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You know you need a good night’s sleep. Research shows it improves brain function, enhances physical health, and makes us more attentive to those around us.
But in fact get it is the tricky part. Sometimes we are too stressed to take a nap. Or we are addicted to our phones. Or we wake up feeling groggy.
That’s why Life Kit created us A guide to better sleep, a newsletter series launching today. Over the course of a week, we’ll send you science-backed strategies to help you sleep better, deeper, and longer.
How to register
arrive Sign up for the week-long newsletter series, click here and enter your email address. You’ll receive a welcome email from us, followed by three emails with tips to improve your sleep that night.
Sleep strategies, delivered straight to your inbox
Life Kit spoke to six sleep researchers, doctors, and psychologists to gather tips backed by science. Our newsletter will cover:
- A bedtime routine can help your brain relax. In this email, we’ll share relaxing activities to help you free up your day and prepare for sleep.
- Lifestyle and sleep. This newsletter will cover diet, exercise, and substances like alcohol and caffeine, which all affect the quality of our rest.
- Set realistic expectations about nightly screen time. Sleep experts discuss using electronic devices before bed. How does light affect our sleep?
Better sleep is possible
We hope our Guide to Better Sleep inspires you to try something new in your sleep routine. Start small, says sleep expert Dr. Fariha Abbasi-Feinberg. “Emphasis on changing one or two habits,” she says.
Think of these changes as a mini sleep experiment. “Every day gives us an opportunity to either make life better or make life better,” she said.
After this newsletter series ends, you will receive weekly emails from Life Kit covering lifestyle topics such as health, money, relationships, and more.
