Sleep & Circadian Rhythm Disruption

Do your eyelids feel heavy during afternoon meetings? Do you sleep extra hours on weekend mornings? Do you use caffeine to stay alert? Do you need an alarm to get you out of bed? These are all symptoms of sleep deficiency - signals that you are operating below your peak performance and beneath your mental capacity. That said, sleep deprivation is costing US companies more than $63.2 billion dollars a year in lost productivity - 11 working days or $2,280 annually per person.

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When sleep is compromised, it will affect every facet of our health – from our physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing to our cardiovascular and reproductive systems. In addition, healthy sleep and circadian rhythms are critical for robust immunity (detoxification pathways). During deep sleep, the body restores its homeostasis, and this nightly restoration is critical to ongoing, long-term self-regulation function creating ‘health’ in the body.

Key topics include:

• How our natural chronotype affects the way we work
• How to effectively use the 90-minute rule for sleep optimization
• Explore the three separate, but closely intertwined sleep windows for optimal recovery