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    Secrets to Falling Asleep: Get Better Sleep to Improve Health and Reduce Stress
    Secrets to Falling Asleep: Get Better Sleep to Improve Health and Reduce Stress
    Secrets to Falling Asleep: Get Better Sleep to Improve Health and Reduce Stress
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    Secrets to Falling Asleep: Get Better Sleep to Improve Health and Reduce Stress

    By Lisa Shea

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    Are you having trouble falling asleep? Do you wake up in the middle of the night? Is the lack of sleep affecting your work, your relationships, and your ability to be happy?

    If so, you're not alone. Up to sixty percent of people polled report that they have sleep problems at least some of the time. In our modern world of high stress, 24-hour news cycles, and pinging smart phones, it's no wonder we are having sleep deprivation issues.

    This 53-page ebook goes over every stage of falling asleep healthily - from the foods to eat, the vitamins that will help, when to exercise, how to prepare the room, and much more. You absolutely can achieve healthy, restorative sleep! You simply need to give your body the best possible chance to enjoy that well-deserved rest.

    All proceeds benefit battered women's shelters.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLisa Shea
    Release dateJun 30, 2014
    ISBN9781310481888
    Secrets to Falling Asleep: Get Better Sleep to Improve Health and Reduce Stress
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    Lisa Shea

    I love writing in a variety of genres. I currently have over 300 books published in all lengths from full 500+ page novels down to short stories. I love writing series. Some are with unconnected characters, like the 14 full-length medieval novels with a sword being passed from heroine to heroine. Some have connected characters, like the 31 mini-mysteries featuring a detective in Salem, Massachusetts. All of my books are written "clean" with no explicit intimacy, no harsh language, and no explicit violence. All are suitable for teens and up.For a full listing of my books please visit:http://www.lisashea.com/lisabase/writing/gettingyourbookpublished/lisalibrary.html

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      Secrets to Falling Asleep - Lisa Shea

      Introduction

      Sleep is the golden chain

      that ties health and our body together.

      -- Thomas Dekker

      This is a true story.

      I used to live in Providence, Rhode Island and work in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which is just outside of Boston. Sometimes I’d take the train in, but sometimes I’d drive the long hour-plus each way. This was a start-up high-energy company, so late hours were a norm. Friends would go out for dinner before heading home.

      One night I was driving home late and I was simply exhausted. I had a toddler at home and juggling everything was quite challenging. I put on the radio, opened the window, and did all those other tricks that people do when trying to override their body’s desperate desire to sleep.

      It didn’t work.

      When I blinked my eyes open, I saw that I had rammed into the back of a parked flatbed trailer on the side of the highway. The impact had peeled back the roof of my Mustang. Thank goodness I was wearing my seatbelt and had an air bag – those saved my life. And it was also lucky that the flatbed trailer was right there to catch me. At that point in the highway there was a steep drop-off. I would have sailed over the tops of the trees and probably died.

      I got out of the incident with just a broken nose, some dented ribs, and a new appreciation for sleep.

      Your body needs sleep. It’s not optional. It’s not something you can put off until later. If your body doesn’t get the sleep it needs, it is going to break down and stop functioning.

      You might think that you can make do with less sleep – but the destruction to your body is insidious and in many cases impacts every aspect of what you do.

      Sleep is critical to good health. Study after study demonstrates that experiencing a proper amount of sleep each night can assist your memory in working properly, your brain in learning new skills, and your body in rebuilding and repairing itself. If you don’t get enough sleep you literally harm yourself day after day.

      Good sleep often does not come easily. Polls find that anywhere between 30% and 60% of all people have sleep problems at one time or another. While most problems are temporary and can be overcome with work and effort, others are more severe and need a doctor’s care.

      These tips will help you have your best chance of a good night’s sleep. The result will be reduced stress, better concentration, higher levels of energy, and better overall health.

      Sleep and Brain Waves

      The primary difference between being awake and asleep involves the type of brain waves that are active. When we are awake, we have sharp, quick ‘beta waves’ that control our waking movements. When we close our eyes, relax, and go to sleep, we move into the slower, calmer ‘alpha waves’.

      There are two stages of the alpha wave sleep - REM and non-REM. REM stands for Rapid Eye Movement and is the stage of sleep in which we dream. REM sleep only occurs for an average of 30% of total sleeping time. The rest of our nightly sleep is non-REM.

      There are four stages of non-REM sleep. These are:

      Stage 1:

      Falling asleep, where you are awakened by the mildest of stimuli.

      Stage 2:

      True sleep, where people spend about 50% of their non-waking time.

      Stage 3&4:

      Deep sleep, where growth hormone is produced and ‘delta waves’ are in the brain.

      REM sleep is then interspersed amongst these stages with most REM sessions happening later in the

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