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How coaching can help improve your sleep
How working with a Crescent coach can help you up your sleep game.
Jenna Gress Smith, PhD
I am a clinical psychologist who treats, researches, and loves all things sleep and health related.
Sleep health
The Stages of Sleep: What Happens During Each
Most people have heard of REM or NREM sleep. Fewer know how each stage of sleep contributes to well being, or how sleep stages work together. In this guide, you'll learn about the stages of sleep, and how they contribute to the recovery of your brain and body.
Sleep health
Sleep and Oral Health
Brushing your teeth may be part of your nighttime routine, but are there more connections between sleep and oral health?
Protocol guides
Protocol: Sleep Environment Clean-up
Protocol guides
Protocol: Rebalancing Your Negative Thoughts
Thought rebalancing is another tool that can help you take distressing thoughts and “rebalance them” into more neutral territory.
Protocol guides
Protocol: Daily Wrap Up Exercise
Protocol guides
Protocol: Worry Time Exercise
Reflecting for a moment, do you experience any negative thoughts aimed at your sleep? Or do you lay down to go to bed and feel as if your mind "turns on" ...
Nutrition
Does Salt Help or Hurt My Health and Sleep?
Salt is growing as a focus of health and body regulation. But does it have any impact on sleep? Let's find out...
The Sustainability of Sleep and Maintenance Zones
When we start to see the benefits of our changes, our motivation can increase, and changes are easier to make and maintain. However, it is very common for us to hit bumps in the road...
Sleep health
Words to Sleep By
Recent studies have shown that positive words played during sleep can give us deeper & more refreshing sleep. Here we examine those findings and see how we can apply it to our sleep routines.
Sleep 101
What Is REM Sleep and Why Is It Important?
You may know that REM is the sleep stage when your most vivid, weird, and occasionally scary dreams occur. You should also know that it's essential for memory consolidation, mental focus, and emotional regulation.
Spotlights
Sleep during pregnancy- Insights and tips from Dr. Jade Wu
Good sleep during pregnancy can be hard to get and even harder to know when to see your doctor. Dr. Jade Wu lets us in on her experiences.