What is the best way to address sleep disturbances that are due to hormonal changes ? | Sleep Coach Q&A
What is the best way to address sleep disturbances that are due to hormonal changes? | Sleep Coach Q&A
It's always best to watch the entire video so I can walk you through the topic of today’s video through the step-by-step approach I use in my sleep coaching practice helping clients overcome their long-term insomnia and sleep problems.
But here are some chapters for you:
00:00 Introduction to sleep disturbances that are due to hormonal changes
01:35 Teaching Sleep Skills for Life
02:32 Hormonal changes that relate to sleep in your life
04:40 The three parts to hormonal changes that may affect your sleep
06:52 Emotional and mental components of hormonal changes
10:28 Sleep can be improved even if you are going through hormonal changes
12:37 Conclusions for the link between sleep disturbances and hormonal changes
In today’s Sleep Coach Q&A video, we’ll talk about insomnia and hormones, more specifically if your sleep disturbances are due to normal changes. Hormones play a very important role in how our body functions but let’s help you be more practical clear on how these may show up for you.
A lot of the time hormones are mentioned, even headlines scaremonger people into thinking that their sleep problems or insomnia are simply due to a lack of hormones or hormonal changes. But the reality is that your hormones change all the time, so the real question we have to ask is whether your hormonal changes are abnormal enough for them to affect your sleep in a negative way.
Looking at sleep and hormone balance is a better way to look at this in a practical way. When hormones are too high or low, it can lead to sleep disturbances in different ways. So looking at how you find the best treatment plan for your sleep disturbances is key.
Not every hormonal change requires medical treatment or even physical intervention. As I explained in today’s video when you work on the emotional and mental components of the bigger picture, you can still go through hormonal changes but not be majorly affected in negative ways.
Of course, in this video, I’ve given an example of menopause and sleeping problems, but there are many other situations that I see with clients in my sleep coaching practice.
If you have any questions about the things I mentioned in this video, feel free to reach out.
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