On today's guest episode of 'The Wellbeing Wanderer Podcast' Kat chats to Lauren Duffell, a certified Sleep Science Coach, Holistic Nutritionist and yoga teacher. She has been guiding her clients through insomnia since 2018! Her passion for better slumber came from her own 5 year experience with insomnia where she tried everything under the sun to overcome it.

If you are someone who struggles with sleep in anyway or are just keen to understand why sleep is so important and how you can improve the quality of yours, then this episode is for you.

Key points covered in today's episode:

• Lauren shares her journey of how she became a Sleep Science Coach from beginning as a Naturopath where she was asked by so many of her clients about sleep, then went onto studying a sleep coaching program and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for sleep.
• Lauren answers why sleep is SO important for us and how it gives our brains a chance to process and sort stressors and make sense of our day and how it gives our bodies time to rest, heal and repair.
• What Circadian rhythms are, how they are broken up into sleep and awake times, how these affect our sleep and how when we are in the right rhythms the body avoids disease.
• How to stay in alignment with your Circadian rhythms including getting outside in the natural light for 20 minutes a day and getting light in the morning to regulate hormones and encourage production of the sleep hormone melatonin so that we can get to sleep.
• Lauren gives her best tips on increasing better quality melatonin so you feel sleepy such as dimming the lights, stopping any stress inducing activities, reading etc.
• How to work out how much sleep you need, when you should be going to bed and when you should be getting up.
• The way your nutrition affects your sleep and why the times that you eat at matter and in order for a good nights sleep eating 3 to 4 hours before sleep time is crucial.
• The way exercise affects your sleep and how science shows doing cardio in the morning and intense strength or weights in the afternoon promotes better sleep quality.
• That if you are a parent and not getting enough sleep remember that your body is designed for that and it won't be harmful for a short period of your life but there are many resources available to help your child to feel sleepy.
• Lauren shares her expert advice on sleeping tablets and supplements to support your sleep and how understanding your circadian rhythms better can help you avoid needing to take them at all.

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If you are keen on learning more about Lauren and would like to connect with her, check out the links below:

Lauren's Website:⁠ www.coachingforinsomniacs.com

Lauren's Instagram: @lauren.duffell

Lauren's email: lauren@coachingforinsomniacs.com

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