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Sleep recommendations come across as unrealistic. Coach health is important and sleep is a huge tool to help me perform on the family front and the professional trenches.
Here are the most valuable things I learned about sleep as a coach with a family....
Here are the most valuable things I learned about sleep as a coach with a family....
#1 Don’t worry about perfect sleep
Let’s start with last night. My 2 year old little girl had a nightmare at 12:30 am. I don’t ignore her because someone told me I had to get uninterrupted sleep. So I go to her room to check on her AND she wanted mom anyways
Let’s start with last night. My 2 year old little girl had a nightmare at 12:30 am. I don’t ignore her because someone told me I had to get uninterrupted sleep. So I go to her room to check on her AND she wanted mom anyways
#2 Have a get-back-to-sleep strategy
Sometimes I can fall back asleep, but for me I always lay on my left side and try to do 10 deep and slow breaths, no number counting, no set rhythms, just deep breathing. Works for me most of the time, if not...
Sometimes I can fall back asleep, but for me I always lay on my left side and try to do 10 deep and slow breaths, no number counting, no set rhythms, just deep breathing. Works for me most of the time, if not...
#3 Alternate Strategy for return to sleep
Writing down everything on my mind to get it out of my brain. This also works before the first time I go to sleep. Something about getting on to paper relieves me of trying to remember it all at night.
Writing down everything on my mind to get it out of my brain. This also works before the first time I go to sleep. Something about getting on to paper relieves me of trying to remember it all at night.
#4 Respect your partners preference
From temperature to the amount of blankets my wife and I have had to create something that works for both of us. The most important thing was to unplug once in bed. Maybe set an alarm or type a note, otherwise when it is time to sleep we sleep
From temperature to the amount of blankets my wife and I have had to create something that works for both of us. The most important thing was to unplug once in bed. Maybe set an alarm or type a note, otherwise when it is time to sleep we sleep
