How to Sleep Better

If you’ve been trying to figure out how to sleep better, you came to the right place. Confession: I’m super guilty of not taking care of my sleep when things get stressful (hey, I work on my pillars, too!). But I do know the things I should be doing when things get crazy, and they aren’t just to make me feel more alert the next day. There’s some serious biological stuff going on regarding sleep that you need to understand. Research shows our circadian rhythms shift and change throughout our lives and so our sleep health needs to change, too. We spend about a third of our lives sleeping, and while we’re resting up, our bodies are growing, repairing, digesting and more. You’ve gotta grab your zzz’s to let your body do these things, peops! Lousy sleep weakens our immune systems, increases risks for disease and it also contributes to being overweight. {Tweet this} Learning how to sleep better could literally save your life. The thing is, if you want to improve your sleep, you’ve gotta work on your nighttime behaviors to promote good rest. What can you work on to better up your shut eye? {Tweet this} I recommend all of us tuck ourselves in like babes and  brush up on our sleep hygiene. For example, turn off your electronics at 10 PM. Then wash your face, brush your teeth, climb under the covers and read your book. Turn your lights and night off at 10:30 PM. Do this every night, no matter what is going on. Consistency and routine will help your body shut down at the end of the day. Nighty night. Let sleep rejuvenate you and put up your dukes against the exhaustion that we all experience a little too often.  

Sex and Your Health

I am an open book, put it all out there kind of person with most things, but I am not a ‘hey peops, let’s chat about sex’ kind of free spirit. Sex is personal and everyone has different boundaries with this topic. Even though it isn’t the most comfortable of all the things I chat about, I think it is super important and I refuse to let my own bit of awkwardness keep me from spreading the message encouraging healthy, consensual, pleasure pursuing grown up sex. Sex is part of everyone’s wellness. As a matter of fact, “Love More” is a pillar of Nutritious Life for this very reason. Let’s get some love in the air. It’s February, friends! Before you do some sweet talkin’ or dirty talkin’ to your Valentine, you might want to know why sex is good for you and your lover. {Tweet this} I’m a big sex lover because lovin’ is great for your body. It is the yin (oxytocin) to the yang (cortisol) of stress. It’s the 3 day food cleanse that recovers you from a Super Bowl food coma. {Tweet this} It helps you escape from the negatives in life, and fills you with feel good. I want you to feel good. Feeling good helps to motivate you to make healthy decisions in all areas of your life. I was going to tell you sex is good for weight loss, and weight loss is good for your libido, but I already wrote about it here. I was starting to write something about the benefits of orgasm, but I realized I’d already written about it here. Then I was about to tell you that sex is good for your wellness. It prevents cancers, strengthens your ticker and even improves your immune system, but you’ve read that already.  So, I thought I’d give you an idea about how to get your partner all hot and heavy for you, but I already blogged about that, too. In fact, I think you’ve seen this one, and this one, and this one, too. Well, I think I’ve covered all the bases (get it? bases? sex joke?). Give this last blog a quicky before you fall into your post-sexytime sleep. I guess I’m not as shy about sex as I thought.