Episode 77: Women & Sleep: How to Really Get a Good Night’s Sleep with Soda Kuczkowski

This week on the High Wire Woman podcast, Rosanna Berardi is educating listeners about the importance of sufficient and quality sleep. Her guest is Soda Kuczkowski, a certified sleep coach. Soda is the founder of Start With Sleep, an organization that advocates for sleep health and provides resources for health professionals, school systems, and corporate wellness initiatives. In this week’s episode, Soda shares insights about the sleep challenges unique to women and how High Wire Women can push through them.

You’ll hear Rosanna and Soda talk about:

1. Women have a higher threshold for sleep deprivation due to the numerous roles they play, Soda says. Though they sleep more than their male counterparts, they are twice as likely to have issues like insomnia and sleep-related tiredness. 
2. Exposure to natural light is important when you wake up in the morning. It’s the start cue to several physiological processes, including the production of serotonin.
3. To improve the quality of your sleep, limit your exposure to artificial light from things like your phone and the TV after the sun sets.
4. To manage your energy levels, you need to be able to understand your body.
5. Soda recommends that listeners wear blue blocker glasses at night when using digital devices. It helps prevent overstimulation.
6. Taking supplements isn’t a bad thing, but if you aren’t hydrating enough then you could be depriving your body of magnesium.

Sleep affects all areas of your health, from physical to mental. It can be challenging, but there are many ways you can improve both your quality and quantity of sleep.

Resources

Rosanna Berardi | LinkedIn

Rosanna Berardi | Berardi Immigration Law

High Wire Woman

Soda Kuczkowski on LinkedIn

Start With Sleep