Most of us will experience a lack of quality sleep at some time – especially over lockdown – and for some this endures over the longer term. Whether you’re a new parent, a shift worker, or feeling the effects of stress and anxiety, sleep is often one of the first things to suffer and it can have severe effects on your overall health.
Getting to the root of the problem is important, and small adaptions to your lifestyle can make a big difference to your sleep. But, there’s also a formula that is used by cognitive behavioural therapists to tackle the majority of sleep-disturbing factors.
Nuffield Health’s Brendan Street explains the basic formula here. https://www.nuffieldhealth.com/article/the-cbt-formula-for-good-sleep
