The Dangers of Sleep Deprivation and How You Can Overcome Them
As we enter the new year, let’s gift ourselves a commitment to better health and more acts of self-love and care. Sometimes all we need to build successful and sustainable wellness routines are some small and uncomplicated products that inspire us to follow through with our New Year’s resolutions. In honor of Festival of Sleep Day, we want emphasize how critical a good night’s sleep is, and just how essential rejuvenating, deep rest is for a healthy mind and body.
Chronic sleep deprivation and poor sleep quality are both diagnosable conditions that over 70 million Americans suffer from. There are seemingly countless adverse effects- both long term and short term- that poor sleep can have on your physical health, your mental and emotional health and the overall quality of your life.
People who regularly experience insomnia, other sleep-related disorders or insufficient hours of sleep are more likely to develop high blood pressure, diabetes, and increased risk of heart failure and stroke. Sleep deprivation also commonly precedes clinical depression, low immunity, low libido, weight gain, anxiety, rapid aging and chronic stress. The immediate side effects can also gravely impair, and these take the form of emotional distress, lack of balance and coordination, delayed reflexes and reaction time, poor recall, fogginess and an inability to focus and apply the mind.
Similar to water, sleep is one of those things that often gets overlooked as an incredible healer, unmatched stress-manager and inextricable, essential component of a healthy lifestyle, mind and body. It’s too easy, right? And better yet, we’re about to make it even easier. Here are the products you need to make sleep decadently relaxing and perfectly rejuvenating.
Gossamer's Dusk is a unique formulation of cannabinoids and terpenes engineered to help you rest. Sourced from the highest quality GMO- and pesticide-free hemp, each 1-ounce bottle contains 300 mg of full spectrum, high levels of CBN, and a calming terpene blend of Myrcene, B-Caryophyllene, Linalool, and Citral.
Youth to the People's Superberry Hydrate + Glow Dream Mask is a creamy overnight mask and ultimate hydrating radiance treatment powered by four exceptional emollients that not only plump the skin, but seal in hydration while you sleep while this antioxidant-rich formula provides a softer, more youthful-looking complexion by morning.
Each Loftie Alarm Clock comes with a dimmable display, nightlight, two-phase alarm, and custom content playable right on the device, including guided meditations, sound baths, breathwork exercises, sleep playlists, plus a variety of relaxing sounds. Equally important though is everything Loftie does not connect to: your email, apps, social media and all the stress they bring along.
Olverum's Restful Sleep Pillow Mist is a fine mist designed to imbues linens and spaces with a serene natural fragrance, to help promote a tranquil mind and restful sleep, essential for maintaining mood, metabolism and memory. This unique formula expertly blends essential oils prized for their soothing qualities and sensuous enhancement to a meditative bedtime ritual.
Restore balance, relax the body and soothe your soul with Lord Jones' Natural Bath Salts. Handmade in small batches from the finest ingredients including pink Himalayan salt, arnica, magnesium rich Epsom salts, calendula petals, and a unique blend of terpenes and essential oils that support deep body relaxation, these bath salts are designed to melt tension and help promote a calm sense of well-being.
