Sleep With The Experts webinar series, commences July 1
Filed under: Andrew Verity, Angela Sciberras, Domenica Papalia, Geraldine Gallagher, Nic Lucas, Rod Sherwin, Sue Dengate, Webinar Series
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The Bob Carol Ted and Alice of Sleep without Drugs
Are you finding it more difficult lately to fall asleep and stay asleep? Is your stress level the only thing trending up in the bear market? Are you sick and tired of reading about how not drinking coffee is going to solve the problem? Things only getting worse when you read that lack of sleep is effecting your weight, health, liver, heart, cancer, diabetes, depression, anxiety, blood pressure, life span? No wonder we can’t sleep!
The use of sleeping pills is controversial, because they’re addictive, less effective over time, cause grogginess in the morning, are blamed for some rather bizarre behaviours, are associated with anterograde amnesia, reduce the time it takes to fall asleep by 12.8 minutes compared with fake pills, and increase our sleep time by a rather pathetic 11.4 minutes. In fact, one controversial sleeping pill was the number 1 drug reported to the Adverse Medicine Events Line between September 2007 and February 2009.
Unfortunately, until now, the “natural solutions” have been limited to unpalatable herbs or teas that work for only a limited number of people.
Well, that’s all about to change.
I’ve organised a group of amazing experts to help you in the Sleep With The Experts webinar series.
You won’t believe some of the stuff they’ll be helping you with, so get excited!
Everything I’ve seen lately on sleep has been so negative, it just makes insomniacs more anxious and stressed, worrying about how your health is being affected – so I’ve assembled a group of solution-based experts to finally put an end to the noise on insomnia.
And it’s practically based, and we’ll have a bit of fun too.
The hour-long webinars will be held weekly on Wednesday nights at 7 pm, commencing July 1. This first series (of approximately 8 webinars) will be free to attend via the internet.
The webinar series will commence with the following experts:
Sue Dengate – Sue Dengate is a psychology graduate and author of the bestselling Fed Up series. Focused on the effects of food chemicals on children’s behaviour, health and learning ability, her groundbreaking study on the behavioural effects of a common bread preservative was published in a medical journal in 2002. Together with her husband Dr Howard Dengate, a food scientist, they run the Food Intolerance Network. Sue Dengate was nominated for Australian of the Year in 2005 and 2006.
Webinar date was July 8, 2009.
Andrew Verity – Verity has integrated 35 years of practical experience in a wide range of healing modalities into his international Neuro-training group. He was president of IASK (International Association of Specialized Kinesiologists) for 6 years, and surprisingly has a very simple approach to many aspects of sleep disorders.
Nic Lucas – Practicing osteopath, international lecturer, medical journal founder and editor, presently lecturing at the University of Western Sydney while doing his doctorate. Lucas will talk about how he used Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) to relieve his anxiety disorder.
Webinar date was July 15, 2009.
Domenica Papalia – Pharmacist, researcher, and founder of Your Highest Potential. How emotions effect sleep. Papalia uses non-invasive techniques to recognise the root cause of holding patterns and help people move beyond them.
Webinar date was July 22, 2009.
Angela Sciberras – Therapeutic musician (International Healing Musicians Program USA) and author. How to use rhythm, harmony, melody, brain entrainment and deep listening to bridge the gap between medicine and music.
Geraldine Gallagher – Past president of the NSW Kinesiology Association (5 times), international speaker, and author of the successful programs Creative Nutrition and Essence of Change. Seratonin, melatonin, solutions to stress including essences.
July 29, 2009 – 7:00 pm – Australian Eastern Standard Time (Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane).
Book here: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/540227258
Rod Sherwin – Energy Therapist. Sleep solutions using Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT or tapping).
And I’ll make sure no-one gets lost in technical jargon and ‘medical-speak’.
If you have supplied your name and email address to us, and receive our email messages (autoresponders/newsletters) you will automatically be invited to attend (free of charge).
Do you have any friends who might like to attend? If so, now’s the time to get them to opt-in to http://www.sleeplessnomore.com to be included in this amazing series.
Limited numbers can attend the webinar, and we are about to send out media releases, so ensure you register early to attend when you get the emails each week.
We will send you the webinar link to attend each week, closer to the date.
Administration:
Webinars are pretty ground breaking themselves… they are seminars on the internet. When you access the webinar you will see on your computer what is being presented, and you will be able to listen in to the conversation, interview, presentation. There will be some opportunities, depending on time etc, to ask your specific questions to the experts.
For the best reception you will need broadband internet, and preferably a headset (e.g. Logitech Headset with speaker and USB - freely available for less than $ 90 from Harvey Norman, Dick Smith, etc). If you want to ask a question, get a headset. We also recommend you come in approximately 10-15 minutes before the start of the webinar so that you can check your audio settings, etc.
We will be commencing sharply at 7 pm each Wednesday night.
Please ensure you have paper and a biro – because this information, thankfully, will be new to most of you – so get excited!!
This is one time not to fall asleep in the middle of a presentation.
Wishing you the best night’s sleep, without drugs
Elizabeth
Tags: Andrew Verity, Angela Sciberras, Domenica Papalia, Geraldine Gallagher, insomnia, natural sleep, Nic Lucas, Rod Sherwin, Sleep, Sleep With The Experts webinar series, sleeping, Sue Dengate, webinars
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Financial Stress Keeping You Awake?
Filed under: Financial stress, Stress
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Is the only thing rising in this bear market your stress level? Bullish on anxiety?
I heard a while ago that about 30% of the people having difficulties sleeping had financial stress (don’t know the source of the figures, unfortunately). With the world economy in the state it’s in, my guess is that the percentage has just ramped up.
So if you’re worried about your financial situation, I have a gift for you today.
Over the years I have done many excellent seminars, on dozens of different topics and a few teachers have stood out as absolute leaders.
Robert Kiyosaki and DC Cordova ran a course called Money and You in Australia in 1986 (now I’m showing my age!) which had a game in it that was mindblowing – literally. The sort of game you play – and you don’t come out the other end the same!
Have you ever experienced anything like that? Can you imagine anything like that?
Well, again in 2007 I came across another guy who can do it for you DURING a game. Well, actually, you do it for yourself – if you play full-tilt.
No, you don’t have to goal set, make a strategy, use all your visualisation techniques, NLP yourself stupid, hypnotise yourself continually …. dedicate to hard work for years… just play some GAMES full-tilt!
What?
His name is Clinton Swaine, he’s actually an Aussi who lives in the US – and his business is Frontier Trainings. He teaches people business, salesmanship, diplomacy, investment etc – all through game playing.
Having experienced his work first hand I was very excited to see that he’s coming to Australia in August to run his 3 day course Play to Win in Melbourne.
And the most amazing thing? It is free to attend. He’s obviously wanting to build his presence in Australia.
I’ve contacted Clinton and he has allowed me to tell you about the course, and here is my affiliate link:
http://www.frontiertrainings.com/playtowin/australia/?fn=Elizabeth&ln=Shannon
If your sleep problems are in any way financial, I look forward to meeting you there. (Please note, his course is not about sleep.)
I can guarantee that you’ll break through a number of limiting decisions during this weekend.
And maybe, just maybe – one of them will break out your financial problems and allow you to sleep better, not worrying so much about how you’re going to survive in this economic environment.
Clinton takes game playing to a whole new level.
To your financial freedom, and a great night’s sleep.
Elizabeth
Tags: awake, can t sleep, cant sleep, Clinton Swaine, finances, financial, Financial stress, Frontier Trainings, insomnia, money problems, Play to Win, Sleep, sleep disorders, sleeping
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Coronary Heart Disease and Sleep
Filed under: Cortisol, Depression, Exercise, Food Additives, Heart Disease, Nitric Oxide, Omega 3
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...The following relationships have been established linking coronary heart disease and sleep:
- Sleep apnea is associated with heart disease. Studies have shown that between 50 and 80 percent of stroke and heart failure patients have some form of sleep disordered breathing.
- Sleep apnea has been associated with depression.
- Cortisol, the stress hormone, is associated with heart disease.
- Nitric oxide levels in the body effect heart disease, stroke, blood pressure, inflammation, heart failure, hypertension, circulation, obesity, dyslipidemias (particularly hypercholesterolemia and hypertriglycereridemia), diabetes, artherosclerosis and inflammation. Sufficient sleep is important for keeping nitric oxide levels high.
- Depression is a side effect of some medications, including some aimed at reducing cholesterol.
- Being overweight increases your chance of coronary heart disease, and lack of sleep effects the processes that regulate weight.
- Being overweight increases your chance of sleep apnea (and snoring). The American Sleep Foundation estimates that sleep apnea is present in about 40% of adults who snore.
- Sleep deprivation contributes greatly to high blood pressure.
- If you wake early in the morning and can’t get back to sleep again, figures have shown that in 80% of these cases the issue is depression or grief.
Here are some tips to help break some of the cycles and interdependencies in the above list:
- Exercise Daily. This reduces the levels of the stress hormones cortisol and epinephrine, relieves anxiety and helps with depression. Exercise assists in the maintenance (or achievement) of a healthy weight for your height. Walk in nature, preferably in the sunshine (especially for those effected by seasonally affected depression SAD). And if you’re a shiftworker (and the sun is shining when you wake up) bathe in the sunlight to awaken your body to the new day – it resets your timing for the day and can improve mood. And finally, increased blood flow improves your levels of nitric oxide http://www.cvphysiology.com/Blood%20Flow/BF011.htm
- Lose Weight if You’re Overweight. As little as 10 – 15 per cent weight loss can reduce or eliminate sleep-disordered breathing, and may curtail the cardiovascular risk associated with sleep-disordered breathing.
- Sleep Well Every Night. The rule is 8 hours per night, and to be asleep before midnight. If you’ve got teenage children give them a break and let them sleep in on the weekend, and during the week when they’re on school holidays – they’re not being lazy – it’s their changed body clock during this period (they even grow while they’re asleep!).
- Choose Supplements that help your Heart and Sleep. Omega-3, lipid management, has been the subject of many studies and is definitely being recommended to enhance your health. What sort of omega-3 is recommended? There have been a number of studies indicatiing that high ratio EPA:DHA Omega-3 is the best for treating depression. There is other evidence that suggests that Omega-3 is beneficial to heart health. Either way, we’re going to recommend you take Omega-3 on a daily basis. Do some more research as to whether you’re going to take the high EPA:DHA ratio products, but if depression is an issue in your life, that’s the one we recommend. Please note high potency Omega-3 is not the same as high ratio EPA:DHA omega-3. You need to read the labels, and earlier posts to learn how to find the high EPA:DHA ratio omega-3s.
- Avoid Fried Foods. It’s not just about keeping your weight under control. It’s about keeping the integrity of the long chain fatty acids created with your omega-3, fish eating etc. Fried foods, actually the trans fats, wreck your good work here, so now you have three reasons to avoid them. To stay slim, to uplift your mood, and keep your nutritional integrity. Grilled fish and baked potatoes, fine … ‘fish ‘n chips’ - don’t do it to yourself.
- Suspect you could have Sleep Apnea? If you suspect that you could have sleep apnea, please ask your medical professional for a referral to a sleep clinic for further testing. While CPAP masks are not celebrated cosmetically the results for some people are life changing, improving their alertness, and mood substantially after a good night’s sleep – apart from the documented benefits to heart health.
- Are you waking too early in the morning? It is estimated that 80% of people who wake too early and can’t get back to sleep have depression. And there’s a second factor that comes into play if you have elevated cholesterol levels. Some cholesterol lowering medications have the side-effect of depression – so report to your doctor if you have started waking early after commencing your cholesterol reducing medication.
- Sleep Cool rather than Hot. So you’re asleep, right? But are you getting the beneficial deep sleep (alpha, theta and delta brainwave sleep)? Temperatures above 32 degrees C reduce your beneficial rapid eye movement sleep (REM) – so you might seem to be asleep, but not actually maximising the sleep opportunity. Since the normal body temperature is 37 degrees C you can see why we advocate getting out from under those heavy doonas and using layers so you can regulate the temperature better – and natural fabrics please. I’ve recently been to a stream of 5 star hotels with the most hideous ‘blankets’ on the beds (they just look like plastic actually – sensibly covered so we can’t see them!). Sleep under cotton, woollen or alpaca blankets – and if in doubt, sleep a little cooler rather than too hot. You’ll wake up fresh in the morning instead of groggy. See my other posts about sleeping cool in bed. And while we’re on the topic of deep sleep, you probably have already figured out that irresponsible amounts of alcohol, and drugs (prescribed or otherwise) can interrupt and skew your normal brainwave patterns while you think you’re sleeping deeply. Also eliminate all nasty food additives from your diet – as certain food additives are associated with restlessness, anxiety, depression, aggitation, aggression, sleep disturbances, wakefulness, irritability. Visit Sue Dengate’s fantastic site for more information http://www.fedupwithfoodadditives.info
- Increase your Nitric Oxide Levels. Nitric oxide (NO) the invisible odorless gas your body makes, causes the smooth muscles in the walls of your blood vessels to relax, and when they are relaxed, the blood vessels open or widen, allowing more life-supporting oxygen and other nutrients to get to your heart, brain and all of your other organs. With enough NO the circulation in your whole body improves. Here’s the good news. You can improve your levels of nitric oxide by having more fun, including more sex and orgasm. Other ways to improve NO levels are meditation, positive thoughts, taking pride in yourself, eating healthily, exercising, managing your weight, moving forward, and realising that you are what you believe. To find out more about NO read today’s special post about it.
- Love Your Life. Yea, it is actually about heart. (And it does relate to NO above, I’m sure.) I’m continually coming across people who hate their job, worry about their huge mortgage, never have enough ‘me time’, have no creativity in their life, complain abour their partner, never laugh and party - who wonder why they don’t feel good, don’t sleep properly and aren’t vital! Like, duh! Do you have the ticker to change your life? And yes, a strong heart is associated with courage… so take some… and make the decisions you need to make in your life to bring you into a point of strength, vitality, love, contribution and enthusiasm. Problems do not got away, they only get worse if you don’t address them. Take heart, and take strong action.
While we’re on the topic of heart disease, I’d like to mention some friends of mine Janna Jungclaus and Tom Hewett – who are attempting to raise 50K in 50 days for the National Heart Foundation. Now there’s a challenge! I met them because we are all learning about the internet together, and they’re combining their learning experience to help a great cause – what a fantastic idea!
The 50K in 50 days Challenge was launched June 1 on 2SM by Guy Leech. So if you want to go and give them a cheer along visit http://www.50kin50daychallenge.com.au
And it’s great to see they’re showcasing the link between sleep and heart disease – getting a great night’s sleep is becoming THE thing to do to improve your health and happiness – in so many ways.
Love your life
Elizabeth
Tags: 50K in 50 Day Challenge, Anxiety, Blood Pressure, cholesterol, coronary, Cortisol, cycles, deep sleep, Depression, epinephrine, Heart Disease, insomnia, natural, Nitric Oxide, NO, overweight, SAD, seasonally affected depression, Shiftwork, Sleep, Sleep Apnea, sleep deprivation, sleeping, snoring, sunshine
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Say Yes! Yes! to NO
Filed under: Habits, Heart Attacks, Heart Disease, Lifestyle Tips, Meditation, Mental Attitude, Nervous System, Neurotransmitters, Nitric Oxide, Stroke
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...We’re talking Nitric Oxide (NO) today.
And I’m going to recognise the great work of Dr Christiane Northrup again here. I’m reading her newly released book The Secret Pleasures of Menopause.
Now before you guys start switching off and heading for the barbeque, I’ll tell you that nitric oxide is released from nerve cells in the blood vessels of the penis, relaxing the blood vessels and allowing more blood flow and therefore improved erections. Viagra’s function depends on nitric oxide.
Similarly, the prescription drug nitroglycerin releases nitric oxide, which then eases chest pain in patients with angina.
Nitric Oxide is a free radical (which is something that you might normally guard against because they cause damage) – but research shows that, like good and bad cholesterol, there is also good and bad NO.
Nitric oxide is a signaling molecule. If there’s enough of it in your system, you stay healthy – but if the levels aren’t high enough your cells begin to break down. This degeneration can include such things as diabetes, heart disease, cancer, arthritis and aging.
And NO is also described as the “feel good” molecule.
Did you know that nitric oxide, made in the neurons in your brain, actually acts as a special kind of neurotransmitter, easily sending messages from one part of your brain to the other? What’s more, neurotransmitters send messages to your bodily funcitions as well … it turns out that nitric oxide is the molecule that makes that connection, instantly.
Suddenly we understand more about the mind-body connection thats been spoken about for years.
It’s the way that positive thought actually effects your whole body. Amazing?
No wonder there have been a number of Nobel prizes given around the work with NO over the last 30+ years.
With high levels of NO, the wider blood vessels and improved circulation reduce high blood pressure.
And anything that keeps your blood vessels soft, elastic and open, also helps prevent cellular inflammation and all the various chronic degenerative diseases associated with it – including killers such as heart disease, stroke, cancer and diabetes – all associated with inflammation.
Even one bad night’s sleep has been shown to cause inflammation in the body.
So here are Dr Christiane Northrup’s 6 steps to achieving maximal levels of Nitric Oxide:
- Associate yourself with positive people
- Eat heathfully, exercise and manage your weight. She’s also included getting enough sleep in here – because it helps you lose weight, and regulate your blood pressure. This list also includes meditation.
- Take pride in yourself
- Move forward, not backward
- Realise that you are what you believe
- Understand that sex and health go hand in hand. Yes, orgasm.
And to quote from the book:
“Increasing your pleasure (which begins with thinking pleasurable and positive thoughts) increases nitric oxide throughout your body. Activities like yoga, massage, acupuncture, calming music, and laughter (especially good belly laughs) have all been shown to stimulate the production of nitric oxide – not to mention orgasms and having sex!”
“Pleasure boosts nitric oxide, and nitric oxide boosts pleasure. That’s the upward spiral you should be aiming for!”
So what’s the natural way to increase your levels of NO? Say YES!
At last someone’s come up with a fun way to improve our health!
Yes! Yes! to NO
Elizabeth
Tags: angina, blood flow, Dr Christiane Northrup, erection, Exercise, feel good, Heart Disease, inflammation, Meditation, Nitric Oxide, NO, orgasm, The Secret Pleasures of Menopause, viagra
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Melatonin, Cortisol and Sleep
Filed under: Circadian Rhythm, Cortisol, Geraldine Gallagher, Light (sunlight), Melatonin, Shiftwork, Sleep Time
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Melatonin is sometimes referred to as the dracula hormone. It is produced in the hypothalmus and is favourably affected by moonlight.
The retinal gangleon cells (found in the ganglion cell layer of the retina of the eyes) receive visual information from photoreceptors and transmit visual information to other areas of the brain.
Photosensitive ganglion cells contain their own photopigment, melanopsin, which makes them respond directly to light even in the absence of rods and cones. They project to the suprachiasmatic nucleus via the retinohypothalamic tract for setting and maintaining circadian rhythms.
What can we learn about this?
Blue light apparently inhibits the production of melatonin, whereas red light does not disturb it.
So what are today’s natural solution for insomnia?
1. If you have difficulty sleeping, find a red night light to put beside your bed to turn on if you have to go to the bathroom, or feed the baby etc. Not a white light or anything resembling blue light. And of course, complete darkness is the most preferred option for sleeping.
2. Stay away from the computer as early as possible at night time before bed. The blue light coming off your laptop or computer inhibits the production of melatonin.
3. Sit or walk in the sun in the morning to wake yourself up properly if you had a bad night’s sleep, or are a shift-worker and struggle with the changes to your rhythms.
4. Dull down the lights at night in the house…. to start relaxing yourself. Turn off the overhead lights and just put on a friendly lamp for hours before going to bed. It’s relaxing and eco-friendly too.
Cortisol and Melatonin
Cortisol is the stress hormone released in the adrenal glands.
I was beginning to think that cortisol and melatonin had an inverse relationship (i.e. when one was up, the other was down – in healthy, well rested individuals), so I’ve done a bit of research for you. (And yea, remember I haven’t done a thesis on this – so if you’ve got some great additions to the research papers I’ve found, please leave your comment. Even better, email me and I’ll interview you to help our members?)
I can’t find any studies that say high levels of cortisol reduce the production of melatonin, although a recent TV program seemed to infer it!
However it does appear that melatonin could inhibit the production of the stress hormone cortisol. Here’s the study that seems to support that side of the story:
http://jcem.endojournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/88/1/450
If you want to know more about melatonin - our special guest Geraldine Gallagher will talk about it in our upcoming Sleep With The Experts webinar series. Specifically it will be Wednesday July 29, 2009 at 7:00 pm Sydney time (Australian Eastern Standard Time)
To ensure you don’t miss out on this free webinar (places are limited) ensure that you have entered your name and email to our opt-in on our blog http://www.sleeplessnomore.com/blog or to the website homepage http://www.sleeplessnomore.com.
‘Ladies of the night’ you’ve got a clue – with your red lights.
Sweet dreams
Elizabeth
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