If there's a silver lining to be found in all of this, it's that you're not alone if you've been staring at your bedroom ceiling more often lately. Still, that knowledge will likely hold little comfort after night three or four of poor sleep.? We spoke with a number of accredited sleep coaches and specialists, and one habit kept coming up over and over:that will help ease your mind to sleep and signal to your body it's time to let go of the day's tensions.
"In the clinic, we advocate a 'buffer zone' or wind-down routine of 30 to 45 minutes to put space between the day and bedtime," explains Dan Ford BA, MA, PGDipCBT , MISCP, Regd NZPsB, a sleep psychologist atIt won't happen overnight, but finding the right recipe for nighttime relaxation is well worth the extra effort or needed schedule adjustments.
Perhaps the best part is that you get to choose how you prepare for sleep and enter your relaxing"buffer zone." Read on to learn some further suggestions from sleep specialists on how to create the perfect sleep buffer zone. And for more, check out
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