Jerry Banfield

Hear the sleep routines I use that help me get eight or more hours of sleep consistently each night while allowing the sleep I get to be fully effective in healing my mind and body. To begin, I explain what I do an hour before bedtime to prepare for sleep and I share stories of the struggles I experienced as an adult back to high school in getting enough sleep. The most consistent mistake I made was getting in bed with a stimulated mind from playing video games, checking Facebook, or working on my business. Today I try to avoid doing anything that is mentally stimulating within an hour of bedtime because this greatly reduces the chance of me tossing and turning in bed. As I go deeper into getting good sleep, I explore the possibility that you might already know what to do to get good sleep and be powerless to do any better. You might wake up on not enough sleep every day and swear you will do better that night only to end up in the same trap again. Many people use alcohol, prescription pills, and illega