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Co-founder and editor in chief of The Huffington Post Arianna Huffington shows how our cultural dismissal of sleep as time wasted compromises our health and our decision-making and undermines our work lives, our personal lives–and even our sex lives in this New York Times bestseller.
We are in the midst of a sleep deprivation crisis, with profound consequences to our health, our job performance, our relationships and our happiness. What we need is nothing short of a sleep revolution: only by renewing our relationship with sleep can we take back control of our lives.
In The Sleep Revolution, Arianna explores all the latest science on what exactly is going on while we sleep and dream. She takes on the sleeping pill industry, and all the ways our addiction to technology disrupts our sleep. She alsooffers a range of recommendations and tips from leading scientists on how we can get better and more restorative sleep, and harness its incredible power.
The result is a sweeping, scientifically rigorous, and deeply personal exploration of sleep from all angles, from the history of sleep, to the role of dreams in our lives, to the consequences of sleep deprivation, and the new golden age of sleep science that reveals the vital role sleep plays in our every waking moment and every aspect of our health–from weight gain, diabetes, and heart disease to cancer and Alzheimer’s.
In today’s fast-paced, always-connected, perpetually-harried and sleep-deprived world, our need for a good night’s sleep is more important–and elusive–than ever.The Sleep Revolution both sounds the alarm on our worldwide sleep crisis and provides a detailed road map to the great sleep awakening that can helptransform our lives, our communities, and our world.
Includes a PDF of Appendices from the Book
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Dr Ali Binazir –
If you spend a third of your life sleeping, you’d think that a third of all books would be about sleep. Turns out there are hardly *any* good recent books out there on sleep, as I found while researching the topic. So I was thrilled that Arianna had tackled the topic with her usual thoroughness, evangelical persuasiveness and panache.
Part One, “Wake-Up Call”, makes the case for sleep being about as crucially important as breathing, how we’ve been giving it short shrift for a really long time, and how we need to stop that, like, now. Arianna, herself having been chronically sleep-deprived (with dramatically adverse consequences which I’ll let you read about) makes a particularly impassioned plea against our achievement-oriented culture’s neglect and contempt for sleep. She presents the science thoroughly and accessibly, talking to nearly every sleep researcher under the sun.
Part Two, “The Way Forward”, has practical solutions for getting better quality and quantity of sleep. The usual suggestions are there: keep the room dark and cool at night; no caffeine or alcohol in the evening; adhere to set sleep & wake times; use the bed only for sleep & sex; don’t look at electronic devices late at night since they screw with your circadian rhythms & melatonin. But what if you share a bed? Should your kids sleep with you? What about naps? Athletes? Insomnia? Arianna transmits the latest thinking on all of these topics and much more. For its importance in our lives, sleep remains one of the great mysteries of science. Arianna provides us with a lucid window into how much the thriving of our minds and bodies depends on good sleep and how we can achieve it.
— Ali Binazir, M.D., M.Phil., author of The Tao of Dating: The Smart Woman’s Guide to Being Absolutely Irresistible, the #1-rated dating book on Amazon for 4+ years
RF. –
This is a well written pleasant read with guidance for newcomers to insomnia.
K. J. SMITH –
Basically very interesting and informative. I’m still having trouble screwing my life around to meet all of the suggestions made in the book for a better night’s sleep. I don’t doubt that they are perfectly valid; I just can’t seem to bludgeon my world into a schedule I can stick with. Definitely worth a read regardless.
Miluska –
Ho divorato questo libro in solo qualche giorno per via delle utilissime informazioni che fornisce. Ho seguito i consigli e adesso riesco a dormire 8-9 ore a notte senza sentirmi in colpa perché sono consapevole dei vantaggi che il sonno porta al mio corpo. Ho anche scaricato una app consigliata per aiutarmi ad addormentarmi subito. Dopo qualche settimana posso dire orgogliosamente di avere eliminato il caffè dalle mie routine. Dormendo meglio non sento il bisogno della caffeina per trascorrere le mie giornate. Consiglio a tutti di prender coscienza sui benefici del sonno!
Yatin J. Patel, Sleep Physician –
On a scorching afternoon in a remote Indian village, a woman walking out from a temple spots a beggar napping under a tree. She walks up to him, flips his bowl up, and drops a few coins into the bowl. The noise of the coins wakes up this hungry man in tattered clothes.
“You can get more money if you keep your bowl open when you sleep,” the lady scolded him.
“For a few coins, I don’t want to give away my priceless sleep,” the poor soul shot back, turned around, and went back to napping!
Arianna Huffington’s timely book reminds us that our sleep indeed is priceless. She weaves her personal experience as an over-worked executive with quotes from the leading researchers to convince us to participate actively in this revolution.
“Is this book going to help my patients?” The is the litmus test I always use when evaluating a self-help book.
The answer is a clear and convincing YES.
It will help you even if you are doing everything right about your sleep. This book will reinforce your good sleep habits, and it will give you a new tip or two you did not know before.
We invest one-third of our life in sleep, and we all are guilty of ignoring this investment. Arianna gives you tips to help you earn the most return on your investment in sleep. If you follow these tips, you shall wake up with lasting vigor and vitality every day.
We are on this God-given earth only for a limited time. Arianna Huffington’s new book will help you squeeze out maximum life from each passing moment by making you more alert, attentive, creative, healthy, and happy.
God Bless You.
Sleep Well, Live Well.
F. –
Didn’t enjoy the book at all, finished it only because I cannot leave a book unread if I started it. There’s way too much talk about research done in the sleeping field (some quite interesting) however, the only useful pages regarding how to and as the title I quote “transform your life, one night at a time” are at the end when referring to guided meditation and some other tools, these being a handful of pages only.
I wouldn’t recommend, however I can see how it can be interesting if you’re after the research part of it, I bought it to find ways to improve my sleep and I found nothing new.
Patricia Trigueros –
Highly recommended! found it by coincidence and looked for it in Amazon kindle. Great to have it now in my virtual library forever. Two thumbs up!!!!
Herb Silver –
The book arrived on time in good condition so as far as the logistics, this was a good experience. The book is interesting and helpful for those that know little about sleep hygiene and how that might correct it. It spends a lot of time discussing that sleep is a problem. Given the size of the book, I was expecting more detail but maybe for the general public that are not sleeping well, it is a good read. It does have good recommendations.
MAG –
Si deseas hacer cambios en tu vida respecto a tus hábitos o rutina de sueño, este libro es una mina! Viene con bastantes referencias para seguir leyendo sobre el tema. Con mucha información interesante que definitivamente deja una huella en tu mente. Una fuente de motivación para hacer tu propia revolución y priorizar dormir cada vez más.