Fast Asleep, Wide Awake

Name: Fast Asleep, Wide Awake
Brand: Harper UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Dr Nerina Ramlakhan
ISBN: 9780008179885

Author: Dr Nerina Ramlakhan

Narrator: Dr Nerina Ramlakhan

Unabridged: 6 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 08/11/2016

Categories: Nonfiction, Health & Fitness, Self-help, Dreams, Personal Growth

Synopsis

READ BY THE AUTHOR A powerful methodology to help you switch on your body’s innate ability to sleep well and how to build extraordinary energy. Sleep problems aren’t created when you put your head on the pillow. Everything you do during the day – every thought, every behaviour, every choice you make – can impact on how you sleep at night.Dr Nerina Ramlakhan, a physiologist and renowned sleep and energy expert, has worked with people for over twenty five years. Combining this professional experience with academic and personal insights, she shares her view that sleep problems are not just about sleep but rather about how we deal with life and its inevitable challenges.In this ground breaking book, she goes beyond traditional sleep methods to examine the true causes of sleep problems .Fast Asleep Wide Awake shares a unique and highly practical process for accessing deep and restorative sleep and shifting your energy from survival energy to a more sustainable and vibrant source of energy that we all have access to.Using tools and techniques based on Western science and Eastern practices learn how to sleep deeply and find the energy to embrace life’s challenges with courage and optimism.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Maggie

A fantastic book. Simply but clearly goes into the basic facts around sleep and energy, debunking a lot of the fear-based stuff we often hear about sleep, and offering real, tangible and practical ways to unwind and sleep better. I also personally loved the mixing of western science with eastern pra......more

Goodreads review by Ron

There isn't enough content in this book to justify a magazine article, never mind a full-length book, or advice that expands on what's become generally accepted gospel. Eat breakfast, ditch the caffeine, exercise and maintain a good work life balance and get away from digital devices and screens at......more

Goodreads review by Natasha

Excellent.......more

Goodreads review by David J Stricklin

May help a few 20-40% of people respond to placebo and I would guess about the same number will derive benefit from reading this book. I will try to reduce caffeine intake and evening blue light exposure. This book is a mixture of sleep hygiene and CAM therapies with a focus on traditional therapies......more

Goodreads review by Riham

I'm not one to take life advice from authors and books. and I admit, I'm not going to apply what I have learned from this book to my day to day life. However, I am a person who suffered from sleeping problems and especially during the past few months. I didn't realize that the author was going to ta......more