Beyond sleep: Lifestyle medicine for women over 50
Join expert-driven lifestyle medicine, combining evidence-based sleep strategies, healthy eating for busy women, fitness, social connectedness and stress resilience. Rest deeply, age gracefully, and reclaim energy on ‘Healthy Looks Great on You: Lifestyle medicine - beyond sleep.
In each episode, you’ll go to mini-medical school to learn a little bit of medicine to help you understand why and how lifestyle affects your health and sleep. Don’t worry, there are no tests, and it’s a lot more fun than sitting through class.
Dr. Vickie Petz Kasper is a medical doctor who delivered 5,000 babies. Now she delivers information with clarity and a dose of humor that helps you sleep better, and be the healthiest version of you.
She cuts through the noise in healthcare to bring you information, inspiration, and motivation that makes sense—and makes a difference.
Because true health isn’t just about looking good. It’s about living well. And when you feel good on the inside, it shows on the outside—naturally. And Healthy Looks Great on You!
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Beyond sleep: Lifestyle medicine for women over 50
Join expert-driven lifestyle medicine, combining evidence-based sleep strategies, healthy eating for busy women, fitness, social connectedness and stress resilience. Rest deeply, age gracefully, and reclaim energy on ‘Healthy Looks Great on You: Lifestyle medicine - beyond sleep.
In each episode, you’ll go to mini-medical school to learn a little bit of medicine to help you understand why and how lifestyle affects your health and sleep. Don’t worry, there are no tests, and it’s a lot more fun than sitting through class.
Dr. Vickie Petz Kasper is a medical doctor who delivered 5,000 babies. Now she delivers information with clarity and a dose of humor that helps you sleep better, and be the healthiest version of you.
She cuts through the noise in healthcare to bring you information, inspiration, and motivation that makes sense—and makes a difference.
Because true health isn’t just about looking good. It’s about living well. And when you feel good on the inside, it shows on the outside—naturally. And Healthy Looks Great on You!
Solving Insomnia: 5 Proven strategies to help you sleep through the night is a series published in Authority Magazine. This episode is part of that interview. Shawna Robins asked, "What would you advise for people should do if they wake up and can't fall back to sleep. Dr. Vickie's answers might surprise you.
Check out Authority Magazine for the full interview coming soon.
5 Proven Strategies to Help You Sleep Through the Night
Adjust your expectations: It is normal to wake up 5-7 times during the night. But trying harder to sleep makes sleeping harder.
Don't do clock math. Calculating how much sleep you'll get if you fall asleep now is counterproductive.
Rest, just rest. Embrace non-sleep restorative rest.
Turn off your mind. This one is definitely hard. Try cognitive shuffling.
Get out of bed if laying there is distressing. If you can't relax, get up and leave the bedroom and do something boring or soothing until you feel sleepy.
Solving insomnia isn't easy. Check out the resources on my website.
Healthy Looks Great on You
Beyond sleep: Lifestyle medicine for women over 50
Join expert-driven lifestyle medicine, combining evidence-based sleep strategies, healthy eating for busy women, fitness, social connectedness and stress resilience. Rest deeply, age gracefully, and reclaim energy on ‘Healthy Looks Great on You: Lifestyle medicine - beyond sleep.
In each episode, you’ll go to mini-medical school to learn a little bit of medicine to help you understand why and how lifestyle affects your health and sleep. Don’t worry, there are no tests, and it’s a lot more fun than sitting through class.
Dr. Vickie Petz Kasper is a medical doctor who delivered 5,000 babies. Now she delivers information with clarity and a dose of humor that helps you sleep better, and be the healthiest version of you.
She cuts through the noise in healthcare to bring you information, inspiration, and motivation that makes sense—and makes a difference.
Because true health isn’t just about looking good. It’s about living well. And when you feel good on the inside, it shows on the outside—naturally. And Healthy Looks Great on You!
