How do you feel when you wake up? Tired, groggy and in need of coffee to get moving?
Do you struggle with falling asleep or do you fall asleep easily but then wake up at annyong times during the night and then feel really frustrated and tired in the morning ? Do you think and worry a lot when you wake up at night, or is thinking in circles keeping you from falling asleep right at the start and you feel you need sedatives to help you let go into your sleep?
I totally get you. And I know that I can help you immensely!
Feel free to read more about my background below and discover why and how I can help you powerfully with my unique background! Book in for a discovery call and have a chat with me about your situation. You can book in here.
If you have time & are curious, enjoy scrolling through the information below. As much as I love to share a lot of information, I know we are all overwhelmed, busy and need simple steps to get our energy and great sleep back! I really get that and offer simple proven steps to support your unique journey with instant benefits!
Getting great sleep is one of, if not THE best gift you can give yourself.
I am here to help you master this, solidly, without fall-back. I can help you drop all your stress around sleep and feel truly confident about getting your best possible sleep! In my work, I incorporate the subconscious mind (if you are interested in this) – whereby if you have fears and subconscious believes (you may or may not be aware of yet) that were programmed into your system (usually during childhood), we also release those! This creates PERMANENT change.
Remember: when we sleep well, we have a chance to function optimally, while without healthy quality and optimal amounts of sleep, we all suffer and live in limitation. These are scientific facts. I am here to help you harness the great gifts that healthy sleep will bring you, and drop all fears around falling and staying asleep.
Here are some of the latest facts from my recent literature research of my PhD project into the science of sleep health:
We process & consolidate our learnings, experiences and memories when we sleep. We repair all organs – we literally have what is referred to as ‘clock genes’ which are activated during specific hours of the night to repair specific organs. These are aligned with healthy circadian rhythms, and if these are out of alignment, aspects of our physiology will be in disrepair, straining all the other organs and negatively affecting the overall functioning of our bodies.
When you sleep well, the benefits are huge in every arena of your life!
- Better decision making: less back-pedalling and feeling aligned and clear instead
- More energy: to follow your dreams while getting the every day work done
- Overall health, therefore increased energy and sense of wellbeing
- Mental stamina and health, making less ‘mistakes’ and instead better choices
- Healthy digestion, utilising what you put in your mouth to regenerate your body
- Healthy weight, no more cravings, no more frustration and overwhelm about this topic
- Enhanced immune function, less sick days, more health and zest in life
Lack of sufficient quality sleep is linked with:
- increased anxiety
- increased weight
- increased risk of cancer
- increased risk of heart attacks
- increased incidence of depression and mental health challenges
- increased gut issues
- low libido
- decreased fertility
- increased incidence of diabetes
- brain fog
- increased potential for accidents
This is just the tip of the iceberg. Why? Because when we sleep we repair and integrate on ALL levels.
I am here to help you in whatever your needs around sleep-health are, drawing on a multitude of methodologies and trainings to support you uniquely, according to YOUR lifestyle, past, biology and psychology!
Whether you are navigating being a mum with sleep deprivation, a business owner or employed with a high powered, stressful job, or whether you are recovering from trauma and a stressful episode in your life (such as break-up, divorce or a death in your circles), I am here for you! I have assisted people from all walks of life in mastering better sleep, including athletes with optimal sleep, for ultimate physical & mental recovery and highest performance potential. I offer up-to-date science backed techniques for better sleep, maximum performance for both physical and mental capacity. I also offer leading edge tools for mental health mastery, incorporating mindset tools!
Discover the ease of utilising:
- Meditation for nervous system balance
- HRV Measures
- Visualisation for relaxation and extra energy
- Power Focussing tools
- NLP (neuro linguistic programming) – how your mind works
- Hypnosis (how we hypnotise ourselves and how to use it to your advantage)
- Breathing processes to get out of fight or flight, but into clarity, calm and genius flow states
I will help you to optimise:
- Breathing patterns for mental strength and deep sleep
- Mind Capacity for clear focus on goals and stress management
- WHOOP/wearable technology application for sleep assessment & improvement
- Meditation styles uniquely tailored to your unique needs – there are hundreds of styles
- Night time routine and sleep hygiene measures for optimal sleep for your unique situation
Think of it as a huge smorgasbord of possibilities for you to enhance your sleep in terms of your:
- chronotype
- sleep hygiene
- mental health
- exercise recovery
- neuroplasticity
- epigenenetics
- flow-state
- genius zone
- mindset
- thriving
- biological and mental optimization
- fatigue/stress recovery
Unfortunately, these days many of us need help to achieve optimal sleep. With the interference of our healthy lifestyles in the way of irregular bedtimes, disconnection from natural daylight, late dinners, higher stress levels, artificial light exposure often until late, consumption of stimulants, increased incidence in anxiety and depression, unsuitable pillows and unsupportive bedroom temperate, obesity and hormonal dysregulation, it has become harder and harder for human beings to enjoy easy onset & quality, uninterrupted sleep. I am here to help and support you in your journey back to optimal sleep, so you can feel full of energy, passion and inspiration again.
Remember: When you sleep well, you feel better emotionally, physically and energetically.
Did you know:
The way we are programmed to think, what we consume (data and foods) and the way we breathe affects our perception, influences our nervous system, changes our brain chemistry and hence affects the way we see the world, meet challenges and this in turn this determines how capable we are at enjoying the good times!
The breath (its depth & rhythm) can help us to relax and recover & it can help us to enter the healing and powerful relaxation response of the parasympathetic nervous system. This is healthy vagal tone, and the vagus nerve affects many of your essential bodily functions, such as:
- digestion (brain gut connection is affected, acid reflux, indigestion, cramps, gastroparesis)
- blood pressure (heart arrhythmia, bradycardia)
- inflammation (low vagal tone is associated with nervous system imbalance & over-inflammation, premature ageing, autoimmune disorders)
- heart rate (HRV) ( the baroreflex is affected by vagal tone, low vagal tone is linked with low HRV and this is a marker for decreased general health)
- cognitive function (low vagal tone affects memory, concentration and learning)
- mood (short temper, anxiety, depression are all linked with low vagal tone)
This in turn can allow for sleep onset to be quicker and for sleep quality to be greater and optimised. During healthy restful sleep, your whole body recovers, your emotions integrate, and your life becomes balanced, strong and you may go beyond currency set world-wide limits!
Breathing rhythms completely affect the way we experience & meet life! This is because the way we breathe affects the brain secretions, which in turn affect our state of being.
This is my speciality in the form of studies both the yogic traditions and at University in doing my PhD studies. I combine both of these areas of expertise for your ultimate wellbeing!
Did you know:
There are many breathing patterns and rhythms, ways of utilising the full breath (most people use about 60% of their capacity) plus there is the aspect of nostril and mouth breathing styles and the effects they have.
Naturally the breath can be used to create energy and excitement, and equally it can be used to enhance our state of relaxation (all the way to sleep) or conversely all degrees of alertness.
Breathing is something we started off experiencing unconsciously.
The more conscious we become of our breathing patterns, the more conscious we become about our state of mind and hence can change it, according to will.
Different breathing rhythms signify different states of mind. So in order to work with the mind we can simply change our breathing patterns, once we know what they are, and become aware of the power of the breath to create emotional resilience, greater mental & physical health/strength, calmness & presence, clarity, relaxation, stronger focus, conscious drowsiness, meditative awareness, inspired states of mind and more. It is literally a ‘dial’ within us, where we can choose our state of being, as we harness the breath style for our needs and wishes. This can bring up buried emotions, and I am here to guide you safely, so that your experiences are safe and empowering for you as you release old emotions which were limiting your wellbeing and hence life experiences.
My speciality is helping human beings, especially high performance athletes, CEOs and women entrepreneurs, to develop their connection with deep healing, expanded consciousness/awareness/confidence, aligning with their genius zone, and be overall empowered /evolve, using pure breathing patterns and lifestyle choices that support true thriving, which include gut health and movement.
You will receive guidance and support (besides the coaching & scientific explanations) in the form of recorded instructions to refer to daily, to accelerate your breathing capacity with ease & to deepen your formation of new healthy, empowering habits!
Ask me for details and for more information about my background & contact me if you wish to learn more.
I look forward to working with you, so you can breathe in with joy, passion and love to lead your most wonderful life, full of energy, clarity, strength, alignment of heart and soul! Ask me more, if you’re curious about how I can specifically help you and how this works!
Sleep Blog
Navigating healthy sleep is a highly personal journey! Would you like to be considered as unique and not just another number? Would you like to embrace best possible sleep with self-empowerment and no negative side effects that sedatives have? Sedatives can be a number of things these days, like:
- pharmaceutical products
- alcohol
- food
- distractions
- sex
- movies
- scrolling
- social media overall
- snacking
We all have our ways to find relaxation, distraction or self soothing tools.
Unfortunately many of our choices are maladaptive and so easily accessible and even recommended.
Drinking alcohol is a certain culture and even considered cool. It certainly helps with inhibitions and can lead to drowsiness and hence sleep – but did you know that this kind of sleep is lacking in quality – meaning: all the repair that is meant to be happening as you sleep, all the emotional integration, detoxing and literally physiological integration is MUCH reduced, leading to waking up groggy, grumpy, mentally irritated, feeling more anxiety, increased weight (for many), hormonal issues and increased premature ageing. The list is long and incomplete … But the great news is that there are wonderful alternatives .. and you can enjoy your drinks in ways that are fun and beneficial for you!
Enjoy some of my articles: small and easy to digest, to INSPIRE you to pay attention and value the gift of greater sleep for your best life! Much more coming up: Online Masterclasses, Mini-Courses, Sleep Tracking, Meditations, Music (playlists for sleep) and much more!
Sleep Easy Podcasts
Explore my podcast which I created for The Reef House Boutique Spa in Palm Cove which is accessible for all. I have published a book on sleep – a guide for deeper rest and more energy. I have written blog posts that I will link these here in this section over the next weeks.
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