life due to horrible sleep?
If these issues sound familiar to you, then you need to read "Hack Sleep" as soon as possible.
Over nine months of research on how to "hack sleep" and testing different tools and techniques on myself - from diet to hypnosis - I'm presenting everything I've discovered in this guide, for which I studied over 200 references. I wanted to create the guide that I myself would want: practical, actionable, but grounded in hard scientific evidence.
Listen, if you’ve ever struggled with recurring sleep issues - I don’t need to explain to you what it feels like or drag you through that sort of agony.
I know what that hell is like - having been a frequent insomniac for most of my adult life. In fact, it turns out I’m not alone - 66% of adult Americans report difficulty sleeping three or more nights a week.
The pressures of modern life are taking their toll - and we are losing this battle. Sleep is such a complex process and a difficult thing to fix or figure out. Thankfully, that’s why I wrote this book.
Among other things, you’ll learn:
- How to naturally boost melatonin production by 266%
- How to fall asleep faster
- How to improve memory recall and early morning productivity
- An exercise to improve focus and tame the “monkey mind”
- How to optimize energy levels and always feel refreshed
- Powerful self-hypnosis techniques to fall asleep created by reclusive Central American shamans
- Self-massage techniques for relaxation and rest practiced by Indonesia’s balyan mapons
But don’t take my word for it. Turns out some others have read the book and also believe it’s really good:
"A well-researched crash course on sleep and its secrets. Scientific, concise and full of useful facts and anecdotes... ‘Hack Sleep’ lives up to its name." -Rebecca Turner, Founder, World of Lucid Dreaming
I KNEW that if I didn’t change my lifestyle dramatically and cure my sleep struggles that it would cause me serious health problems. It was already creating havoc for me - mentally, physically, emotionally, making it difficult to get through the day.
Sleep is the one thing that we all do, our entire lives. We spent four months out of every year (one-third of our life) asleep. When we sleep well, it improves all areas of our life.
Think about it... what would you be wiling to spend to leave sleepless nights... and days spent plodding along in a zombie state behind you - for good?
$20? $50? $500?
To take your life back - by fixing your sleep - so that you can enjoy all of the best that life has to offer... that, to me, is priceless. And I want to help you make this dream (no pun intended) a reality - for less than the price of a cappuccino.
I can’t promise you that after reading the book you will experience a sound night of sleep 100% of the time, 365 days out of the year. But I can promise you that you WILL experience quality sleep far more often than you do now. And you’ll be able to enjoy life more... and have more energy to pursue your goals, and do more with your life.
Do you ever spend hours in bed awake unable to fall asleep, or wake up in the middle of the night, or wake up in the morning just feeling awful? How would it feel like if you could put these issues in the past, get the rest you deserve, and stop sabotaging your life due to horrible sleep?
If these issues sound familiar to you, then you need to read "Hack Sleep" as soon as possible.
Over nine months of research on how to "hack sleep" and testing different tools and techniques on myself - from diet to hypnosis - I'm presenting everything I've discovered in this guide, for which I studied over 200 references. I wanted to create the guide that I myself would want: practical, actionable, but grounded in hard scientific evidence.
Listen, if you’ve ever struggled with recurring sleep issues - I don’t need to explain to you what it feels like or drag you through that sort of agony.
I know what that hell is like - having been a frequent insomniac for most of my adult life. In fact, it turns out I’m not alone - 66% of adult Americans report difficulty sleeping three or more nights a week.
The pressures of modern life are taking their toll - and we are losing this battle. Sleep is such a complex process and a difficult thing to fix or figure out. Thankfully, that’s why I wrote this book.
Among other things, you’ll learn:
- How to naturally boost melatonin production by 266%
- How to fall asleep faster
- How to improve memory recall and early morning productivity
- An exercise to improve focus and tame the “monkey mind”
- How to optimize energy levels and always feel refreshed
- Powerful self-hypnosis techniques to fall asleep created by reclusive Central American shamans
- Self-massage techniques for relaxation and rest practiced by Indonesia’s balyan mapons
But don’t take my word for it. Turns out some others have read the book and also believe it’s really good:
"A well-researched crash course on sleep and its secrets. Scientific, concise and full of useful facts and anecdotes... ‘Hack Sleep’ lives up to its name." -Rebecca Turner, Founder, World of Lucid Dreaming
I KNEW that if I didn’t change my lifestyle dramatically and cure my sleep struggles that it would cause me serious health problems. It was already creating havoc for me - mentally, physically, emotionally, making it difficult to get through the day.
Sleep is the one thing that we all do, our entire lives. We spent four months out of every year (one-third of our life) asleep. When we sleep well, it improves all areas of our life.
Think about it... what would you be wiling to spend to leave sleepless nights... and days spent plodding along in a zombie state behind you - for good?
$20? $50? $500?
To take your life back - by fixing your sleep - so that you can enjoy all of the best that life has to offer... that, to me, is priceless. And I want to help you make this dream (no pun intended) a reality - for less than the price of a cappuccino.
I can’t promise you that after reading the book you will experience a sound night of sleep 100% of the time, 365 days out of the year. But I can promise you that you WILL experience quality sleep far more often than you do now. And you’ll be able to enjoy life more... and have more energy to pursue your goals, and do more with your life.
107 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 22, 2015
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June 7, 2024
I liked this book for the most part and found the facts quite useful, but the guest chapter felt like an unnecessary addition as it presented everything opposite to the earlier chapters.
April 16, 2016
Not nearly as useful as I was hoping.
October 7, 2019
Honestly, I'm not altogether sure how or why I actually finished this book. I didn't enjoy the writing (more extensive editing would've cut down on errors, but also some of the more descriptive passages could've been completely omitted) and the author didn't seem especially credible, despite the many claims of extensive research and personal experimentation.
Too much of the "evidence" is anecdotal and/or seemingly copy-pasted from the literature (based on the proliferation of jargon and lack of elaboration), and some of it is just plain wrong, such as an assertion that antibiotics will promptly clear up a stomach virus. And even beyond the issues of citing a sample size of one (the author), apparently these sleep hacks were tried "all at once," which anyone with a basic understanding of the scientific method could tell you makes it impossible to demonstrate the efficacy of any of them.
Also, in several places the second guest chapter — which is also the last chapter, setting aside the one-page conclusion/author's note — actually contradicts the author's claims: not just opinions but [alleged] facts, such as the long-term effects of supplements and OTC medications.
Taken with a grain of salt, while most of these "hacks" wouldn't hurt to try, I didn't find them particularly useful. I already knew about circadian rhythms and white noise and mindfulness; I can't fit any kind of nap into my class-packed schedule and I'm not interested in forcing myself to eat pineapple every day on the off chance it'll help me fall asleep.
Too much of the "evidence" is anecdotal and/or seemingly copy-pasted from the literature (based on the proliferation of jargon and lack of elaboration), and some of it is just plain wrong, such as an assertion that antibiotics will promptly clear up a stomach virus. And even beyond the issues of citing a sample size of one (the author), apparently these sleep hacks were tried "all at once," which anyone with a basic understanding of the scientific method could tell you makes it impossible to demonstrate the efficacy of any of them.
Also, in several places the second guest chapter — which is also the last chapter, setting aside the one-page conclusion/author's note — actually contradicts the author's claims: not just opinions but [alleged] facts, such as the long-term effects of supplements and OTC medications.
Taken with a grain of salt, while most of these "hacks" wouldn't hurt to try, I didn't find them particularly useful. I already knew about circadian rhythms and white noise and mindfulness; I can't fit any kind of nap into my class-packed schedule and I'm not interested in forcing myself to eat pineapple every day on the off chance it'll help me fall asleep.
August 7, 2019
Weird, Not Always Believeable
I'm rather conservative, and I read this book because I do have trouble falling asleep even when I know I am tired. I don’t know how reliable the scientific information in the book is, but I have serious high eyebrows about the "lucid dreams" chapter. I wouldn’t consider doing the things suggested and am thinking the writer is a bit "far out." Just my personal opinion, of course!
I'm rather conservative, and I read this book because I do have trouble falling asleep even when I know I am tired. I don’t know how reliable the scientific information in the book is, but I have serious high eyebrows about the "lucid dreams" chapter. I wouldn’t consider doing the things suggested and am thinking the writer is a bit "far out." Just my personal opinion, of course!
March 26, 2017
Really shallow
July 13, 2016
Some very good ideas
This is a pretty easy read and covers several aspects of the time that you spend sleeping (or trying to sleep).
Danny Flood appears to have real experience with sleep issues, and though he (presumably) isn't a Dr, his advice seems sound.
A good, easy, informative read.
This is a pretty easy read and covers several aspects of the time that you spend sleeping (or trying to sleep).
Danny Flood appears to have real experience with sleep issues, and though he (presumably) isn't a Dr, his advice seems sound.
A good, easy, informative read.
August 3, 2016
So helpful. Concise with lots of helpful suggestions.
November 19, 2016
Great book
An excellent book that covers not just theorical information about the sleepong cycle but also practical tips for improving our sleep time and get better resting.
An excellent book that covers not just theorical information about the sleepong cycle but also practical tips for improving our sleep time and get better resting.
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