Fall Asleep Faster with an Effective Bedtime Routine

Exhausted, yet can’t fall asleep? There’s an easy solution! Adjust your nighttime routine to fall asleep faster and wake feeling more rested.

When I was training to be an ER doctor, my sleep schedule was all over the map: working overnight and sleeping during the day, then flipping back to dayshifts later in the week. But despite how exhausted and sleep deprived I was, I’d lie in bed and struggle to fall asleep. 

Our brains aren’t like sports cars—they don’t have an automatic brake to stop. Instead, they just have an accelerator—only slowing down when you take your foot off the gas. So, to fall asleep faster, you must slow your brain down. 

The beauty of sleep science is that if you stop fighting nature and leverage your body’s inherent systems, you can sleep better and fall asleep faster. So, if you’re looking for natural solutions for better sleep, look no further than your body’s intrinsic cycles.