Nancy in the News

The topic of sleep is in the news and media regularly. The Sleep Ambassador’s goal is to provide you with the best information and resources that will lead to optimizing your sleep, as well as that of your family, employees, and colleagues.

Sleep & The Workforce, Wharton

Wake-up Call: Why Everyone Needs More Sleep

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Wake-up Call: Why Workers Need More Sleep Margaret Thatcher famously claimed to need only four hours of sleep a night. Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer reportedly gets four to six, and fashion executive Tom Ford boasts of a mere three. But the rest of us need more sleep and, increasingly, we aren’t getting it.

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Articles, Podcasts & Videos, Fast Company

How To Break Your Sleep Procrastination Habit

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How To Break Your Sleep Procrastination Habit Just as we procrastinate when it comes to work, exercise, or other activities, we are probably also procrastinating when it’s time to go to bed. A June 2014 study published by researchers at Utrecht University in the Netherlands found that the 177 participants typically experienced moderate levels of […]

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Articles, Podcasts & Videos, Naturally Savvy™

Start Your Year with a New Lease on Sleep

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Start Your Year with a New Lease on Sleep Sleep. Most of us don’t get enough of it… or at least don’t get enough quality sleep. But, it’s SO very important. It takes up about a third of your life (and impacts the other two-thirds). Part of the problem, of course, is the hectic nature […]

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Sleep & The Workforce, Workforce

Sleep Derailed

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Sleep Derailed On March 24, a Chicago Transit Authority train derailed at O’Hare International Airport injuring dozens of people. The train operator reportedly said she fell asleep at the controls. Photo courtesy of the National Transportation Safety Board. Journalist Amanda Chan had just returned to New York after a trip to Asia and was struggling […]

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BBC Capital, Sleep & The Workforce

Asleep on the job: Grabbing forty winks at work

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Asleep on the job: Grabbing forty winks at work Getting a bit drowsy at work? You’re in luck. Previously taboo, sleeping in the workplace is becoming much more acceptable. With an increasing number of companies encouraging their employees to doze off during the workday, fewer have to duck under the desk like George Constanza in […]

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Sleep & Travel, Travel Weekly

Travel is nothing to lose sleep over

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Travel is nothing to lose sleep over The core of their business is sleep. So it’s not surprising that luxury hotels are increasingly turning their attention to helping their guests get a better round of zzz’s. It began a few years back, when many high-end hotels started offering things like pillow bars, where guests can […]

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Articles, Podcasts & Videos, Marie Claire

The Napping Revolution

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The Napping Revolution It’s a fact of life: Nonstop work e-mail chains, after-dark texts, and full-DVR temptation are cutting ever deeper into the late-night hours previously earmarked for sleep. And according to the National Sleep Foundation, women are hardest hit, reporting higher incidences of nighttime wake-ups and daytime drowsiness than their male counterparts.

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Articles, Podcasts & Videos, Huffington Post

Daylight Saving Time 2013

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The Case For Moving Daylight Saving Time When we turned our clocks forward one hour earlier Sunday morning to mark the start of Daylight Saving Time, it was with more than a little anxiety. We’re well-versed in the all-too-real risks of getting too little sleep, and yes, that one lost hour can make a difference.

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Fosters.com

Many favor moving time change to Saturday

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Many favor moving time change to Saturday DOVER – Will eliminating Daylight Saving Time all together be the solution to Americans finally getting a good night’s sleep?Doubtful.But what about if DST moved back just one day, to Saturday, to give people the weekend to adjust before heading in to work?Would this help with the sluggishness?

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Articles, Podcasts & Videos

Soften the Shock!

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Soften the Shock! Most Americans Favor Moving Daylight Saving Time From Sunday to Saturday NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwire – Feb 19, 2013) – Nearly 70% of Americans responding to a recent survey from Sleepy’s think they’ve found the answer to the annual post-DST sluggishness. They favor moving the time change from 2:00 a.m. Sunday morning to […]

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Articles, Podcasts & Videos, The Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal

Give It A Rest, Tips For Improving Sleep

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Give It a Rest: Tips for Improving Sleep Feeling rested this morning? If the question itself elicits a yawn and a tighter grip on the coffee cup, you’re not alone. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that 40.6 million American workers – 30% of the civilian workforce – sleep fewer than six hours […]

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Articles, Podcasts & Videos, The Wall Street Journal

Go Ahead, Hit the Snooze Button

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Go Ahead, Hit the Snooze Button Turns out a good night’s rest is good for business. One-third of American workers aren’t sleeping enough to function at peak levels, and that chronic exhaustion is costing billions of dollars in lost productivity, according to researchers from Harvard Medical School. Managers at a growing number of companies, among […]

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