Description
When it comes to health, there is one criminally overlooked element: sleep. Good sleep helps you shed fat for good, stave off disease, stay productive, and improve virtually every function of your mind and body. That’s what Shawn Stevenson learned when a degenerative bone disease crushed his dream of becoming a professional athlete. Like many of us, he gave up on his health and his body…until he decided there must be a better way. Through better sleep and optimized nutrition, Stevenson not only healed his body but also achieved fitness and business goals he never thought possible.
In Sleep Smarter, Stevenson shares easy tips and tricks to discover the best sleep and best health of your life. With his 14-Day Sleep Makeover, you’ll learn how to create the ideal sleep sanctuary, how to hack sunlight to regulate your circadian rhythms, which clinically proven sleep nutrients and supplements you need, and stress-reduction exercises and fitness tips to keep you mentally and physically sharp.
Sleep Smarter is the ultimate guide to sleeping better, feeling refreshed, and achieving a healthier, happier life.
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Wendy Smitherman –
Amazing book – well written and extremely informative!
Grant Moeckel –
This book is wonderful. I have no trouble falling asleep, but staying asleep until the alarm goes off was nearly impossible. It was like I was an 80 year old who just is tire all the time but wakes up at 3am after 5 hours of sleep. This stems from waking up to care for my youngest child who for years would wake up at 4am and either come get me or call for me. Of course he goes right back to sleep and now sleeps through the night no problem. Not so easy for me until I started following the tips in this book. I don’t use all of them, but I generally sleep 6.5 to 8 hours a night now on a consistent basis. I also find it easier to fall asleep as well.
The writing style and tips are amazing and fun to read!
Hugo –
Tiene datos muy interesantes acerca del sueño respaldados por artÃculos de investigación, y lo que me gusta mucho, es que además te dice como aplicarlos para poder dormir mejor. Una lectura muy recomendada.
Samoht –
Find out why the sleep you are missing out on affects you so much, and why caffeine isn’t the answer. Shawn’s style is informative, applicable, and easy to read and understand.
Keshaw Raj Sharma. –
One of the best books that I ever read. A must for human beings. Fabulous information. Mind blowing yet small and easy to do techniques that we all can follow in our day to day life. 100 % result oriented book. Thanks Shawn for this book.
You did a great job for humans on the face of this earth. Hats off to your dedication towards writing.
Amazon Customer –
His story is interesting and it doesn’t read like a dull nonfiction book. Learned a lot of new things. Recommended by a nurse for insomnia. Won’t try everything but many things. Magnesium seems to be helping. Trying earthing and grounding next. Good easy read. Good advice.
online-shopaholic –
GREAT BOOK FOR INSOMNIACS!! I learned a great deal and I hope to apply what I have learned to help my sleep. I learned about this book via Dr. Sara Gottfried who had written the “forward” to this book. (I had read Dr. Sara’s phenomenal books on hormones and aging). I am a physician assistant so I have a medical background to understand the science mentioned in Shawn Stevenson’s book, BUT he writes to make it easy for anyone to comprehend which is fabulous! Also, the author’s great sense of humor shines through which keeps the book interesting. I LOVE this book and I will purchase one for everyone I know with sleep issues. This book can seriously add years to your life by providing incredible tips on not just how to sleep 7.5-8 hours, but to sleep QUALITY HOURS. (Thus the name, “Sleep SMARTER.”) . You will learn important information by a great guy with a wonderful personality! After I read this book, I bought another, and now I will buy three more so my family & friends can improve their lives too! Sleep is more important than most people realize…. and quality sleep is more important than I realized! I did not know my sleep was not true quality until this book. For example, I did not know that sleeping between the hours of 10pm to 2am are the most important hours to be sleeping since we receive the largest release of human growth hormone (youth horomone). Who knew? Seriously a great read if you would like to feel more youthful and your best self. Please know this book is not at all boring… instead I was entertained while learning this pertinent info.
PS: I am upset though that I bought one, and two days later I decided to buy another (for my mother) and the price increased dramatically!
I paid almost $5.00 more for this exact same book two days ago on Amazon from the same seller.
Cliente Amazon –
A brilliant book not only about sleeping better, but living better too. It definitely inspired me to do some things I knew were right but didn’t do, and taught me so many more. Would make an amazing gift, even for someone who sleeps well (or thinks to) already!
Miranda E –
It was on a road trip last summer that I found Shawn Stevenson. I had heard several people I follow on social media mention his top rated podcast, The Model Health Show. As I stared at the hours ticking by slowly on the GPS, anxious to get to our next destination, I decided to give this “podcast thing” a try. I downloaded Shawn’s show and put in my headphones. From the first episode I listened to, I was hooked. Since then I have been an avid listener to the podcast and a proud supporter of the mission, message, and movement Shawn works to inspire in this world. The reason why I keep coming back for more of what Shawn has to offer is that what he shares is exponentially more than information, science, strategies, and advice for how to improve our health, nutrition, and fitness. Shawn has a gift of connecting the realm of health and wellness to the larger struggle of enhancing the greater humanity of our world. In offering his unique perspectives and approaches to nutrition and fitness, his intention is not to inspire us to sweat our way to the perfect six-pack or image of the perfect body…no…for Shawn, when we invest in our health it is so that we can “stack the odds in our favor” in a way that empowers us to show up each and everyday as the “best version of ourselves” so that we can contribute to the “service of others.” This is a radical departure from the dominant narrative in the health and fitness industry today that prioritizes “weight loss” and perpetuates body image issues for many people who simply want to live a healthier life.
This is why I say that in this book, you will find SOOOOOOOOO much more than strategies for improving your health, fitness, and body composition through enhanced sleep. Trust that Shawn wants you to reclaim your health so that you can reclaim your power to make a difference in the world not just for yourself, but more importantly for others. He states in the introduction, “When you tap into the ‘Come what may! Noth-ing can stop me!’ power that you have within you, it’s amazing the changes that you can make. Whether it’s improving your sleep or any other area of your life, challenges may arise, but you’ll always find a way to make it through them by harnessing your power to choose.” In improving our sleep, strengthening our overall health, and harnessing our power to choose we are elevating who we are as people in this world. We are able to recognize and actualize our potential to achieve our biggest dreams, goals, and aspirations. And when we stand in this place of personal power, we are equipped with the necessary tools and mindsets to do the most important work…serve others in the pursuit of a common good that ensures health, happiness, and well-being for us all. So do yourself a favor…read this book…learn how to get better sleep…and in the process be inspired to evolve into a better version of yourself so that you can harness your power to step up to the human responsibility of influencing the world to move in a positive and healthy direction.