How many hours of deep sleep should I have? - Antonia asks
The myth of 'deep sleep'?!
Probably one of the top 3 most commonly asked questions for the past few years.
Since the countless articles published in newspapers, magazines, and other publications saying how important deep sleep or REM sleep is, this question is one of the main focuses of so many of my conversations with clients and during my talks or workshops too.
Of course, REM sleep is an important part of your sleep but it is not the only important part of your sleep picture.
Unfortunately, I've had clients who developed anxiety because they became overly worried about how much deep sleep they were getting.
When you're worried or anxious about sleep, you're less likely to be able to get to sleep easily or sleep through the night.
In this video, I talk about 'deep sleep' from a practical perspective which works for my clients every time.
With my clients, we don't overanalyze the 'micro' data, we look at the practicality of achieving relaxing and deep sleep which gives us the 'macro' outcome.
And the reality of this is that you absolutely know when you had great quality and quantity of sleep because you wake up refreshed consistently.
Please don't overanalyze the micro because it can be misleading.
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The Sleep Skills for Life Programme is open for enrolment.
This interactive and practical group sleep coaching programme is designed to help and support you to finally overcome your sleep problems or insomnia. I can't wait to see you during the next live group sleep coaching call.
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Beatrix A Schmidt
Sleep Coach, Professional Speaker and Author of The Sleep Deep Method®. Having struggled with insomnia and burning myself out in my mid-twenties, I spent the last 10 years researching sleep and learning that in order for us to sleep well at night, we need to look much deeper than just how tired we are and the number of hours we sleep. I believe that sleeping well at night is a skill that we can all develop. (The only exception is if you have a medical disorder that causes those sleep problems.)
Sleep Skills For Life Programme
What's the Sleep Skills For Life Programme about?
I remember the time when I struggled with insomnia and would regularly wake up in the middle of the night with nose bleeds (yes, that's how exhausted my body was), and thinking 'I wish there was a way that I can finally sleep well again'...
So many of my clients, just like you have these types of questions, looking for solutions but nothing seems to work for them.
This is where the last 12 years of my personal research come into the picture.
What I learned is that developing what I call 'sleep skills' is completely possible, no matter how long you've struggled with sleep problems. (The only exception is if you have a sleep disorder - but we'll talk about those too).
So the difference with this group sleep coaching programme, compared to other things you might have seen online is that we'll focus on the practical tools, techniques to help you develop those sleep skills. None of the quick fixes, potions and lotions, or even expensive gadgets!