November 8 is WPPL’s annual Health Fair. The library features a wide selection of materials touching upon health and wellness topics, this includes books, ebooks, and audiobooks — all of which can be found in our Catalog. During the week leading up to the Health Fair we will be featuring several blog posts focused on healthy living topics.
The benefits of getting a good night’s sleep are well known to all of us. We wake up feeling refreshed, alert, and ready to tackle the day. On the other hand, if you miss out on sleep, your ability to concentrate and properly function can be affected leaving you feeling sluggish and drained. If you want to learn more about how to get the most out of your sleep and what it means for your health check out some of the resources we have available! Many of these titles are available on our digital platforms: Hoopla and Libby.
The sleep fix: practical, proven, and surprising solutions for insomnia, snoring, shift work, and more by Diane Macedo
Roughly thirty percent of the population is estimated to be living with insomnia, while many more unknowingly suffer from other sleep disorders. Macedo learned the hard way how valuable sleep is, and how it affects everything from our heart to our brain to our immune system. She had tried sleep tip after sleep tip, but nothing worked. Attacking the problem as a journalist, she got to the bottom of what really keeps us from sleeping–and the various ways to fix it. Here she helps readers understand sleep biology, identify sleep obstacles, and shift their mindset–and maybe find a good night’s sleep.
Sleep to heal: 7 simple steps to better sleep by Abhinav Singh, M.D.
Are you tired of waking up tired? You are not alone. We may have become super-productive in our fast-paced, always-connected, 24/7 society, but in exchange we lost something precious: our harmonious connection to sleep, a natural biological function integral to our overall health, wellness, and well-being.
Better sleep, better you by Frank Lipman and Neil Parikh
If you’re like most people, odds are you aren’t getting enough sleep. Thanks to shifts in our culture America is in the midst of an epidemic of sleeplessness, and unfortunately, sleep deprivation has bigger consequences than one might think, ranging from irritability, brain fog, and weight gain to serious conditions like hormone dysregulation, heart disease, memory impairment, diabetes, and Alzheimer’s.
In Better Sleep, Better You, functional medicine pioneer and sleep expert Frank Lipman, MD, and Casper co-founder Neil Parikh team up to offer a one-stop resource to help you reap the benefits of sleeping well every night. Unlike the dozens of articles offering a “quick fix” for insomnia, Lipman and Parikh understand that there’s no such thing as a one-sleep-fits-all solution. By clearly explaining the latest developments in sleep science and all the factors that affect your sleep–including when and how you eat and exercise, how you handle stress, how you nap, and how you engage with technology–Better Sleep, Better You helps readers create a personalized sleep protocol that works for their lifestyle and needs.
Packed with fascinating science, engaging case studies, and easy-to-implement practical advice, Better Sleep, Better You provides everything you need to optimize your sleep, productivity, and happiness–for life.
The sleep prescription : seven days to unlocking your best rest by Aric Prather
From renowned sleep scientist Dr. Aric Prather, a book that offers a simple yet powerful plan to improve your sleep in seven days We need to sleep to survive.
If we stopped sleeping, we would die. Sure, it would take a while, but sleep is as essential as food, water, and oxygen. Eventually, without it, our bodies begin to shut down. So why on earth can something that should be so natural, instinctual, and automatic be so hard? Dr. Aric Prather studies sleep for a living, and he’ll tell you right off the bat that there’s usually one major thing that gets in the way of sleep: you. Not just you. All of us. We are great at getting in the way of our own sleep. We don’t mean to. And we’re not making obviously bad choices. In the sleep clinic at the University of California, San Francisco, Dr. Prather has a line out the door of people struggling to achieve good sleep. By the time they come to him, they’ve tried everything.
In The Sleep Prescription, Dr. Prather shares the most powerful solutions that he uses to help his patients at the clinic achieve restorative sleep. Going beyond the obvious solutions, Dr. Prather shares surprisingly simple yet deeply effective techniques that will help you lie back and let sleep work its magic. Over the course of seven days, this book will teach you how to get out of your own way, so that your body can do what it was built to do: sleep.
Yoga for better sleep : ancient wisdom meets modern science by Mark Stephens
Although modern science has unraveled some of the mysteries of our sleeping, dreaming, and waking states and age-old yoga practices are helping us enjoy better sleep, clearer minds, and healthier bodies, over 65 percent of U.S. adults are still sleep deprived. Sleep deprivation causes and aggravates ailments like stress, heart conditions, high blood pressure, obesity, and depression.
Master yoga teacher, trainer, and best-selling author Mark Stephens provides easy-to-do, effective yoga activities-including postural sequences, breathing exercises, and meditation practices-for better sleep, no matter your age. He integrates the ancient wisdom of yoga with the insights of modern neuroscience and psychology to offer practical age- and condition-specific tools and sequences for improving sleep naturally and without drugs.
Sleep reimagined: the fast track to a revitalized life by Pedram Navab
Ditch insomnia in as little as 4 weeks with this 6-step therapeutic program for better sleep. Insomnia looks different for everyone. Whether it’s caused by stress, a traumatic life event, or even a snoring partner, poor sleep can affect the quality of your waking life. But Dr. Pedram Navab wants readers to know that it’s not a lost cause-falling asleep can be just as easy as waking up. With his cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT-I) program, paired with relatable case studies of different sleep disorders, readers are guided to new and improved sleep in as little as 4 weeks. In Sleep Reimagined, the 6-step CBT-I program teaches readers how to understand sleep, rewire their arousal system through therapeutic relaxation, practice sleep restriction and stimulus control, restructure attitudes towards sleep, use mindfulness intervention to continue cognitive components, and prevent insomnia relapse through planning. Both comprehensive and entertaining, this book is the perfect bedside companion to discover better sleep and better life
