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Do racing thoughts or background noise keep you awake at night? Struggling to find a peaceful escape from daily stress? When silence isn’t enough, let calming ambient sounds ease your mind and guide you into deep, uninterrupted sleep.

One in four adults sleeps badly. Sleeping pill prescriptions have increased dramatically over the last three decades, and our bookshelves and browser histories are littered with experts promising to 'fix' our insomnia. But is this so-called sleep crisis anything new? Our relationship to sleep has always been irregular and changeable, shaped by social conventions, commercial imperatives and personal psychologies. Look beneath the headlines and it seems that there is no such thing as a perfect night's sleep. Here Darian Leader reveals the history and pathology of sleeplessness.

Drawing on her 25-plus years of experience in the assessment and treatment of common sleep problems in children, Dr. Jodi A. Mindell provides tips and techniques, the answers to commonly asked questions, and case studies and quotes from parents who have successfully solved their children's sleep problems. Unlike other books on the subject, Dr. Mindell also offers practical tips on bedtime, rather than middle-of-the-night-sleep training, and shows how all members of the family can cope with the stresses associated with teaching a child to sleep.

Welcome to this 12-minute engaging sleep story, which will take you on a journey through a meadow and up to the stars, and then into a deep relaxing sleep. Sleep stories help to clear away all thought and tension in the body and ready you for sleep. This session has a sleep ending and will guide you into a peaceful sleep at the end, making it ideal for night time use.

Hello Sleep's guided meditations are based on the techniques and practices of mindfulness meditation which have been scientifically investigated and found to help insomnia.

Research shows that people who start their days slowly and mindfully tend to be healthier and happier. In this morning meditation, learn how to check in with yourself - not your phone - and ease into the day before you.

Dormir es uno de los aspectos más importantes pero menos comprendidos de nuestra vida. Hasta hace muy poco, la ciencia no tenía respuesta a la pregunta de por qué dormimos, para qué sirve el sueño o por qué sufrimos consecuencias devastadoras para la salud cuando está ausente. El preeminente neurocientífico y experto en sueño Matthew Walker propone una deslumbrante inmersión en el propósito y el poder del sueño, y nos explica cómo un buen sueño nocturno puede hacernos más inteligentes, más atractivos, más felices, más saludables e incluso prevenir el cáncer.

Learn from Dr. Sarah Mitchell, an experienced sleep coach and member of the Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine, how to put your baby to sleep with ease. If you are tired of the sleepless nights, the endless cycles of soothing, and the exhaustion that's taking a toll on your family, then this book is your ultimate lifeline.

Teenagers are tired, strapped for time, and often asked to wake up far earlier than they should due to school start times. In The Sleep-Deprived Teen, Lisa L. Lewis, who helped spark the first law in the nation requiring healthy school start times for adolescents, has written a book for parents who want to help their fatigued teens sleep well. Poor sleep affects mental health, athletic performance, and academic success. It contributes to adolescent depression, anxiety, and even drowsy driving. When teens are well-rested, they're happier, healthier, and more resilient.

World-renowned researcher Sara C. Mednick PhD has the solution. She developed the concept of the Downstate while studying how our internal systems sleep, cardiovascular, circadian, muscular and metabolic work together. The results were astounding: our systems need restorative states, and these states don't just happen during sleep. In fact, you can harness Downstate moments in everything you do, from deepening your breath, to timing your exercise and meals, to holding hands, or walking your dog.

With this deep sleep hypnosis accompanied by a wonderful ambient soundtrack, you can rebuild your confidence and happiness from the ground up while you drift away into a deep slumber. Filled with carefully chosen positive affirmations to manifest success and happiness, you can use this hypnosis every night!

Take a Nap! Change Your Life. explains the five stages of the sleep cycle, particularly stage two, slow wave sleep, and REM, and the benefits each one provides; how to assess your tiredness and set up a personal sleep profile; and how to neutralize the voice in your head that tells you napping is a sign of laziness. (Not that anyone would have called JFK, Churchill, Einstein, or Napoleon a slug-a-bed.)

Finally, an audiobook designed to help you get to sleep naturally every single night using relaxing bedtime stories for adults.

A beautiful guided sleep meditation that will have you falling asleep in minutes! This is a sleep talk down hypnosis to help you release the day behind you and to fall asleep.

Binaural beats are an auditory phenomenon that occurs when two slightly different frequencies are presented to each ear, creating the perception of a third frequency—a "beat"—within the brain. This beat is not an actual sound but a result of the brain interpreting the difference between the two frequencies. This process can influence brainwave activity, guiding the mind into various states, such as relaxation, focus, or deep sleep.

It’s time for a bedtime story! Who said that bedtime stories are just for kids? There’s a reason psychologists and child experts suggest reading a bedtime story to your kid. Listening to a soothing, relaxing, and fun story before you close your eyes can help you unwind faster and enjoy deeper sleep. Are you too old to jump into your parents’ bed and ask them to read you a bedtime story? No problem! Introducing The Bedtime Stories For Stressed Adults: Sleep Meditation Stories to Melt Stress & Fall Asleep Fast Every Night!

Science has shown that practicing gratitude releases hormones that have a powerful healing effect on your mind and body. Learn how to get that mindset - and the results - in this powerful meditation.

In this gentle morning meditation, you'll learn how to access your inner navigation system to weather uncertain times and create a life full of meaning and purpose. All you need to do is find a quiet space where you can sit undisturbed for 20 minutes or so.

It produces profound relaxation then takes the listener on an inner journey to a tropical garden - they fall asleep in a hammock on the covered porch in the middle of a gentle rain storm and dream of walking on the shore of a turquoise sea...

In today’s fast-paced world, we’ve never been busier. We’re surrounded by pressures from work, family, study and social media. It can feel like there’s never time to truly switch off and relax. But the answer is simpler than you think - and it’s within you. Through simple, easily learned techniques The Book of Rest reveals how to find a moment of peace even in the busiest of days, and a path to a calmer, happier and more relaxed you.