Our mental health affects how we feel and how we live our lives. We don't have to apologize for mental illness.
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This is second in a two-part series about sleep. Click here to read part one.
Last week I wrote about how poor sleep can negatively affect your mental health.
If you’re thinking, “It’s not my fault, I just can’t fall asleep at night!” then try this method taught to military pilots in combat zones in WWII, where sleep deprivation often lead to deadly errors.
The man who developed this method, Bud Winter, was a college football coach who had worked with a psych professor to help his athletes relax under pressure. And after six weeks of training soldiers, “96 percent of pilots could fall asleep within 120 seconds. Even with distractions like gunfire in the background. Even after drinking coffee. Even sitting up.”
Ready to learn how to fall asleep in two minutes? Here we go:
If you try this method and it works for you, let me know! I want to help you sleep better and more soundly at night, as it ties in so strongly to your peace of mind.
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