Comments on: Executive Sleep https://madelaineweiss.com/executive-sleep/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=executive-sleep Board Certified Executive, Career, Life Coach, Licensed Psychotherapist Tue, 16 Jun 2020 14:09:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: Madelaine Weiss https://madelaineweiss.com/executive-sleep/#comment-53 Tue, 16 Jun 2020 14:09:15 +0000 https://madelaineweiss.com/?p=2319#comment-53 In reply to beentheredonethat.

“Hardened habits,” as you say are key here, Steven. Part of us thinks, well I’m still here aren’t I, so it must be okay. And maybe it is — okay. But maybe there is a better way that would feel and be even better. I know you know we don’t know what we don’t know. Thank you for writing. Seems “sleep” hits a nerve. Good for us all to know.

]]> By: beentheredonethat https://madelaineweiss.com/executive-sleep/#comment-52 Tue, 16 Jun 2020 13:57:13 +0000 https://madelaineweiss.com/?p=2319#comment-52 Routines from person-to-person differ, I think. Some people like to have the TV on in the background , sort of semi-watching or -listening to Jimmy Kimmel and Late Night shows to get into sleep mode, and some people will turn on a TV as soon as they wake up to start the day with a cup of coffee. I’m told some people even have an automatic radio or TV blast as an alarm clock. Not me. But for each of us, those habits get hardened into felt need requirements instead of mild preferences or preps. I wonder whether or not trying to devise and adhere to advisory prescribed “best” rules and routines about melatonin windows, screen time, late night snack’s, or (ahem) frisky intimacy play before nodding off will be as challenging as other self-modification habits that produce only temporary rather than enduring results? The proverbial road to Hell is paved with Failure tombstone markers of novel diet fads, sobriety pledges, etc., that invite further self-reproach and -disappointment.

]]> By: Madelaine Weiss https://madelaineweiss.com/executive-sleep/#comment-51 Tue, 16 Jun 2020 13:50:26 +0000 https://madelaineweiss.com/?p=2319#comment-51 In reply to Karen Gross.

Good point, Karen, depending on what stage of sleep you are problem solving in. Here’s a nice little article on that: https://www.themuse.com/advice/the-sciencebacked-way-to-solve-problems-when-youre-still-halfasleep

]]> By: Karen Gross https://madelaineweiss.com/executive-sleep/#comment-50 Tue, 16 Jun 2020 13:41:00 +0000 https://madelaineweiss.com/?p=2319#comment-50 Actually, one can problem solve in one’s sleep. It can be a creative time — the brain works and solve problems for part of the night. So being asleep helps the mind and body. And without sleep, the brain can’t do some of its best work including resting to gather insights!

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