Scrolling Right Before Bed
We tell ourselves it’s “just five minutes” - but phones stimulate your brain and suppress melatonin (the sleep hormone).
🔍 Even 30 minutes of screen time before bed can delay sleep by over an hour. (Harvard Medical School)
Using Caffeine to power Through
You drink it because you’re tired… but caffeine stays in your system for up to 6 hours - meaning that 4pm espresso is still in your system at 10pm.
🔍 Caffeine even 6 hours before bed can reduce total sleep time by 1 hour. (Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine)
Is it your Office or your Bedroom?
Emails, Zoom calls, to-do lists… if you work from bed, your brain no longer associates it with rest.
🔍 Sleep experts recommend the bed be used for two things only: sleep and sex. Nothing else. (Sleep Foundation)
Relying on “Quick Fixes”
White noise machines, melatonin, sleep podcasts - they help you drift off, but they rarely solve the root cause of poor sleep.
🔍 One in four adults in the UK uses sleep aids regularly - and still wake up tired. (Mental Health UK)
Expecting Your Brain to Just “Switch Off”
We go 100mph all day, then expect to fall asleep on command. But your brain needs time - and support - to unwind.
🔍 Racing thoughts are the #1 reported reason people can’t fall asleep. (NHS Sleep Survey)
5 Things We All Do That Are Secretly Wrecking Our Sleep
1 Scrolling Right Before Bed
We tell ourselves it’s “just five minutes” - but phones stimulate your brain and suppress melatonin (the sleep hormone).
🔍 Even 30 minutes of screen time before bed can delay sleep by over an hour. (Harvard Medical School)
2 Using Caffeine to power Through
You drink it because you’re tired… but caffeine stays in your system for up to 6 hours - meaning that 4pm espresso is still in your system at 10pm.
🔍 Caffeine even 6 hours before bed can reduce total sleep time by 1 hour. (Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine)
3 Is it your Office or your Bedroom?
Emails, Zoom calls, to-do lists… if you work from bed, your brain no longer associates it with rest.
🔍 Sleep experts recommend the bed be used for two things only: sleep and sex. Nothing else. (Sleep Foundation)
4 Relying on “Quick Fixes”
White noise machines, melatonin, sleep podcasts - they help you drift off, but they rarely solve the root cause of poor sleep.
🔍 One in four adults in the UK uses sleep aids regularly - and still wake up tired. (Mental Health UK)
5 Expecting Your Brain to Just “Switch Off”
We go 100mph all day, then expect to fall asleep on command. But your brain needs time - and support - to unwind.
🔍 Racing thoughts are the #1 reported reason people can’t fall asleep. (NHS Sleep Survey)