Sleep: Sleep cycles and stages explained - The role of anxiety - Promoting healthy attitudes - How to make sleep a natural process - All you need to know in one concise manual

by Sandi Mann

We need to change our attitudes to sleep, to stop obsessing about how much we get and what’s keeping us awake, and revert back to the natural wake-sleep pattern that we were born with. By explaining the science of sleep and how human sleep habits have changed, Sleep dispels the paranoia and anxieties that exacerbate or even create problems, and helps achieve healthy, well-adjusted attitudes. Containing sleep tips, night time strategies and wind-down exercises based on informed choices and healthy routines, this book helps us understand how our day lives impact our sleeping lives, and how to manage and relearn how to sleep.

Genres: Audiobook, Nonfiction

128 pages, Hardcover

First published April 23, 2019

Reviews

[Simran Kewlani]

I seek books on sleep to understand my disorder better, unfortunately this one covered Insomnia more than the other sleep disorders. Nevertheless, I read some things I didn’t know previously, which was great.

[Charlotte · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 stars! Not sure why Goodreads only gives the option of one star for this book.

[Rachel · Rating 5 out of 5]

changed my thinking on sleep!

[Rowan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I took this out of the library. The surprising thing she says is to stop worrying about sleeping. You can do almost anything on lack of sleep, she says. The reason she says that is that she believes that fear of insomnia is part of the lack of sleep epidemic. After looking at the history of sleep, and the reasons behind sleep disturbance, she gives suggestions for how to get back to a regular sleep cycle, that are divided into what you can do during waking hours, during bed time, and during sleeping to keep getting back to a regular sleep cycle - gradually though. There are no fast answers in this book, but a lot of help. It is well organized and illustrated and easy to digest. Worth a read. I would even buy this one and keep it around to consult.

[Sarah Romero · Rating 2 out of 5]

Good information but repetitive.

[Sruthy Rajan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book provides a lot of insight into the brain and its functions, using colorful images and simple sentences. It’s truly an interesting read!