Today I'm gonna share with you why sleep is so important.
Sure we know we feel terrible when we don't get a full night sleep
but I'm gonna talk with you about the reasons sleep is important
and what actually happens in our brain while we're asleep.
One of the reasons why sleep is so important is that it actually helps us function better
and I know you're not gonna disagree with me there
because if you haven't had a full night sleep,
we all know we can't function.
We.. we can't concentrate.
We can't even-
Sometimes we stumble, we fall, we don't even know how we got home.
We haven't even paid attention.
We really struggle to function and concentrate.
They say that if we get a full night sleep,
we have better memory retention, our mood is improved,
improved concentration so I don't have to keep checking my notes.
And improved learning.
So if you're struggling to remember things at school or work
or even conversations with friends and family,
it might be time to consider maybe getting a new mattress,
maybe changing up your sleep cycle,
maybe doing some things to improve your sleep.
Sleep also helps us physically,
and this was a surprise to me,
because I did a lot of research for all of you
to make sure I was giving you proper information
and I did not realize that when we sleep,
our body takes that time to repair our heart and blood vessels.
That's pretty important.
And so if we're not getting adequate sleep,
that can actually be really really devastating.
It also takes that time to balance our hormones
and insulin- insulin's a hormone if you didn't know.
But that's why it improves our mood.
It takes that time to be like
"woah we got way too much of this and too little of that"
and now we wake up and we feel just right.
And it also helps with our immune system.
That I feel personally.
If I'm not getting a full night sleep or I'm not sleeping well,
I catch colds much more easily
and I interact with a lot of people during my day
and so that just really kinda sucks
and especially since I work for myself,
then I have to cancel clients
and it just makes a whole heap of trouble.
And I did a video a long time ago
"5 Tips to Help You Sleep Better and Get to Sleep More Easily"
and I will link it here and put it in the description
because I offer up some tips and tricks like
getting off of your cell phone
and also, you know, keeping your sleep space as an only sleep space
like don't study in bed. Don't watch TV in bed.
Only do the sleep there.
And a really cool thing happened a few months ago.
Sean and I had started looking into buying a new mattress
because he thought ours was too soft and it wasn't feeling good
and he wasn't sleeping quite right
And I had had- it was my mattress from before I met Sean-
and I've had it for probably 13 years.
That's a long time and it, you know, wasn't in the best condition.
And so we started looking but you know that I don't make a lot of money and they're really expensive.
And almost as if I had sent this thought out into the world,
I got an email a few days later from Helix Mattress.
And Helix is a company that creates high-quality mattresses at a fraction of the cost.
And the reason that it's a fraction of the cost is because
they don't have, like, Brick & Mortar set-up shops.
It's all online. And the really awesome thing
is that it's totally customizable.
I like my bed softer. Sean likes his firmer.
The real, like you know, Serta, whatever, mattress store
you can't separate them as easily.
Through Helix, we were able to customize our mattress
and it showed up 7 to 10 business days later in a really cool box.
And after sleeping on it for over a week,
I have to be honest that we actually really love it.
And the cool thing is, because I've been working with them,
I can offer each and every one of you $50 off.
You can click the link, hop over, and order your own
because sleep is really important.
It's important for our mental health.
It's important for our physical health.
And I can't tell you how nice it is that
I get to have the soft mattress I like
and Sean can have the more firm mattress that he likes
and we're both happy,
which can be really difficult when it comes to mattress selection,
something that I learned recently.
So this is Sean and I ordering our mattress from Helix
and we have a queen mattress and there's obviously 2 of us
and you put in your names and your height and your weight and your physique set up
and how you sleep, cause I sleep on my side.
I don't know about you.
I like a pillow or two too many
and I like a soft mattress.
And the struggle with Sean and I trying to find a mattress before Helix
was that he likes a firm mattress and I like a soft mattress
and how do you make that happen?
But the cool thing is that Helix allows you to split the mattress
so that on the right side, where I sleep, is nice and soft
and Sean's, on the left side, is nice and firm
and then we're both happy
and that was really cool
and there is our mattress that we ordered
and it comes in 7 to 10 business days
and it also comes in a really cool box
and you get to kinda unroll into your bed and it expands
which I will show you in just a second.
So the box from Helix Sleep showed up today
and I am super excited
and now, from my understanding and reading online,
we have to pop the top, pull out the instructions, and roll it out onto the bed
and sleep like a baby.
So let's see how this goes.
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It says "Use this Helix sleep cutting tool to open the plastic packaging.
Start at the 'cut here' sticker.
Thanks for being a-"
Oh it's all hand-written! That's so cute!
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I hope you found this video helpful
and I can honestly say after sleeping on this mattress for over a week and a half
I couldn't be more happy with it.
It's actually really hard to get out of bed in the morning
'cause it's so comfy
and it's nice that Sean has the firm and I have the soft
and let's be honest, I would tell you if I thought it was crap
but I think this is amazing.
So if you're interested, hop on over.
I'll put the link in the description and you can get your discount! Yay!
And I'll see you next time.
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