Sleep is one of the most powerful and easy-to-apply levers that we have for improving health and wellbeing. Sleeping for 7 hours or more is beneficial for a wide variety of physical performance outcomes, including speed, power, endurance and accuracy (Craven 2022). While most athletes can get through training in the morning without any ill effects, it’s in the afternoon that the effects of being well slept become more noticeable.

Stressed? That’s not always a bad thing. Last month I was lucky enough to experience an overdose of micro stressors in Norway with Vicki...

Sleepless nights are a common consequence of grief, and yet this is rarely spoken about. Sleep problems can cause additional worry and...

Can what you eat have an impact on your sleep, and mood? Absolutely. This is an active area for research and we don’t have all the...

The links between loneliness and poor sleep, and how to tackle both January sees the media full of energising posts about new habits, but...

At least 1 in 5 adults experience a triad of symptoms commonly known as the ‘Winter Blues’: lack of energy, low mood and over-eating.

You may have wondered why I seem to wear the same T-shirt... A lot! There is a bit of a theme ❤️ at the moment since I'm 10 days away...

Time Restricted Eating (TRE) is the practice of restricting your eating window to 8 to 12 hours during the day. This video explains the...

This week I've upped my training for the GB row, and I've definitely seen an increase in night-time waking. Could more exercise be to...

New research published last week highlighted that 50 year olds sleeping for fewer than 7 hours each night were at 30% increased risk of...

This is a simple 2 minute exercise you can do anywhere to help you relax, and switch off the 'fight or flight' stress response.

It was a tremendous privilege to be invited to speak to Dr Hazel Wallace, aka The Food Medic. Hazel is currently working as a doctor...

In honour of World Book Day, thought I'd pick out my current top 10 books on sleep, and sleep science.. it's a changing feast but there...

If you only have an hour to spare, what's better for you: an hour extra asleep, or an hour of physical activity? Both offer a plethora of...

This is probably the question I get asked most frequently! The answer is.. well, the answer is, that there is no one answer that suits...

Beatrix Potter wrote that eating too many lettuces made the Flopsy Bunnies 'soporific'. But Can you believe everything you read?! Can...

At this time of year, as the days get shorter and it gets colder outside, at least 1 in 5 of us experience a triad of symptoms which are...

Even one night without sleep can interfere with communication between immune cells, making the whole army less efficient, and causing