Sleep Smart: Get a Life

Improving your sleep experience is one of the smartest things you can do to increase concentration, alertness, overall performance and longevity. Good sleep habits are essential to keep you sharp and creative. In Sleep Smart Christiaan Geldenhuys breaks down the process of sleep enhancement into five categories called 'life support systems', providing practical hints on how to enhance your sleep patterns so as to get the best out of life. By acting smart in applying these life support systems - sleeping, eating, drinking, breathing and relationships - you can hone your personal sleep experience into a fine art that will impact on every aspect of your life. Sleep disturbances and lack of sleep cause many people in modern society to suffer from unnecessary discomfort and disease. Once you understand why and how you sleep you can take control of your sleeping experiences • regain the sharpness of youth • maintain your creative abilities for the rest of your life. Some interesting and refreshing approaches to sleeping problems discussed in the book are: How to form a meaningful relationship with health care workers to improve your sleep. • Sleeping pills, which have - with reason - acquired a bad reputation, are examined in context Smarter, non-addictive medicines are now available to deal with sleep crises. • Major sleep disturbances, such as sleep apnoea and excessive snoring, that affect millions of people, are discussed and ways of dealing with them are provided Details are provided of people and organisations that can help South Africans with their sleeping problems You do not have to accept insomnia and other symptoms of sleeping problems as a normal part of a stressed and pressurised life. This book will help you optimise your sleep experience to the benefit of your body and spint, and of the people around you.