Category: Sleep Problems

“The thing that’s always perfect in our household, is the sleep”
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“The thing that’s always perfect in our household, is the sleep”

When I first met this family of five in their inner Sydney home, they were struggling with a solid routine and heading down a very painful path of sleep depravation and frustration. With three full time working parents, and young twins who wouldn’t sleep – life was getting hard to handle. Being able to help...

Anxiety!
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Anxiety!

Lack of routine, anxiety and sleep problem – how are they connected? Most of us have felt it. Sometimes it creeps up on you throughout a particularly stressful day, taking you altogether by surprise. In some cases, it’s a exhausting state of mind that can leave you physically and emotionally drained, highly strung, nervous or...

Sleep and mental health – is lack of sleep affecting your performance?
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Sleep and mental health – is lack of sleep affecting your performance?

Feeling edgy, having trouble concentrating, losing sleep and waking early with anxious feelings are completely normal human reactions to a completely abnormal situation. Worrying about both the present and the future is part of the experience right now. Proud to have been featured in Strong Fitness Magazine Australia, recognising such an important topic as our...

Why Sleep is So Important After the Holiday Season
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Why Sleep is So Important After the Holiday Season

How to reset your body clock and get back into routine after the holidays For many of us, the cost of Christmas is not just measured on our exorbitant credit card statements and expanded waistlines. For many Australians, a few weeks of carefree partying, overseas holidays, impromptu visits, late nights or lazy sleep-ins have also...

7 Steps to Surviving (and sleeping) Summer Nights
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7 Steps to Surviving (and sleeping) Summer Nights

https://krisabbey.com/7-steps-to-surviving-and-sleeping-summer-nights/ Forget the usual markers like the end of the school year, buying sun-screen in bulk and prepping for the festive season. Those long, hot nights when sleep seems impossible are the true marker that Australia’s summer is here. Unless you have air-conditioning or live in a double-brick basement, chances are you’re already feeling the...

Things That Go Bump In The Night
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Things That Go Bump In The Night

Welcome back! For those of you joining on from last edition, this blog is going to delve into the delicate and often confusing realm of sleep or separation anxiety in babies and young children. Last week, we discovered how sleep anxiety can be triggered in young children through fears of separation, an inability to self...