HIT
HIT IS
HIT IS THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN BEFORE YOU GO TO BED SATURDAY
NIGHT YOU WILL TURN YOUR CLOCKS
AHEAD HOUR AS DAYLIGHT SAVING
TIME GOES INTO EFFECT AT 2:00
A.M. SUNDAY. FOR MANY OF US
THAT HOUR OF SLEEP WE LOSE WHEN
WE SPRING FORWARD STICKS WITH
US FOR A WHILE. HERE TO TALK
MORE ABOUT THAT IS SLEEP EXPERT
DR REBECCA ROBBINS' WHO'S
CREATED A SPECIAL SLEEP PROGRAM
AT THE BENJAMIN HOTEL IN NEW
WILLC CITY. SHE'S JOINING US
FROM THERE RIGHT NOW. FIRST
OFF, DR. ROBBINS, THANK YOU FOR
JOINING SECEN AND WHAT IS THAT
SPECIAL ENVIRONMENT YOU'VE
CREATED ? GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME. I'M
DELIGHTED TO JOIN YOU FROM THE
OTHER COAST FROM MIDTOWN
MANHATTAN WHERE I'VE HELPED
THIS THIS WONDERFUL HOTEL, THE
BENJAMIN HOTEL IN MIDTOWN
MANHATTAN DESIGN GUEST ROOMS SO
THAT YOU WALK IN AND YOU FEEL
INSTANTLY SOOTHED AND THEY'RE
DESIGNED ACCORDING TO ALL
OF THE EVIDENCE THAT WE HAVE
FROM THE SCIENCE SIDE OF THINGS
,THE BEST STRATEGY IS FOR YOUR
BEDROOM. SO ESSENTIALLY OUR
BEDROOM IS THE FOUNDATION
OF OUR GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP. SO
WE WANT TO WALK IN AND FEEL
INSTANTLY SOON. SO IF THERE ARE
ANY TRIGGERS IN YOUR BEDROOM,
YOUR BEDROOM LIKE A FLASHING
LIGHT OR BRIGHT CLOCKFACE,
ANYTHING THAT'S STRESSFUL TO
YOU REALLY WANT TO GET THAT OUT
OF THE BEDROOM DESIGNED WITH
NEUTRAL TONES, HAVE LOTS
OF CUSHY PILLOWS AS YOU SEE ON
THE BEDROOM AND THE MATTRESS
BEHIND ME AGAIN YOU WALK IN
YOU'RE INSTANTLY SUPER YOU
INSTANTLY WANT TO GO TO SLEEP.
I CAN SEE THAT JUST BY PEEKING
AROUND BEHIND NOW THIS WEEKEND
AS WE JUST MENTIONED, OF COURSE
DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME GOES INTO
PLACE EARLY SUNDAY. WE CAN
START DOING NOW DR. ROBBINS
DCOTOR PREPARE OUR BODIES FOR
THE SHIFT. NOW IS THE PERFECT
TIME TO BE TALKING ABOUT SLEEP.
SO THIS WEEKEND AS YOU
MENTIONED, WE ROLL OUR CLOCKS
FORWARD. WE LOSE AN HOUR AS WE
TRANSITION TO DAYLIGHT SAVINGS
TIME. NOW THE VAST MAJORITY
OF US ARE NOT GETTING ENOUGH
SLEEP. SO WHEN WE TAKE AWAY
THAT ONE HOUR IT REALLY CAUSES
US TO STRUGGLE SO MUCH SO THAT
WE ACTUALLY SEE IN THE
LITERATURE WE'VE SHOWN THAT IN
THE WEEK AFTER DAYLIGHT SAVINGS
TIME IN THE SPRINGTIME WE
ACTUALLY SEE MORE ACCIDENTS,
MORE CAR ACCIDENTS AND AN
INCREASE IN HEART. SO NOW IS
THE TIME TO REALLY FOCUS ON
SLEEP NEVER BEFORE AND A COUPLE
OF KEY STRATEGIES. THE FIRST IS
WE WANT TO ADD A LITTLE BIT
MORE SLEEP TO OUR RESERVES SO
TRY TO START THE THE PROCESS
TOWARDS SLEEP A LITTLE BIT
EARLIER THIS WEEK EACH NIGHT
FIFTEEN MINUTES TO START THE
PROCESS EARLIER AND START A
SOOTHING BEDTIME ROUTINE
READING A BOOK, TAKING A WARM
SHOWER, WRITING DOWN SOMETHING
POSITIVE HAPPENED IN YOUR DAY
AND ADDING EACH EACH NIGHT
THOSE EXTRA 15 MINUTES WILL
HOPEFULLY ALLOW FOR MAYBE
THIRTY MINUTES OR MAYBE FORTY
FIVE SO WE'LL JUST HAVE A
LITTLE BIT MORE SLEEP IN OUR
BANK ACCOUNT SO WE CAN
HOPEFULLY WEATHER THAT CHANGE A
LITTLE BIT EASIER COME SUNDAY.
WHAT ABOUT THOSE SLEEP HABITS
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ESPECIALLY
IN AND AROUND OUR OWN BEDROOM?
WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WE
SHOULD BE AVOIDING DOING BEFORE
WE TRY TO GET SLEEP AND MAYBE
SOME THINGS IN OUR BEDROOM THAT
ARE GOING TO HELP US OUT? GREAT
QUESTION. SO FIRST LET'S TOUCH
ON THINGS WE SHOULDN'T BE DOING
AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST CULPRITS
HERE AND A LOT OF US ARE GUILTY
OF THIS IS USING TECHNOLOGY ICE
CREAM. THAT'S AND THAT'S
PROBLEMATIC FOR TWO REASONS.
THE FIRST IS A LOT OF THE
SCREENS AND THE BRIGHT BLUE
LIGHT AND THAT BRIGHT LIGHT IS
JUST LIKE THE SUN BUT ACTUALLY
SENDS A PHYSIOLOGICAL CUE TO
OUR BRAIN THAT IT'S TIME TO
BECOME ALERT BECAUSE OUR BRAIN
THINKS IT'S THE MORNING. SO
INSTEAD OF BEING ON OUR DEVICES
WE REALLY WANT TO SHIFT AWAY
FROM THOSE DEVICES BECAUSE NOT
ONLY THE BLUE LIGHT BUT THEY'RE
ALSO OFTEN STRESSFUL. SO
INSTEAD REALLY FOCUS ON YOUR
BEDTIME ROUTINE NOW MORE THAN
EVER AND THINK ABOUT WHATEVER
SOOTHING TO YOU AND REALLY SET
UP YOUR BEDROOM ENVIRONMENT TO
SUPPORT THOSE SOOTHING
STRATEGIES AND WE'RE ALL A
LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. SOME
PEOPLE FOR INSTANCE, LOVE
READING A COUPLE OF PAGES THE
BOOK WHILE OTHERS REALLY LOVE A
SPECIAL KIND OF ENVIRONMENT. SO
TRY TO CREATE THAT IN YOUR HOME
HERE IN OUR SUITE AT THE HOTEL
WE HAVE BATH CRYSTALS SO YOU
CAN TAKE A SOOTHING BEDTIME PRE
BED BATH AND THAT'S A FANTASTIC
WAY AND ACTUALLY ELEVATING THE
BODY TEMPERATURE SLIGHTLY AND
THEN GOING INTO A ROOM BECAUSE
TEMPERATURE IS ANOTHER REALLY
IMPORTANT PART OF A GOOD
BEDROOM ENVIRONMENT BETTER
ACTUALLY DOES THE TRANSITION
INTO OUR SLEEP. YES. DR.
REBECCA ROBBINS, THANK YOU SO
MUCH FROM THE BENJAMIN HOTEL
NEW YORK CITY. I