joa Boccafola
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Sleep Enthusiast With Humor Expert
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Joan struggled with insomnia for 30+ years experimenting with dozens of sleep aids, herbs, pills and products. Through this journey she managed to maintain her sense of humor and now uses this humor along with real life experiences and gained wisdom to introduce and promote products and programs that lighten the load.
Joan worked with The Relaxation Company for 3 years marketing sleep products and then founded EZ Sleep Solutions in 2007. The primary focus of EZ Sleep Solutions is on the essential nature of sleep and how to translate that experience into solutions that relax and uplift the spirit. Joan launched a consumer website in 2011 to bring this message directly to consumers. The Website explores sleep and insomnia from an alte ative and light-hearted perspective featuring natural sleep products, videos, articles, interviews and humor.
EZ Sleep Solutions has evolved into a portal for unique sleep products and programs focusing on the hotel and resort market. The company provides sleep solutions to its target market through beneficial programs, sleep-friendly products, creative marketing and its collaboration with sleep innovators and personal development professionals.
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Our Wired Way of Winding Down
Everybody has a cell phone in Manhattan. You walk down the street and probably 50% of the people have a phone in their hand. They touch it, thumb it, listen to it, play with it. Do they take it to bed? Well yes, it turns out that they do. Pew Research Center study shows 65% of adults in the US have slept with their cell phone. According to Dr Chris Edzikowski director of Edinburgh Sleep Centre there is now more than sufficient evidence that mobile phone exposure an hour before sleep adversely affects deep sleep.
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Top Ten Sleep Snatchers
There are many lists out now providing tips for sleep and things to avoid if you want a good night sleep. Most lists leave out fear of sleep. This is primary. Once you've had chronic insomnia fear accompanies you every night. You're afraid you won't sleep - again. There's a deeper fear that may also exist. I've included late night binging on my list because it's very common yet not discussed openly. 1. Fear of Sleep 2. Stress and Worry 3. Uncomfortable Sleep Environment (noise, light, bed, etc) 4. Sleeping in an unfamiliar Environment 5. Going to Bed When Not Sleepyr
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Top 10 Reasons Insomniacs Don't Sleep
1. Fear of Sleep 2. Stress and Worry (overly excited or anxious about the day ahead, thinking too much) 3. Uncomfortable Sleep Environment - too much light, too much noise, too hot or too cold, disruptive bedmate, children or pet, uncomfortable mattress, sheets, pillow or sleepwear 4. Sleeping in a new or unfamiliar environment 5. Going to bed when you’re not sleepy 6. Going to bed when you’re over-tired or have jet lag 7. Experiencing health issues – including pain, illness, hormonal imbalance and discomfort 8. Needing to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night
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Transforming Sleep Worry into Sleep Rest
Shall we get to the real secret of sleep? The things conventional medicine doesn’t talk about. Lets face it, insomnia is big business for doctors, therapists, pharmaceutical companies, manufacturers of over-the-counter pills and supplements, etc. There is pressure to sleep. We’re told that if we don’t get enough sleep we run a higher risk of heart disease, diabetes, dying at an earlier age and so on. Who wants to read this stuff when you have insomnia every night? I don’t talk medical. I’m not a doctor. I talk from 30 years of personal experience suffering from insomnia.
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