The Healing Powers of Sleep

Strategies for Reclaiming and Improving Your Sleep

By: Anthony Glenn

Narrated by: William Bahl

Length: 1 hr and 17 mins

Publisher's summary

Improve your sleep and discover its healing power with a few simple methods.

What if only a few changes to your habits and life routine could dramatically improve your sleep and life satisfaction?

Amazon best-selling author Anthony Glenn presents the remarkable findings of the impact of sleep on our health and how to incorporate healing tips for a good night’s rest into our lives. Based on his expertise of over 15 years of working with clients, as well as his personal experience of transformation from a sufferer of insomnia and panic attacks to a perfectly healthy and fulfilled individual, Anthony answers the question: How can sleep hygiene impact our physical and mental health?

You’ll discover:

• Why we sleep
• What happens during sleep
• What a lack of sleep does to your mind and body
• How sleep deprivation affects your thinking and physical health
• Sleep and mental illness
• Sleep and weight gain
• Sleeping hygiene (before going to bed)
• What you should avoid before bedtime
• Food and drinks for better sleep
• How to customize your sleeping environment
• Tips and tricks for better z’s
• The Navy SEAL technique and how to practice it
• What to do if nothing helps
• Bonus chapter: Make friends with your mornings.

Open your eyes to the importance of sleep. This manual of easy-to-follow advice can be applied to your case with life-changing results.

Scroll to the top, click the “Buy Now” button, and discover the healing power of sleep.

©2020 Anthony Glenn (P)2020 Anthony Glenn

The Navy SEAL technique

Can you imagine how important sleep is for Navy SEALs? They have to sleep under impossible conditions, in any environment, and their life, day by day, depends on how rested they are.
It's not surprising that these warriors have some tricks to help them fall asleep in two minutes. Now you can give it a try. It works great with most people. The only downside is that you will need a few weeks of practice.

How to fall asleep in minutes like a Navy SEAL:
***Sit on your bed.
***Relax all the facial muscles, your jaw, the base of your tongue, and your eye muscles. Let your eyes rest.
***Completely relax your shoulders and arms.
***Breathe. While exhaling, relax your legs, feet, and toes.
***Clear your mind of any thoughts for 10 seconds.

Visualize one of these scenes:

=You're in a canoe on calm water with a clear, blue sky above.
=You're repeating the words "don't think" for 10 seconds.
=You're lying in a black velvet hammock.

Anthony Glenn is a teacher, psychologist, and author of bestsellers such as Mental Hygiene, How to Simplify Your Life, Battling Burnout, and several more top selling self-improvement books. This manual of easy-to-follow advice can be applied to your case with life-changing results.
HE USES A BRIEF, STRAIGHT-TO-THE POINT STYLE, WHICH GIVES DIRECT SOLUTIONS FOR SOLVING PARTICULAR PROBLEMS.

Better habits bring better sleep, and vice versa

No matter how hydrated you are (or not) before sleep, you'll lose some body fluids while breathing.

If you snore, breathe through your mouth, or suffer from sleep apnea, you’ll lose even more. Also, if you sleep in a too warm or too dry room or if you exercise without rehydration, you'll lose more fluids during the night.

Drinking alcohol can also increase your fluid loss and make you feel tired the following day.

Everyone needs this information

I got this book thinking it might help with the poor sleep I have been getting. I don't think I have insomnia and after reading what Glenn says on what insomnia is, I feel I actually do!

Its relationship with health.

Our cells need fuel to do all the hard work they do. They use glucose, which is a high-energy carbohydrate. Insufficient sleep influences the way the body processes glucose, and that leads to type 2 diabetes. Not fun at all. Just one short-term sleep restriction is enough to make a group of healthy adults show changes in how they process glucose. It’s much slower than when they are rested, research has shown. Study after study shows the same: people who sleep less than five hours per night have a significantly greater risk of developing or already having diabetes. Scientific studies that have proven that sleep deprived people are more focused on the negative, have more repetitive negative thoughts, and have difficulty in controlling them than their rested counterparts. The more tired you are, the harder it is to control negative thoughts and shift your mind away from them. Being stuck in the cycle of negative thinking is a truly bad experience, but it’s exactly what happens when you chronically lack sleep.

Very important for understanding sleeping issues

In studies with animals, those that had been completely deprived of sleep ended up with weakened immune systems, dying within a few weeks. For obvious reasons, these types of studies weren’t conducted on humans, but we can assume that the results would be similar. Sleep deprivation is harmful; it affects our health in many ways and can lead to diabetes or even death. We'll look more at sleep deprivation a little later on, but the fact remains that our bodies need rest to have the time to repair themselves. Staying awake requires some work for the brain. It's not our default state. Wakefulness is the result of the brainstem stimulating the cortex with a mix of neurotransmitters, including acetylcholine, glutamate, serotonin, and norepinephrine. The brainstem has an ascending activating system (AAS) that delivers the neurotransmitters to the cortex. The ascending activating system is a collection of nuclei or groups of cell bodies. The purpose of these nuclei is to project particular neurotransmitters to targets in the cerebral cortex or thalamus, a part that works as a gate to the cortex. Disabling projections from these nuclei drives the brain into an irreversible slumber.

Beautifully written, and absolutely fascinating

What an easy-to-read book, chock full of great tips for relieving insomnia. I especially loved Bonus chapter: Make friends with your mornings. He advises readers to treat their beds the way they would an excellent meal. This is my impetus to remove all distractions from my bedroom, indulge in new luxury linens and create a safe haven in my bedroom. I am looking forward to implementing more his tips.

Breakthrough metabolic science.

People who have mental issues suffer from sleep disorders, too. Those two go hand in hand. Doctors noticed this connection long ago, and they are aware of how treating a particular illness improves the quality of sleep in patients. But, until recently, they weren’t able to connect that lack of sleep might contribute to symptoms. Sleeping problems might not be a consequence of a mental disorder or illness, nor a symptom of one, but one of its reasons. Scientists tested this idea and came to astonishing results. By treating sleeping problems, many patients who suffer from depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, or even schizophrenia experienced a major improvement in their symptoms! Scientists then went further with the research and found that people who were prone to some of these mental issues didn't develop them if they had sufficient sleep. These findings are precious because they show a possible direction in healing these conditions, and they tell us what mighty power lies just in sleeping well. To maintain mental health, avoid developing some of the disorders you might be prone to, or to help yourself with some issues you already have, get plenty of rest and make it your priority.

Every home needs this book

You can read in bed, or if you prefer, in another room with a relaxing drink until you feel sleepy. Good, old, analog books are excellent for lulling you to sleep.

The science of sleep

This is a nice little book That you can start at any chapter and get some useful tips on better sleeping. Great to keep in a doctors office waiting room or to give to your stressed out coworkers. It explores various techniques and aids.

I don’t see sleep as my enemy anymore

I must say I did not think I would get this far with just a book but today I slept for 9hrs and even my wife thanks Mr. Glenn. I recommend this audiobook to anyone with sleep issues or insomnia. The parts about building better habits and why we can't sleep well really help me and I will be giving this book out to my co-workers for the holidays.