EP 67 - Optimize Your Sleep

I AM MOM Parenting Podcast

14-09-2022 • 38 mins

In this episode, Dimple has compiled the most useful suggestions to ensure that you are getting the perfect slumber night after night in order to wake up feeling rejuvenated and ready for a productive day.

You’ve all heard the terms “morning person” or “night owl’.  Different people function better at certain times of day depending on their  biological programming.  To determine your sleep chronotype, take this quiz written by Dr. Michael Breus, known as @thesleepdoctor.

https://thesleepdoctor.com/sleep-quizzes/chronotype-quiz/

Be sure to listen for:

  • Brief explanation of why we sleep, the circadian clock and homeostatic sleep pressure
  • What’s happening in our bodies when we sleep
  • The hormones involved in sleep and how to optimize the behaviours and habits that
  • affect them.
  • What constitutes a good sleep environment
  • What to do in the first hour of waking up in order to create the life you want
  • How to combat our cortisol levels at night
  • The best supplements to take for better sleep
  • What direction is the best for sleep according to eastern philosophies

About the Hosts:

About Dimple Arora – Founder of Mindful Evolution

Dimple Arora is the founder of Mindful Evolution (ME) — a parenting movement that aims to empower parents and their kids towards positive transformation and life changing results...one thought, one emotion and one choice at a time.

Dimple is an expert in women and teen empowerment and specializes in helping individuals reduce the debilitating effects of stress and anxiety using mindfulness, nutrition, EFT tapping and other energy psychology modalities. Dimple is a Certified Life Coach, EFT and NLP Practitioner, Holistic Nutritionist and Energy Therapist. She holds degrees in mathematics, business, and education and was previously employed in the corporate world and as a high school math teacher.

You can book a complimentary coaching call with Dimple on her website at https://www.mindfulevolution.ca and connect with her on social media.

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About Shaista Fatehali – Founder of Thrive Kids

Shaista Fatehali is the founder of Thrive Kids BC where she works with children and families to help nurture connection, empower a sense of self - worth and discover what is needed for individual families to thrive. Shaista is a speaker and the author of the children’s book BACK HOME; which has received accolades nationwide. She is a certified children’s and parent life coach and works with clients to build soft skills such as interpersonal awareness, effective communication, emotional agility emotional regulation, problem solving, transition planning and mindfulness . As a teacher and mother of two young girls, her true passion lies in giving her children, her students and clients the tools to reach their most true authentic selves.

To book a complimentary call with Shaista or to learn more about Shaista and the programs she offers at Thrive Kids BC, please visit her website at