“We are in the midst of a sleep deprivation crisis,” warns Arianna Huffington, co-founder and editor in chief of The Huffington Post – and author of her newest book, The Sleep Revolution.
Throughout the pages of her book, Arianna shares poignant stories and fascinating research explaining the huge (and often under-appreciated) role sleep plays in our lives – influencing a varied range of things like job performance, creativity, mood, love life, sex life, mental clarity and
Arianna first became aware of the dangers of sleep deprivation back in 2007 – when one day she suddenly collapsed at her desk – and awoke in a pool of blood, with a broken cheekbone.
Back then Arianna was regularly only sleeping about three to four hours a night, then drinking lots of coffee – to fuel her ability to lead her media empire, fly around the world for various events, and parent her two daughters.
Arianna began with small steps: adding 30 minutes more sleep nightly and taking her phone and computer out of her bedroom. Soon she found herself to be more productive, more creative, more happy – and less cranky, less irritable, less reactive.
In her new book, Arianna explains how there’s a “collective delusion that overwork and burnout are the
“More and more human functions are being taken over by machines,” Arianna says, “so human beings will be increasingly valued for their creativity, for deeper contributions that are going to be much harder – if we’re not connected to a deeper part of ourselves.”
Happily Arianna reports that already there’s been a shift in our world’s reverence of sleep. For example, the first sleep center was founded at Stanford in 1970. Now in 2016, there are more than 2,500!
There’s an old Irish expression… “A good laugh and a good long sleep are the 2 best cures for anything.”
Arianna’s book offers a lot of research and stories to highly support that saying.
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