Struggling to sleep? Discover how sleep coaching can transform your life. Learn how personalized guidance can improve sleep quality, reduce stress, and boost overall well-being.

TL;DR:

• BetterSleep offers sleep coaching services to subscribers who want to improve their sleep habits.
• Research suggests that sleep coaching can improve sleep quality, bedtime problems, and overall well-being.
• According to SLEEP journal, study participants who used an app-based sleep coaching program saw a significant reduction in their reliance on sleep aids.

What Is Sleep Coaching?

Sleep coaching is a personalized program that can help you adopt better sleep hygiene practices, allowing you to fall asleep faster, stay asleep longer and get more restful sleep. The BetterSleep coaches can help you address the root causes of your sleep issues by offering one-on-one. We all need a little help sometimes, and getting a good night's sleep is one stand-out way to exercise self-care and prioritize your overall wellness.

What Can Sleep Coaching Help With?

Sleep is an essential human need; when we lack sleep, we simply don't feel our best. From i to frequent waking, we may all experience different issues when it comes to falling–and staying–asleep.

For some, the problem may lie in the actual falling asleep process. Maybe you have a tendency to toss and turn in bed, mind racing, unable to get to sleep. Perhaps you don't have too much trouble initially getting to sleep, but you frequently wake, or feel like you're getting non-REM sleep. Sometimes, the stress of not being able to sleep well can actually turn into a self-fulfilling prophecy and make us even more stressed about our bedtime problems. This can lead to frustration, unease, reliance on sleep aids, and other physical and mental health problems.

A BetterSleep coach can work with you to find sleep solutions tailor-made to fit your needs.

During your personalized meetings with a BetterSleep coach, you'll start by discussing the positive and negative habits you currently face relating to your sleep. This can be anything from a bedtime routine to your daily stressors. Your coach will ask you about your sleep patterns, and by using techniques like motivational interviewing and SMART goal-setting, they will help you understand the deeper issues related to sleep. They'll be able to help you identify your strengths and weaknesses related to your sleep habits, and work with your personal motivation approaches to figure out what changes you can make to get yourself sleeping soundly through the night. Together, you'll work to help you overcome your sleep challenges for long-lasting results.

Throughout your journey with a BetterSleep coach, our goal is to create lasting sleep patterns that will help you enjoy restful nights for years to come. There's not a one-size-fits-all solution for sleep coaching--each person is different and has specific needs. That's where the sleep coach comes in.

After speaking with a member of the BetterSleep coaching team, you may be able to identify some sleep habits or lifestyle mindsets that could use a little tweak. These aren't always obvious, so working with one of our experienced team of sleep coaches can help you identify your specific sleep challenges and move toward better sleep habits.

How Does Sleep Coaching Improve Well-being?

Do you ever notice the feelings you get after a not-so-stellar night of sleep? Annoyance, feeling overwhelmed and trouble focusing are just a few symptoms caused by lack of sleep, or even poor sleep quality. Sleep problems don't only affect us at night--they have a tendency to leech into the daytime hours as well, causing us to feel stressed or spend the whole day exhausted.

Poor sleep quality can affect many different aspects of our health. Mood and mental health are the most noticeable, but our bodily functions depend on high quality sleep as well! Deep sleep is the time when the body gets a chance to reboot and rechange, and when our sleep suffers, our bodies don't run optimally.

Now consider the opposite: what happens when you've had a good night's sleep, waking up rested and refreshed? You might compare it to the feeling of exiting your favorite yoga class or returning from a walk in nature--a soothing feeling with a renewed sense of energy. You feel more positive, your emotional state is more balanced, and you may even notice that you have more patience throughout the day! For many of us, we tend not to get that feeling too often upon waking--with family, work, and our overall busy lives, a person might struggle to get that type of fairytale sleep night after night.

Luckily, the BetterSleep coaching team is here to support you with yoursleep issues, one step at a time. By working with a sleep coach, you'll pinpoint the areas you need to work on in order to get your sleep back on track. As you work through your coaching sessions, you'll focus on making small changeseveryday life. Through a controlled study with the German Armed Forces, participants reported that they felt more connected to self-care practices and experienced decreased irritation levels. Imagine going through your day with more energy, and going to bed at night with a sense of calm instead of stress. Though you won't expect to feel the effects on the first night, our sleep coachescan support your goals of implementing long-term sleep solutions.

Is Sleep Coaching the Same as Sleep Therapy?

Sleep coaching and sleep therapy are not the same, yet they often have parallel positive impacts on your personal growth and overall well-beingOur coaches receive education related to sleep, stress manangement, and health and wellness, to help you improve your sleep patterns. A BetterSleep coach acts as an accountability partner and sleep coach; they'll work with you to help you develop your own best practices related to sleep. Sleep coaching can support therapy services, but is not a replacement for medical care. If you have a medical history of sleep problems or suspect that you require medical care, please contact a health professional.

How Does Sleep Coaching Reduce Reliance on Sleep Aids?

According to research published in SLEEP medical journal, sleep coaching may reduce an individual's use of sleep aids, including medications or melatonin/supplements. 93 adult sleep coaching clients were studied during a 12-week program, which included education on circadian principles, a sleep diary, and use of a mobile app, to name a few. A drastic reduction was shown in the first two weeks of the program, and results continued throughout the 12 weeks. According to the article, "In an app-led sleep coaching program, those who used sleep aids in week 1 reduced use by 71.1% by the end of the 12-week period, with the largest reductions in the first week." This data speaks for itself, showing the correlation between better sleep practices and more successful sleep habits.

Conclusion

Working with a BetterSleep coach could be your first step to (pun intended) Better Sleep! Sleep coaching can lead to a wide range of improvements, both physical and mental, and can help you say goodbye to those sleepless nights. If you're interested in learning more about how to have healthier sleep habits and wake up in the morning feeling more refreshed, talk to a BetterSleep coach for your first steps toward getting the rest you deserve!