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The Surprising Way Your Bedroom Air Causes Bad Sleep Quality
Read More: The Surprising Way Your Bedroom Air Causes Bad Sleep QualityMy husband is the reason I’m so exhausted. And no, it’s not that (get your minds out of the gutter!). My sleep deprivation comes courtesy of his sinuses. One night while seriously plotting my escape to the guest room, I fell down an insomnia-fuelled research rabbit hole. What I learned surprised me, especially since none…
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Is It Possible To Work Out At Night Without Sacrificing Sleep?
Read More: Is It Possible To Work Out At Night Without Sacrificing Sleep?We could rattle off several reasons to work out in the morning – but sometimes waking up before the sun sounds about as pleasant as a root canal. Plus, nighttime sweat sessions might be the only window you have to exercise, especially if your job involves super-early hours. But most importantly, working out – no…
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True or False: Sleep
Read More: True or False: SleepMarch is National Sleep Awareness Month. I was staring at my bedroom ceiling at 3 a.m. when I had a very rational thought: The movies I grew up with are gaslighting my sleep. Hear me out: In Sleeping Beauty, princess Aurora falls into a deep slumber — but it’s a curse. She wasn’t even supposed…
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I Get Five Hours Of Sleep Each Night But Feel Totally Fine. How Bad Is That, Really?
Read More: I Get Five Hours Of Sleep Each Night But Feel Totally Fine. How Bad Is That, Really?There are countless sleep hacks, supplements and cosy pyjamas that may elevate your sleep game, but that doesn’t mean falling – and staying – asleep is easy. That’s why when some people feel totally fine with only a few hours of sleep under their belt, they assume it’s good enough – but that’s not exactly the case. Put simply, sleep…
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Here Are The Best Sound Types For Falling (And Staying!) Asleep, According To Doctors
Read More: Here Are The Best Sound Types For Falling (And Staying!) Asleep, According To DoctorsPOV: It’s 2:00 a.m. and you can’t fall asleep. You’ve tried everything, from cognitive shuffling to counting sheep, but your brain won’t shut off. Your friend swears that white noise helps her sleep, so you head to Spotify…only to come across white, brown and pink noise options. But which colour will actually help you stop tossing and turning? Over…
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The 32 Greatest Sleepytime Products That’ll Take You To La-La Land, STAT
Read More: The 32 Greatest Sleepytime Products That’ll Take You To La-La Land, STATIf sleep evades you like your office crush (shame), you’re not alone. Around 30 to 40% of people have insomnia, with experts suspecting the rates of sleep apnoea are similarly high. And getting sub-par ZZZs spell more trouble than you’d think. Aside from affecting your day-to-day and making it harder for you to concentrate and…
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The Most Comfortable Sleep You’ve Ever Tracked
Read More: The Most Comfortable Sleep You’ve Ever TrackedHow did you sleep? Garmin’s new Index™ Sleep Monitor has the answer. Designed as a lightweight, upper-arm band for maximum comfort, it delivers in-depth insights into your nightly recovery. More than a device, it represents an extension of the Garmin wellness ecosystem, where movement, rest and resilience are all measured in harmony. More Than Hours…
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Sleepmaxxing Is TikTok’s Latest Obsession – But Do These Sleep Hacks Really Work?
Read More: Sleepmaxxing Is TikTok’s Latest Obsession – But Do These Sleep Hacks Really Work?From “sleepy girl mocktails” to mouth taping, #sleepmaxxing has exploded on TikTok. The trend promises deeper, longer sleep through hacks, supplements and devices – but are these viral tricks worth trying? To find out, we spoke to Dr Rob Henst, a sleep scientist and co-founder of Sleep Science, a sleep consultancy practise in Cape Town. He explained…
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13 Next-Gen Biohacks Every Wellness Girl Should Know
Read More: 13 Next-Gen Biohacks Every Wellness Girl Should KnowFrom red light facials to AI-powered wearables whispering your next best move, the biohacking boom is having a very feminine glow-up. Once the domain of Silicon Valley tech bros, today’s wellness upgrades are more holistic, body-aware, and designed to work with your hormones, brain and gut – not against them. We rounded up the smartest,…
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A New Study Shows Sex Before Bed Is Linked With Better Sleep. Here’s Why
Read More: A New Study Shows Sex Before Bed Is Linked With Better Sleep. Here’s WhyFinding the perfect recipe for a good night’s sleep can feel pretty complicated. Experts have recommended everything from keeping your bedroom cool at night, to sticking with consistent sleep and wake times, to avoiding screens for hours before bed. But you can now add a much simpler sleep-enhancing hack to the list: Have sex. That’s the major takeaway from a new…
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Women’s Wellness Starts With Sleep
Read More: Women’s Wellness Starts With SleepSleep is essential for women’s health, but certain obstacles often prevent them from getting the sleep they need. Hormonal fluctuations during menstruation, pregnancy, and menopause significantly impact sleep quality. For instance, restless leg syndrome and insomnia are common side effects of hormonal changes during the menstrual cycle. During pregnancy, especially in the third trimester, physical…
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Sleeping Pills May Harm Your Brain
Read More: Sleeping Pills May Harm Your BrainMarch is National Sleep Awareness Month. For most of my life, sleep has been simple. As a kid, my dad would read me a bedtime story — usually “The Giving Tree” — and I’d be asleep before the Boy took all the tree’s branches. (That book is deep, BTW.) And I could sleep anywhere. From…
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5 Beginner Yoga Poses To Help You Sleep Better
Read More: 5 Beginner Yoga Poses To Help You Sleep BetterThese yoga poses are beginner-friendly and all you need is an open space in your house. If you don’t have a yoga mat, place a towel down on your carpet. We recommend putting on some peaceful yoga music and flow your way to deeper sleep. Yoga Poses To Help You Sleep Better 5 Yoga Poses…
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How To Pick The Best Bed For Better Sleep, According To Experts
Read More: How To Pick The Best Bed For Better Sleep, According To ExpertsWe live in a world where the number of personal priorities make for a 25-hour day, every day. And in those hours, sleep is the last priority, always something earned after ticking off every to-do list item. But for women, prioritising quality sleep is not just a luxury – it’s a necessity for maintaining physical…
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Creatine Could Boost Your Brain After A Bad Night’s Sleep, Research Finds
Read More: Creatine Could Boost Your Brain After A Bad Night’s Sleep, Research FindsIt can be hard to think clearly after a bad night’s sleep. And, although nothing will replace a high-quality snooze, new research suggests taking a particular supplement may help you release some of that mental fog. We’re talking about creatine and sleep, and how it might be a secret weapon. Creatine is usually used to boost muscle performance, but…
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Mouth Breathers Beware: Mouth Taping May Not Be the Fix You Think It Is
Read More: Mouth Breathers Beware: Mouth Taping May Not Be the Fix You Think It IsIf putting a piece of tape over your mouth before bed sounds more hostage-y than helpful, you’re not alone. We have anxious boob sweat just thinking about it. But a lot of people are giving lip service to mouth tape for better sleep. The viral trend has more than 40 million views on TikTok and…
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Treatment Options for Insomnia
Read More: Treatment Options for InsomniaIs it ironic to write a story about insomnia treatments after you’ve been tossing and turning all night? I think so. But I know my restless night was just that — a restless night. Insomnia, however, is more than just a restless night. It’s a serious sleep disorder. “It’s not just about being unable to…
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If Your Mattress Sucks, You Might Want To Try Pressure Mapping For Better Sleep
Read More: If Your Mattress Sucks, You Might Want To Try Pressure Mapping For Better SleepLet’s go back: the last time you bought a mattress (Varsity? Your first flat, ten years ago?), how long did you spend on it before making things official? Did you walk from bed to bed and lay there for a few seconds before hopping onto the next one? If you answered yes, we have some sobering…
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Much Ado About Magnesium
Read More: Much Ado About MagnesiumMedically reviewed by Melanie Fiorella, M.D. Adios, ashwagandha. Ciao, calcium. The latest supplement darling on social media is magnesium. From the sleepy girl mocktail to migraines, there’s a lot of buzz about the benefits of magnesium. But how much of it is true and should you consider taking a magnesium supplement? We reached out to…
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Try a Sleep Tracker for Better Health
Read More: Try a Sleep Tracker for Better HealthMarch is National Sleep Awareness Month. Sleep … elusive sleep. It’s a much needed, yet somehow complicated part of life, especially if you’re perimenopausal. Luckily, like so many things these days, we have technology to help us figure it out. Enter sleep trackers. A lot of people use smartwatches to track their sleep. But some…
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Fall Asleep Faster With These 7 Hacks For Better Sleep
Read More: Fall Asleep Faster With These 7 Hacks For Better Sleep20 Minutes. That’s all that stands between feeling exhausted and the best sleep ever. It’s also how much more sleep a woman needs than the average man, according to professional James Horne, a leading sleep expert in the UK.A good night’s sleep is kind of like an orgasm – you have friends who experience it…
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We Tried Morphée: A Screen-Free Sleep Device To Help You Actually Doze Off
Read More: We Tried Morphée: A Screen-Free Sleep Device To Help You Actually Doze OffStartling news: South Africans get less sleep than other nations in the world. That’s intel from Sleep Cycle app, which released the data in 2023. There are myriad reasons for this but getting quality shut-eye is important for our health. And our screens, in the form of TVs and phones, contribute to lower sleep quality. Enter…
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Meet Makori Mosiuoa Of Nahla Sleepwear
Read More: Meet Makori Mosiuoa Of Nahla SleepwearWe recently attended the HMC Homemade Art Fair, held at Melrose Arch in Johannesburg and met many women who create beautiful things with their hands, while guided by their hearts. Much has been written about the benefits of supporting local businesses — such as the fact that small businesses form the backbone of any economy…
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Is It Time for a Sleep Divorce? To Sleep or Not to Sleep Together
Read More: Is It Time for a Sleep Divorce? To Sleep or Not to Sleep TogetherSure, it’s nice to have a warm body to fall asleep next to. But what happens when that warm body starts snoring like a buzzsaw? It might just make you wonder if you’re better off sleeping alone. As we get older, changing sleep patterns make it harder to fall asleep. We spend less time in…
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What Is Insomnia, Exactly? And How Can We Get Better Sleep?
Read More: What Is Insomnia, Exactly? And How Can We Get Better Sleep?If sleep is a constant struggle for you (here’s looking at you, doom scrollers), welcome to the club. According to the sleep tracking app Sleep Cycle, South Africans get fewer hours in the hay than any other nation in the world. It also seems that the older you get, the worse your insomnia becomes. Per…
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Ultimate Sleep Hack Or TikTok Fad? The Colour Of Sound Explained
Read More: Ultimate Sleep Hack Or TikTok Fad? The Colour Of Sound ExplainedThe sheer volume of sleep hacks on TikTok is enough to keep you up all night. And the one that never fails to crank up the views is utilising different colours of sound to get you to sleep. Sure we’ve all heard of white noise before, but did you know there’s also pink, brown, green and even…
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“I Tried The Latest Massage That Promises To Help With Insomnia, Pain And Fatigue.”
Read More: “I Tried The Latest Massage That Promises To Help With Insomnia, Pain And Fatigue.”A magnesium massage may sound like something better suited to pro-athletes or off-the-grid wellness gurus, but there’s a growing body of research that’s showing us mere mortals should jump aboard the magnesium train. To find out if you can actually massage your way to better ZZZ’s, we kneaded our way through the research before getting…
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Normal Sleep – Turns Out, There Might Be No Such Thing
Read More: Normal Sleep – Turns Out, There Might Be No Such ThingWhen we think about sleep, almost anyone will tell you that getting eight hours is ideal. However, how many people have you met who swear by only getting six? Or those who get 10 or even 11 each night? Dr Alison Bentley, Restonic Sleep Specialist, cautions against the idea that only eight hours can be…
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Top 8 Healthy Sleep Habits
Read More: Top 8 Healthy Sleep HabitsMarch is Sleep Awareness Month. Do you toss and turn all night? Do you wake up before dawn and can’t fall back to sleep? Do you have trouble drifting off? As women age and experience different phases of life, hormonal changes can disrupt both sleep quantity and quality, impacting mental and physical health. The good…
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Is Your Mattress Actually Good For You? Here’s How To Tell, According To The Experts
Read More: Is Your Mattress Actually Good For You? Here’s How To Tell, According To The ExpertsSleep is our body’s top recovery mechanism. It impacts our health, our weight and is even affected by our menstrual cycle. But what you sleep on? That’s a different topic entirely. Signs you need a new bed “There are a few signs which indicate that you need a new mattress,” says Rudo Kemp, founder and CEO of…
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After I Tore My ACL, My Sleep Went Downhill
Read More: After I Tore My ACL, My Sleep Went DownhillAs told to Erica Rimlinger March is Sleep Awareness Month. Have you ever counted sheep to fall asleep? My approach was a little different on nights before big races. I’d shut my eyes and instead of counting sheep, I’d start counting gates in a race course. I’d visualize the downhill course from the starting gate…
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Exactly How Sleep Deprivation And Weight Gain Are Linked – And How To Prevent The Spread
Read More: Exactly How Sleep Deprivation And Weight Gain Are Linked – And How To Prevent The SpreadBefore, we thought that sleep deprivation and weight gain weren’t related. But research in recent years has shown that not only are they linked, but getting too few zzz’s can have a major impact on an expanding waistline. In a study by the University of Chicago, researchers determined that four nights of sleep deprivation reduced insulin…
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Protecting Individuals with Dementia from Wandering During the Winter
Read More: Protecting Individuals with Dementia from Wandering During the WinterWandering is a very common and potentially dangerous behavior among individuals living with dementia. It is of particularly great concern in areas where freezing temperatures, ice, and snow create additional safety hazards. To help families protect their loved ones living with dementia this winter, the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) is providing tips to reduce…
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A New Study Shows That Nightmares Are A Good Predictor Of Future Dementia
Read More: A New Study Shows That Nightmares Are A Good Predictor Of Future DementiaWe spend a third of our lives asleep. And a quarter of our time asleep is spent dreaming. So, for the average person alive in 2022, with a life expectancy of around 73, that clocks in at just over six years of dreaming. Yet, given the central role that dreaming plays in our lives, we still…
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Seriously Now, Is Alcohol Really THAT Bad For Your Sleep?
Read More: Seriously Now, Is Alcohol Really THAT Bad For Your Sleep?A nightcap may be nice, but is likely to lead to a fragmented night’s rest. While it is true that booze acts as a sedative, it also disrupts dreams and shakes up the sleep cycle. It reduces time spent in the stage of sleep understood to be the most restorative, the rapid eye movement, or…
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The 10 Best Sleep Apps To Help You Fall Asleep Faster And Sleep Through The Night
Read More: The 10 Best Sleep Apps To Help You Fall Asleep Faster And Sleep Through The NightThere’s no better feeling than climbing into bed after a long, exhausting day and drifting off to sleep. But if your version of “drifting off” is more like… staring at the ceiling for 45 minutes and trying to count sheep, you may want to consider turning to your phone for a little help getting some…
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How to Get a Good Night’s Sleep
Read More: How to Get a Good Night’s SleepMedically reviewed by Smita Patel, D.O.
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Getting Help for Your Mental Health Is Not a Weakness, but Try Telling My Asian Parents That
Read More: Getting Help for Your Mental Health Is Not a Weakness, but Try Telling My Asian Parents ThatJuly is National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. As told to Erica Rimlinger I was a preteen the first time I visited the doctor by myself. It was in Chinatown, so the doctor I saw spoke my native language, Cantonese. He handed me some paperwork to fill out, and on the back page there was…
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I Thought I Conquered Insomnia. Then I Didn’t Sleep for Four Days.
Read More: I Thought I Conquered Insomnia. Then I Didn’t Sleep for Four Days.As told to Erica Rimlinger The night we buried my father, I didn’t sleep. The second night after his death, I walked until I was exhausted, and I didn’t sleep. The third night, my brain buzzed with an incredible, spiritual connection to my father. I outlined three books and four business ideas, and I didn’t…
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Alzheimer’s, Anxiety, Brain health, Depression, Fatigue, Insomnia, mental health, Self-Care, sleep, Sleep disorders
This Is Your Brain on No Sleep
Read More: This Is Your Brain on No SleepThe day after not sleeping well, you may feel a little foggy, a bit hungrier than normal, slower to react, irritable and perhaps even a bit down in the dumps. Or you may feel perfectly fine — even finer if you’re fueling up with caffeine. Whether you notice yourself feeling off or you feel nothing…
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The Day After a Bad Night’s Sleep
Read More: The Day After a Bad Night’s SleepMedically reviewed by Dr. Smita Patel
