The Sleep Revolution - Arianna Huffington

The Sleep Revolution

By Arianna Huffington

  • Release Date: 2016-04-05
  • Genre: Health, Mind & Body
Score: 3.5
3.5
From 35 Ratings

Description

Co-founder and editor in chief of The Huffington Post Arianna Huffington shows how our cultural dismissal of sleep as time wasted compromises our health and our decision-making and undermines our work lives, our personal lives--and even our sex lives in this New York Times bestseller.

We are in the midst of a sleep deprivation crisis, with profound consequences to our health, our job performance, our relationships and our happiness. What we need is nothing short of a sleep revolution: only by renewing our relationship with sleep can we take back control of our lives.

In The Sleep Revolution, Arianna explores all the latest science on what exactly is going on while we sleep and dream. She takes on the sleeping pill industry, and all the ways our addiction to technology disrupts our sleep. She also offers a range of recommendations and tips from leading scientists on how we can get better and more restorative sleep, and harness its incredible power.

The result is a sweeping, scientifically rigorous, and deeply personal exploration of sleep from all angles, from the history of sleep, to the role of dreams in our lives, to the consequences of sleep deprivation, and the new golden age of sleep science that reveals the vital role sleep plays in our every waking moment and every aspect of our health--from weight gain, diabetes, and heart disease to cancer and Alzheimer’s.  

In today's fast-paced, always-connected, perpetually-harried and sleep-deprived world, our need for a good night’s sleep is more important--and elusive--than ever. The Sleep Revolution both sounds the alarm on our worldwide sleep crisis and provides a detailed road map to the great sleep awakening that can help transform our lives, our communities, and our world.

Reviews

  • Life changing

    5
    By Stargirl1776
    This book has improved my life immensely. I work third shift and the stress of sleep was cracking me. After reading The Sleep Revolution, I sleep peacefully each night. I was able to accept sleep as a tool for health and as a spiritual experience.
  • The Sleep Revolution

    5
    By Mike Lorelli
    Thank you Adriana for waking me up to this subject! - Mike Lorelli
  • Don't Bother

    1
    By DrMcDougall
    I've tried to read this, I really have - but it's another example of her "talent" to gather nothing to receive something (kind of like her website, ask her writers) - felt like I was reading a "structured" wiki page with everything about sleep except what a person with sleeping problems would need - why would I care about the history or anecdotes of people I could care less about? The "solutions" we're "limited"/non- existent at best - the good news? I actually fell asleep after reading this drivel for the sixth time - it's sitting on my shelf because it's signed, but I'm not even sure if that's a good reason to keep it....ugh!

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