Harnessing Light for Better Sleep: Creating an Ideal Sleep Sanctuary

Episode Highlights

• The biggest mistakes people make when setting up a sleep sanctuary 
• A reason not to have a TV in the bedroom!
• Factors to think about when it comes to your sleep environment 
• How to keep your sleep environment for sleep in your mind 
• The substances and chemicals in our sleep environment that can disrupt sleep
• Mattresses are often the highest concentration of toxins in the household and we are exposed to them the entire time we're sleeping 
• How heat and temperature come into play for nervous system shifts in sleep
• Natural fibers like latex are less likely to develop mold in mattresses than synthetic ones 
• How they use essential oils as a critical part of how the foam behaves in Essentia mattresses
• Ways to address EMFs in the sleep environment and what a pro-athlete study showed 

Resources We Mention

• Essentia Mattress - Use code wellnessmama15 for a discount
• Jaspr Air Filter
• Ublockout Shades
• Natural fiber pajamas and organic bedsheets  
• LeelaQ