During this holiday season, is anxiety a problem for you? Please join Kathy and me as we discuss 7 Unexpected Reasons for Your Anxiety.

1. Sleep deprivation for any reason (quantity or quality)
2. Food as stimulants (artificial sweeteners, caffeine, aspartame, MSG, etc.)
3. Weather changes
4. Lack of sunlight
5. Normal hormonal fluctuations
6. Media overconsumption/addiction, and over-scheduling
7. Poor nasal breathing.

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Shownotes:

Sleep Interrupted: A physician reveals the #1 reason why so many of us are sick and tired

Aspartame and sugar cravings in mice

Artificial sweeteners and weight gain

5 Ways to Sleep Better and Lose Weight Using Light podcast

Pro-gest bio-identical progesterone cream

Nitric oxide and increased oxygen uptake in lungs

Relaxing breath: Dr. Andrew Weil

How to unstuff your stuffy nose ebook

Please join me as we continue our important discussion on how you can get your entire family sleeping better. Whether you have young children or are single, young or old, the concepts presented in this podcast will significantly increase your chances of feeling better, thinking clearer, and have a much calmer and controlled household.

Show Notes:

7 year olds with lack of sleep -  more problems with reasoning, emotional control and behavior problems.

Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise. Original 10,000 hours study

Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems by Dr. Richard Ferber

12 Rules for Life by Jordan Peterson

Essential Oils link (Kathy gets a small commission)

Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar—Your Brain's Silent Killers

Sleep Interrupted: A physician reveals the #1 reason why so many of us are sick and tired

Branch Basics natural cleaning formula blog post with discount code (Kathy gets a small commission).

Appliance therapy options podcasts (Homeoblock, ALF, DNA, Mandibular Advancement Devices

Outline:

1. Limit screen time
2. Do inventory of light exposure
3. Address possible sleep apnea
4. Uncluttered, pleasing, calming bedroom.
5. Dust/allergy-free bedroom
6. Consider essential oils
7. Regular scheduled rest
8. Don’t over-schedule your activities
9. Schedule free time regularly
10. Eat healthy meals and snacks
11. Eat meals together as a family
12. Consider vitamins and supplements
13. Toxin-free living (chlorine filter, fluoride filter, cleaning supplies, personal care products, natural materials, etc.)
14. See a professional (ENT, sleep, dentist, allergist, acupuncturist, myofunctional therapist, naturopath)
15. Weight loss

In this episode, Kathy and I will discuss an extremely important topic, which is how you can get your entire family sleeping much better. If you or your child has a sleep problem, it becomes the entire family’s sleep problem. Even if you are single, this information is too important to miss.

We will talk about:

• The concept of sleep debt, something you don’t want to default on (leading to illnesses)
• The optimal number of hours of sleep for various age groups
• How, what, why, when, and with whom we should eat 
• Basic good sleep habits that are essential for optimal health
• How you can sleep like no one else.

Show Notes:

Delayed sleep phase syndrome

Harvard Health article on sleep debt

How our faces are shrinking podcast