Sleep 101 & Sleep Hygiene Self-Care Tips

This video explains the biology of sleep and the critical repair and rejuvenating processes occurring during each stage of sleep. I also share several self-care sleep hygiene tips to include wearable devices and the dues and don’ts of nutritional advice in achieving quality sleep. Be sure to order my book Self-Health Andragogy, available on Amazon June 2022.

At this link, you can access the self sleep screening questionnaires mentioned in this video. https://utah23.org/sha/

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