East Suffolk Well Minds - Flipbook - Page 9
Section 2: Sleep
6. Fibre up – ensure your diet includes plenty of 昀椀bre-rich
foods such as vegetables, fruit, whole grains, and beans/
pulses
7. Tune into ‘white noise’ to help you to drop o昀昀 – there are
lots of apps to help you with this
8. Try relaxa琀椀on exercises – such as body scans (checking your
body for pain or tension) or NSDR - non-sleep deep rest
(direc琀椀ng your mind into a state of calm and focus).
9. Try to keep stress and anxiety in check (see Five Ways to
Wellbeing).
10. Spruce up your sleep space – eliminate noise and light,
keep the bedroom cool and check if you need to replace
your pillows and/or ma琀琀ress.
Learn more about your sleep by joining a short
workshop, The Mental Health Toolkit: Sleep Well by
visi琀椀ng thementalhealthtoolkit.co.uk
Su昀昀olk Mind have lots of di昀昀erent sleep resources on
their website su昀昀olkmind.org.uk/sleep
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