A great night's sleep starts long before your head hits the pillow When it comes to getting the sleep we need, we tend to focus on perfecting a bedtime routine in the hour before bed but, in doing so, we're missing the biggest factor that dictates our sleep quality: how we spend our days. In this groundbreaking and practical guide, sought-after sleep psychotherapist Heather Darwall-Smith explores how our 'always-on' lives are wreaking havoc when the time comes to rest. In doing so, she reshapes our understanding of sleep, and the struggles that surround it, to offer powerful insights for meaningful change. With practical exercises and expert guidance, you'll learn: * What the stress of daily life is doing to your nervous system * Simple ways to reset, rest and recover during the day that will transform your sleep * The impact that environment, technology, nutrition, hormones and exercise have on you and your sleep * How to solve your sleep issues by looking at your whole life This book will transform your relationship with sleep and help you create the conditions for a restful night, so you can wake up to a brighter, more energised tomorrow. -Bad sleep is a chronic and worsening issue in the UK and around the world - studies show that 20% of Brits struggle to fall asleep every night, 74% of adults report bad sleep quality, and 1 in 10 of us get fewer than four hours sleep per night. -Heather Darwall-Smith is an experienced and accredited UKCP psychotherapist and sleep specialist with a private practice based in London. She has a Master's degree in Psychotherapy and certifications in multiple therapeutic techniques, including CBTI and MBCBT. -Heather is a genuine expert with something new to say about how to fix these issues; her concept of focusing on the daytime/the hours that we're awake offers a point of difference to existing publishing in the sleep genre.

-She is the author of The Science of Sleep (published into an existing DK series in 2021), which has been translated into multiple languages - with total UK, export, and co-edition sales of 27.7k to date. -Her previous press includes features in The Daily Mail, The Mirror and Happiful, and various podcast and literary festival appearances. -Heather's colleagues, Prof. Guy Leschziner and Charlie Morley - both highly respected in their fields and published authors - have agreed to offer endorsements. -Publication in March 2025, to tie in with National Sleep Week, World Sleep Day, and the clock changes. Competition: Why We Sleep;The Sleep Book;Life Time;How To Sleep Well;Sleep Smarter;Sleep Revolution; Anxious Generation; Atomic Habits; Breath; 4 weeks better sleep;. Matthew Walker;Dr Guy Meadows;Russell Foster;Shawn Stevenson;Neil Stanley;Arianna Huffington; Jonathan Haidt; James Clear; James Nestor; Dr Michael Mosley;.