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's that time again..Sunday am marks the start of Daylight Savings Time, or British Summer Time. The good news is lighter evenings.. and...

.. to raise money for the British Heart Foundation. I launched this video on my 40th birthday, on 23rd March 2021. I had originally...

In this video I explain one model to explain how insomnia develops. We all start with some sort of predisposition, which makes some...

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...

It's International Women's Day, so I thought I'd delve into a few of the differences between sleep in women and men... Who gets the best...

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 week, I've had the great privilege to feature on a couple of podcasts. Whenever I have a an event which could have a big audience, I...

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...

Do you struggle to sleep in your own bed, but feel sleepy on the sofa? If you've experienced poor sleep for a while, it might be that...

Growing up, a warm bath was my Mum's favourite remedy for, well, pretty much anything. It turns out that many sleep scientists have also...

In the second of my weekly videos for 2021, I demonstrate a technique to get back to sleep in the middle of the night. I explain why we...

From energy to empathy, mood to memory, in this video I explain why there are some great reasons to focus on sleep habits for your New...

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...

It’s hard to sleep when we’re stressed. Most of us know this all too well, but the stresses we face are rarely life threatening. Even...

We rely on a fall in our core temperature as a cue for sleep. If things are hotting up, what can you do to protect your sleep?

Humans are brilliantly adaptive, and as we start to accept these new norms, sleep will start to become deeper again...

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