Waking at 2am? The science of your menopause insomnia …. and why not sleeping may change your immune health
What do you think about when you are lying awake at 2am, or 3am or 4am? Do you plan your day ahead or are you just despairing because night after night you aren’t sleeping and you can feel your energy being sucked out of you? You know that the day ahead is another busy one […]
The curious connection between your changing gut health and menopause insomnia.
There are three questions that are typically asked of subjects who undergo sleep studies: During the last month, have you had problems falling asleep? During the last month, did you ever wake up too early, not being able to fall asleep again? During the last year, have you been troubled by insomnia to such a […]
The remarkable connection between menopause symptoms, muscles and the circadian rhythm.
The email arrived over the weekend. The lady works north of Perth in the mines. “I’m really concerned about my sleep” she mentioned. “I work shifts in the mines and shift work is wrecking havoc on my sleep patterns. My hot flushes seem worse, even though it’s winter, so I’m already dreading summer when it […]
Sleep All Night: The connection between menopause and your sleepless nights.
There are a number of themes in women’s health research that never get a mention when it comes to discussions on menopause. One of these relates to the work of Sociologist, Anthony Elliott, and his exploration of ‘self’. I read his work whilst doing my doctoral studies and was fascinated by his exploration about the […]
The seasons are changing and so is your melatonin production during menopause.
“Sleep touches on nearly every aspect of our physiology and psychology, of our interaction with the world and with others.” William Dement (2000), Sleep Research Pioneer. Over 20,000 students took William Dement’s course on âSleep and Dreamsâ throughout his tenure at Stanford University. He created and pioneered the fields of sleep research, sleep medicine and […]
Does alcohol affect your sleep during menopause?
It was an interesting discussion that I had whilst on Swiss holiday last year and I was reminded of it recently when a discussion came up in my private coaching community about alcohol and sleep. The fondue pot was bubbling away in the middle of the table. How the Swiss got to have a national […]
The powerful connection between your sleep and weight management in menopause.
If you added up all the nights in the week that you lie awake between 2-4am, how many would that be? Is it 5 or more? I’m asking you this, because when I’ve presented my Masterclass on Menopause seminars over the years, this is the question that women groan at the most. And asking that […]
Learn about âInflammagingâ & why long summer evenings may make your menopause symptoms worse.
The evenings are rather long in Scotland at the moment. It is light until 10pm and for women in menopause who arenât sleeping thatâs not a good thing at all. I told the women this at my Edinburgh seminar. When I asked who wasnât sleeping all night, over 150 women put up their hands âŠ
New Research: Why your diet in menopause affects your sleep.
The first studies to examine the sleep-inducing effects of a specific food date back to the 1970s. I think many of us remember the malted milk drink, Horlicks. Using time-lapse cinematography, a group of researchers recorded sleep movements after the consumption of 350 mL of warm water by a group of subjects, compared to another […]
