Good morning! When is the best time to wake up?
There is no single best time to wake up that works for everyone — but there is a right approach for you. Your ideal wake-up time is one that fits your natural body clock, gives you enough sleep, and stays consistent from day to day. Getting light into your eyes soon after waking, moving your body, and anchoring your mornings to a steady time are the three habits that matter most. The specific hour is far less important than whether you can stick to it.
The bedtime habit: how what you do before bed shapes how well you sleep
What you do in the hour or two before bed has a surprisingly big effect on how quickly you fall asleep and how well you stay asleep. Good bedtime habits — consistent timing, winding down gradually, dimming the lights, stepping away from screens — help your body and brain shift smoothly into sleep mode. Habits that work against you — late caffeine, alcohol, heavy meals, and staying mentally switched on until the moment your head hits the pillow — can make sleep harder to find, and harder to keep. The good news: small, consistent changes can make a genuine difference.
Sleep well 1 - How much sleep do we really need?
Most healthy adults need between 7 and 9 hours of sleep a night. That is not a suggestion or a lifestyle preference — it is what the evidence consistently shows, backed by sleep researchers and medical bodies around the world. Yet a significant number of people are regularly getting less, and most of them think they’re coping fine. This post looks at what sleep actually does for you, what happens when you cut it short, how to find your own personal sweet spot, and a few simple changes that make better sleep more likely — without requiring you to become a different person.
Sleep Well - Pillar 1 of the New 5-a-day
Sleep Well is Pillar 1 of the New 5-a-day because we believe good sleep is the foundation for feeling good and living our best lives.