Sleep is one of the key pillars of well-being and human performance. It is also one of the most neglected pillars, both from a personal as well as a workplace perspective.
At Inner Bloom Coaching we view wellbeing as a shared responsibility. Sleep is not always just a personal issue; workplaces also play a big part in the quality of sleep their employees are getting.
Our coaching often involves working with professionals who operate in the consistent on-mode. Work life and Life work have become one and that means they have a hard time hitting the ‘off’ button.
Work demands are non-stop and are more and more taking place in the home environment. This leaves no time or place to “just be and let it all go”.
This chronic state of “flight or fight” creates a huge amount of stress on the body’s sympathetic nervous system, resulting in a lack of restful sleep.
- Restful sleep contributes to many issues that have an impact on performance in the workplace.
- It creates irritability, emotional reactivity and lessons the ability to handle stress.
- It makes it difficult to focus on work and it affects to ability to perform routine tasks.
- It affects the immune functioning of the body making it more likely to get sick.
- It creates anxiety and depression.
Restful sleep is a shared responsibility. It involves the “whole” organization & the “whole” team (including C-Suite) to apply simple strategies that support healthy and restful sleep.