Do you have difficulty falling asleep? Do you wake up multiple times in the middle of the night? Do you sleep for many hours AND still wake up in the morning feeling tired?

What if you could sleep through the night and wake up feeling rested and rejuvenated?

There are some things you could do to make your sleep more restful. Here are five common reasons why your sleep is not restful and what you can do about that:

1. A full stomach
   When the stomach is full, it creates tension in the body and makes it more difficult to fall asleep. It might also cause acid reflex.It’s better to eat dinner at least 3 hours before bedtime to give your body time to digest.
2. Too much screen time
   Any light at night disturbs the body’s circadian rhythm – its biological clock for falling asleep. The blue light emitted from electronic devices like phones, tablets, and computer monitors, is the worst of them all.At night, try limit the amount of time you spend in front of those screens and cut off all electronics one or two hours before bedtime.
3. Clutter in your bedroom
   A messy bedroom works against a peaceful night’s sleep. Even when we are used to a pile of laundry here and a pile of books there, clutter in the bedroom is not conducive to relaxation.Clean out the clutter. Put away the books, jewelry, and laundry. Think about the spa experience that you’d like to have.
4. A busy mind
   A humming mind does not want to go to sleep. It will try to finish the argument you had with someone at work, or plan the birthday party that’s coming up in two weeks.Create a to-do list with all your tasks. Have post-it notes around the house so you can jot down items as they come up. Write down any unfinished conversations with people in a journal and leave them there. (When you’re done, close the journal and say to the other person, “I’m giving both of us permission to move on and rest now”.)
5. Toxins in the body Too many toxins in the body causes undue stress to your internal organs. This in turn causes you to have shallow sleep or bouts of waking up in the middle of the night. The liver is the main organ dealing with the toxins entering the body. It is most active from 11pm to 3am. When its workload is reasonable, you can sleep through the night. When it’s too taxed, you will wake up in the middle of the night, maybe multiple times.Start by cleaning up your diet. Eat less fried food and less processed food, like white bread and table salt. Eat healthier. Learn how to manage your stress.

What actions are you going to take for a better night’s sleep? Share them with me below.

Do you find yourself crashing at the end of the day or week?

Ever wonder what you could do if you had enough energy to charge ahead without being constantly concerned about running on empty?

Plan for that special vacation you’ve been dreaming about? Go for that training you always wanted? Be fully present with your spouse and your children, and have a good time?

Do you wonder why you are so exhausted at the end of a normal day?

When most people encounter exhaustion, they attribute it to overwork, a lack of sleep, or even a diagnosis like adrenal fatigue.

“I didn’t sleep well last night, so I’m tired today,” They tell themselves. “I worked for too long, so I’m tired.”

Over time, exhaustion becomes a track that you stay on, with no exit in sight.

There are some obvious reasons why you get exhausted, like overexertion from exercise – you worked out for two hours today and you can’t move anymore. Or you just went through a major operation.

There are also some not-so obvious reasons why you are exhausted.

1. A Sluggish System
   Do you sometimes feel too tired to go to the gym or a yoga class? Then, you push yourself to go and you feel much better afterwards. When you are in this mode, it is like your computer or iPhone that has become slow and sluggish for whatever reason.
2. An Energy Vampire
   Have you ever found yourself exhausted after spending time with someone? You listened patiently and sympathetically to their struggles and now you’re tired. Their problems exhausted you and they feel much better after sharing with you. You have an energy vampire in your life. They are probably not even aware of what they are doing. They only know that they feel better after speaking with you and they really like you!
3. Crowds
   Sometimes you go to the mall and come home exhausted. You tell yourself that shopping is exhausting. The truth is that the crowd and the mood that they’re in affect you. In a mall, someone may be angry, overwhelmed, or sad. You pick up all of that and it drags you down.Here is a different experience for you to try: go to a concert – it’s an exhilarating experience because people’s attention is on the music, leaving their troubles at home.
4. Clutter
   The ancient art and science of Feng Shui is based on the premise that our living environment affects our energy and wellbeing. The clutter in your house, that old magazine from two months ago, that unfinished project from two years ago sitting in the closet, all impact your state of being. The clutter represents stagnant energy.One Feng Shui master advised a client with severe depression to empty his drawer of old underwear. His client was baffled but went ahead and did it anyways. The uplifting mood it put him in amazed them both.
5. A Swiss Cheese Shield
   Imagine this scenario: you and your friend go shopping. You’re exhausted afterwards, but she’s still full of energy. The crowd affected you but not her.
   It happens when you have a shield like Swiss cheese. Our physical skin is the largest organ in the body that protects us from unwanted bacteria. We also have an energy skin, invisible to most of us, that protects us from good energy leaking out and unwanted energy coming in. If there are holes in the shield, like Swiss cheese, you get exhausted more easily.

There are ways that you can protect yourself & increase your energy.  To learn how check out my upcoming workshop From Exhausted to Energized.