Healthy Parenting Handbook with Katie Kimball 043: Your Sleep Makes You a Better (or Worse) Parent -- Sleep Like the Boss You Are with Christine Hansen
Oct 15, 2024
Join Christine Hansen, a functional practitioner and nutritional therapist, as she shares invaluable insights into the importance of sleep for parents. She discusses how adult sleep complexities differ from children's and reveals the brain's critical restorative roles during sleep. Discover signs of sleep deprivation, effective ways to wake up gently, and how diet impacts sleep quality. Christine also highlights the best sleep routines for children and teens, aiming to boost well-being for the entire family.
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Sleep Is Active Maintenance
- Sleep actively performs maintenance tasks your brain and body cannot do while awake.
- Missing sleep piles up toxins, dysregulates hormones, and impairs memory consolidation.
Adults Are Often Chronically Sleep Deprived
- Many adults are chronically sleep deprived while children still follow stronger sleep cues.
- Adolescents' circadian delay makes early school starts misaligned with their natural peak.
Wake In Light Sleep
- Wake when you're in light sleep to feel alert and avoid grogginess.
- Use consistent sleep duration or gradual light alarms to time wake-ups into light-sleep phases.