The Behavioral Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire measures intrinsic and extrinsic motivation for exercise. We use it during the...

We feel like one of the most powerful ways to demonstrate the value of a good nights sleep is to see how positive your thoughts are. Use...

The individual experiments in the Lifestyle Experiment (Sugar, Fitness, Sleep and Food) will all have shorter term, more responsive...

Like the Fitness and Strength experiment, you will want to set a "compound" hypothesis statement for the sleep experiment. In other...

Complete the pre-experiment screening activities to rule out sleep apnea, depression, anxiety, substance use disorder and dependence on...

We have developed a 7 step program that is very likely to improve your sleep quality and duration. The program is simple to do but for...

This experiment uses more of a trial-and-error approach compared with the other experiments like Glycemic Control or Fitness and...

We have already touched on timing briefly when we talked about the element of sleep anxiety.  While getting one good night of sleep is...

One of the most vexing problems that we encounter in our program is the problem of nighttime arousal.  Often there is a stimulus to get...

Humans are daytime animals.  We are genetically programmed to be awake when it is light out and asleep when it is dark.  We are most...

In the first intervention, we suggested that to combat sleep anxiety, you need to create think of your bed as a warm, snug and safe place...

Perhaps one of the most common and difficult to treat conditions associated with poor sleep is sleep anxiety.  This occurs when you begin...

Alcohol We are assuming that you do not have dependence on alcohol because we screened for that in the first part of the experiment and...

Caffeine:  The typical cup of coffee  has about 80 to 100 mg of caffeine in it.  A single shot of espresso  has about 63 mg of caffeine,...

The sleep optimization program has 4 specific interventions each one intended to improve your sleep and get you the most restful night...

It is not uncommon for us to see patients who have objectively good scores on their overnight sleep tracker but still feel sleepy...

Sleep Tracking Now that we have excluded or treated the disorders above that are related to sleep, it is time to begin evaluating your...

This first step could be very important to your overall health. In this step you will complete screening forms to look for illnesses that...

Sleep is one of the most often overlooked issues in medicine.  This is largely because it is not easy to treat it with medicines and the...

Sleep is often underestimated in our quest for optimal health. We prioritize diet and exercise but tend to neglect the crucial influence...