Can sleep really affect things like fertility? How is sleep related to women’s hormones? Why do we need sleep anyway?

If you have had any of these questions, tune in to this episode with sleep consultant Martha Lewis.

Martha Lewis is a sleep consultant to people who have tried everything and still can't sleep. As a certified sleep expert and Functional Diagnostic Nutrition practitioner, she addresses both body and mind with stress resilience techniques and testing for hidden health issues to get to the root cause of her clients’ insomnia. She goes beyond the basic sleep advice you read about everywhere else and addresses what’s happening in the body that causes insomnia.

What you will hear in this episode:
-Why our bodies need sleep
-How much sleep is necessary
-If you’re tracking sleep for data, that can be beneficial, but you don’t want to be anxious about using some sort of sleep tracker
-The number one cause of decreased sleep is increased stress in our environment
-The cause of your insomnia might not be the cause of someone else’s insomnia
-What to do if you’ve done all the common techniques (sleep hygiene) and you still aren’t sleeping well
-How is sleep related to our gut health?
-The correlation between sleep and hormonal balance and the impact on fertility
-General tips for improving your sleep quality now (it might not be what you think!)
-The ways birth control damages the body
-Hormonal birth control does not rebalance natural hormones
-Sleep to be the best version of yourself

Learn more about Martha Lewis:
Website: https://www.thecompletesleepsolution.com/
Podcast: “The Insomnia Fix”
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/completesleepsolution
Instagram: @completesleepsolution

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