Sleep Optimisation

Poor sleep has a domino effect on the rest of our day and lives. Optimising sleep involves a holistic approach to enhance sleep quality and duration. How we start and spend our day is crucial to how our day ends, including correcting our circadian rhythm.

Diet plays a significant role in sleep optimisation. We know the interplay between diet and sleep is complex and low-fibre, high-fat and sugar diets are associated with poorer sleep.

Managing stress through mindfulness, meditation and deep-breathing exercises can significantly improve sleep quality. 

Supplements can make a difference, and if needed, medication can be used in the short term.

Good sleep is connected with better weight control, less metabolic and cardiovascular risk and even cancer risk.

Management of Stress, Fatigue and Burn Out

Most of us have some stress in our lives, but how we respond and manage this stress can affect us physically, and managed well reduce risk of chronic conditions.

Regular exercise, such as walking, cycling, or yoga, can reduce stress hormones like cortisol and increase endorphins, which are natural mood lifters. 

Sleep is essential for recovery and stress management and prioritising sleep can significantly reduce feelings of fatigue and improve cognitive function.

Stress management techniques help individuals cope with daily stressors more effectively. These practices can also reduce blood pressure and improve our emotional resilience.

Positive social connections and having a sense of purpose and belonging, further adds to emotional resilience, reducing the risk of burnout and anxiety. 

Through the use of positive psychology techniques, I can assist patients in how to improve resilience and establish goal setting, to be successful in supporting behaviour modifications.