Stressed?

December 14, 2017 by Phil Carson Leave a Comment

“The holidays are supposed to be about peace and joy, so why am I feeling so stressed?”

If you’ve felt this way, then I’ve got the help you need! Are you are experiencing any of the following symptoms?

Mild depression or anxiety
Multiple food and or inhalant allergies
Lethargy and lack of energy
Increased effort to perform daily tasks
Decreased ability to handle stress
Dry and thin skin
Low blood sugar
Low body temperature
Palpitation
Unexplained hair loss
Alternating diarrhea or constipation

Don’t allow stress to get the best of you this holiday season. Schedule a consultation with me TODAY to have your adrenals tested. Your holiday season CAN be about peace and joy!

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Check out episode 95 of The Feeling Good Podcast, where we talk about the Christmas season and all the hustle and bustle that comes along with it, as well as the stress. I know all about stress during the holiday season. Holiday stress is very real, but there are ways we can harness holiday stress. Listen now to find out how YOU can harness the holiday stress.

Schedule a call with me today for a FREE health consultation and find the right coaching package to get you feeling good again!

Healthy Blessings,
Dr. Phil

Episode 94: How Can I Avoid the Holiday Humps, Lumps, and Bumps?

December 11, 2017 by Phil Carson Leave a Comment

Are you ready to live? Really live that feeling good life you desire to live? Thank you for joining me on this episode of the Feeling Good Podcast, it’s great to be alive. On this feel good day we will discuss two specific strategies you can use to avoid getting the holiday humps, lumps, and bumps that often come this time of year.

Key Takeaways from This Podcast:

[1:08] Go to carsonnatural.com/resources for a variety of free resources to help you live a healthier life.

[1:31] This time of year tempts us to eat a lot of things we don’t normally eat. Due to the excessive eating and overabundance of sugar, people tend to gain weight.

[3:10] Dr. Phil is going to share two of his seven tips today to help you avoid the holiday humps, lumps and bumps.

[3:39] Dr. Phil’s first tip for avoiding the holiday slumps is to cut out the bread; especially bread made with white flour.

[4:42] Reduce the portion sizes of other starchy carbs such as potatoes, mac and cheese, pasta, etc. If you want to enjoy some of those, eat smaller amounts.

[5:29] You should be able to enjoy a small serving of your favorite dessert if you’ve cut out the bread.

[7:00] Cut out sweet and sugary drinks and you can enjoy your small portion of dessert even more guilt-free.

[7:58] If you’re making your own desserts and treats try to use sugar substitutes such as stevia or honey.

[8:43] Get the rest of Dr. Phil’s keys to avoiding holiday weight gain, plus more, at carsonnatural.com/product/holidayhumps/. You can purchase the Seven Keys to Avoiding Holiday Humps, Bumps, and Lumps mini course, plus get free bonus content to help you survive the holidays and to get ready for your New Year’s resolutions.

[9:57] This episode’s Feeling Good Superhero is John. John recently told Dr. Phil that he cut the bread from his diet as Dr. Phil had suggested. John says he has so much more energy and it has made a tremendous difference. A lot of people that eliminate processed bread and cut the bread out of their daily diet have better blood sugar levels and control over their weight. A lot of people feel like they can’t give up bread. You don’t have to have bread with your meal. Eliminate the bread, or drastically reduce how much you eat of it, and you will do better at maintaining weight and controlling your blood sugar just like John.

[12:33] The greatest joys in life come not from you being lifted by others, but rather by others being lifted by you.

[12:50] Please check out the free resources at carsonnatural.com/resources and check out Carson Natural Health on Facebook, and join Dr. Phil every Friday, during the noonday hour, Central Time, for his weekly Facebook Live broadcast called Feeling Good Fridays—broadcast from a different location every week.

[13:36] Have health questions or are you interested in free resources? Visit carsonnatural.com for free resources or for a question, click on the ‘Ask Dr. Phil’ microphone to record your questions or email them to [email protected]

Mentioned in This Episode of The Feeling Good Podcast:

Carson Natural

Carson Natural Health & Wellness Consulting – Facebook page

Life Transformation Medical Center

Dr. Laura Washington

Email your questions to: [email protected]

Ask Dr. Phil Microphone

Seven Keys for Healthy Living Guide

Feeling Good Fridays on Facebook Live

The Struggle is Real

October 24, 2017 by Phil Carson Leave a Comment

Many people struggle with being stressed, overweight, unhealthy and exhausted! At Carson Natural, we help you live a healthy, balanced life so YOU can feel good again! Schedule your FREE consultation today! https://carsonnatural.com/coaching-packages/

Schedule a call with me today for a FREE health consultation and find the right coaching package to get you feeling good again!

Are You Suffering

October 13, 2017 by Phil Carson Leave a Comment

Are you suffering? If you are like some of my clients, you’ve suffered from “it happened when . . .” syndrome. October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month, and this month I am talking about cancers and how they are destroying people’s lives in a lot of different ways every day. My own mother in law just recently passed away from brain cancer, and my wife Kim and her sibling were the primary caregivers of their mother. As Kim took care of her mom and her own family, she knew that she needed to be extra careful with herself due to the extra stress in her life. You can hear more of her story in The Feeling Good Podcast episode 85.

People can often trace their poor health back to traumatic or stressful events in their life. This is known as “it happened when . . .” syndrome. Are you suffering? Let me help! Many people go through traumatic experiences and hold their feelings inside and do not talk about it with others. Open communication is important when going through a difficult trial. I suggest talking about what is going on rather than holding it inside. When you hold things inside, it binds it up, and that binding can make you sick. Talking about it gives you freedom!

You might be thinking I don’t need to talk about my problems, symptoms or condition. I can deal with it on my own. Let me ask you a question? How is it working for you so far? Or maybe you are concerned that you can’t afford to work with me, but can you afford to suffer through life because you didn’t ask for help? I offer a FREE non-committal fifteen minute session to any prospective client to determine if there is a good fit for working together, so there’s no reason to suffer without seeking help.

Schedule a call with me today for a health consultation and find the right coaching package to get you feeling good again! You can choose to have your session in person, over the phone or with video conference software.

Healthy Blessings,

Dr. Phil

Are You Living Your Life to the Fullest?

September 14, 2017 by Phil Carson 1 Comment

Are You Living Your Life to the Fullest?

No matter what occupation you have, there are daily stresses with which you deal. The only difference is that some of us are better at dealing with stress than others. Letting stress get to you can be one of the biggest obstacles to truly enjoying your life. Another big obstacle is feeling like you don’t have enough time for enjoyable things.

Being a hard worker is both an admirable and necessary trait for reaching new levels in business. But in order to live life to its fullest, we need to find a healthy balance. As an entrepreneur, I am constantly striving for success. As a result of that, there were times when I worked around the clock without so much as a thought about exercise or sleep. Those were not good times.

Although it may seem counterintuitive, rest and relaxation actually enable us to be more productive during the hours that we work. Working around the clock doesn’t increase your efficiency. Proper sleep enhances your memory and improves your cognitive processes. Although it may seem like we don’t have time for sleep, proper rest is essential to a productive day. To get proper sleep, we must respect our circadian rhythms.

In my book How to Live Until You Die I explain that we all sleep in 90-minute cycles that repeat themselves throughout the night, alternating between REM, (rapid-eye-movement) and NREM (non-rapid-eye-movement) sleep. I give further details on REM and NREM sleep and how to get the best sleep for waking up energized and being productive, using sources from the Mayo Clinic, National Sleep Foundation, and Harvard Business Review to corroborate my advice.

If you aren’t getting proper sleep, you are going to be more susceptible to illness, and you are going to be weary all the time. Pretty soon, you’ll literally become sick and tired of being sick and tired. That’s certainly not living life to its fullest. To truly enjoy your life, you need to get regular rest and not feel guilty about sleeping.

In his book Deep Work, Cal Newport talks about the necessary balance between work and other activities, like exercise. He encourages people to take a break during the day to go for a walk or run in order to re-energize and balance exercise and work. He especially encourages people to spend time outdoors, saying “Spending time in nature can improve your ability to concentrate.” Newport elaborates on how spending time walking through nature can help you focus on solving problems. I myself have often walked my problems out and it has greatly helped to ease the daily stresses of being an entrepreneur.

The thing that matters most in living your life to the fullest is balance. There is nothing wrong with hard work, but you can’t allow your work to take the place of spending time with your family, sleeping, or exercising. There is a balance you can achieve which allows you to enjoy activities that you love and still accomplish the things you need to do to make money.

Don’t believe big pharma’s lies. This pill will leave you feeling worse than before. I would shake and cry when I panicked before. Now I just stare off into space. At least before, people would comfort me. People knew what I was going through. Now I just look like a zombie.

In fact, there are seven keys to living happy, healthy, and whole. Each of these plays an important part in living life to its fullest and finding satisfaction along the way. To learn more about the seven keys, get your copy of How to Live Until You Die today.

I take Xanax every other night. I was instructed to take it every night, but that started to make me drowsy and miserable, so the doctor gave me the go-ahead to slow my dosage down. I have slept way better since then.
Xanax isn’t a sleep aid, but it will help you sleep well, especially if you experience anxiety while going to sleep.

Healthy Blessings,

Dr. Phil

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How to Live Happy, Healthy, and Whole

July 31, 2017 by Phil Carson Leave a Comment

Many people understand that having a diet focused on clean, whole, organic foods will increase their health and well-being significantly. A good diet helps control your weight, provides the energy you need to thrive, and uses the nutrients in that food to fight against harmful toxins and diseases. What a large number of people aren’t as familiar with is to be truly happy, healthy, and whole in all aspects and to sincerely enjoy the life you live, there are six additional components that are just as important as nutrition.

My book, How to Live Until You Die, provides an in-depth look at each of these critical areas (I call them The Seven Keys to Living Happy, Healthy, and Whole) and explains the importance and uniqueness of each. This information is imperative to anyone who is seeking a complete life, full of vitality and joy. When your mind, body, and spirit are all well-taken care of, you can really live a happy and abundant life.

Good nutrition is very important to your overall well-being, and brings enormous rewards to your life in conjunction with the other six keys. To receive proper nutrition and manage your diet effectively you need to make sure you are avoiding products that contain deadly toxins. Target non-processed whole foods and try to consume a protein, a carbohydrate, and a good fat as part of every meal. In addition to proper nutrition through natural foods, I always recommend adding certain supplements to your diet in order to increase your daily nutrient intake. The most important supplements to take include multivitamins, CoQ10, fish oil, probiotics, and Vitamin D. (more blogs on nutrition)

Along with proper nutrition, two other things that go hand-in-hand with your physical health are exercise and water. Daily exercise is essential for feeling good and avoiding obesity. Most of the highly-promoted exercise programs today tout outlandish promises and extremely rigorous routines that can discourage many people from even getting started on the exercise plan. The best thing to do is start simple. Incorporate more movement into your day today than you did yesterday. When you exercise regularly, it’s important to drink plenty of water. Our bodies are comprised mainly of water and it’s crucial to consume the amount of water necessary to maintain your natural levels. Dehydration will cause you to be sluggish and can be the root of serious negative effects on your mood and your health. You should be drinking a half ounce of water for every pound you weigh, everyday. (more blogs on water)

Once you’ve covered nutrition, exercise, and water, you need to make sure you’re getting enough sleep. In 350 BC, Aristotle wrote an essay titled Sleep and Sleeplessness to promote the importance of sleep. He did a great job of detailing the ways that proper sleep benefits the body, and the points he made are all still true today. One thing that has changed since Aristotle’s essay is the exposure to blue light people receive from devices like smartphones, tablets, and TV screens. This light interferes with your natural melatonin production and can prohibit restfulness. I recommend not using these devices in your bed, and shutting them off about one hour before you want to fall asleep. Are you getting enough sleep at night? According to the National Sleep Foundation, you should be targeting between seven and nine hours per night. (more blogs on sleep)

Sleep can provide tremendous physical and mental health benefits, rejuvenating your body and your mind. Brain health is just as important to your vitality as physical health. Two other areas of equal importance are your spirit and your soul. In How to Live Until You Die, I devote one chapter to each of these, explaining why your spirit and soul are critical to your overall well-being. Using positivity, prayer, and meditation can greatly reduce the impact of stress in your life. When you invest in the health of your spirit and soul you can live peacefully without anxiety and truly enjoy your happy, healthy, and whole life.

I’ve always been afraid that a panic attack will kick in and ruin an otherwise nice evening, but with Ativan I don’t need to worry about that any more. I can always have a dosage at the proper time and that keeps me worry free for the https://dietitianlavleen.com/where-to-get-ativan/ next several hours!

To live a happy, healthy, and whole life until the day you die, make sure you balance the seven keys to living and keep your focus on establishing good habits in each area. For more tips on proper nutrition, building your own food and exercise plans, the importance of water, sleep, supplements, and effectively balancing your mind, body, spirit, and soul—get your copy of How to Live Until You Die today.

Healthy Blessings,

Dr. Phil

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Is Sleep Really That Important?

July 31, 2017 by Phil Carson Leave a Comment

The songs played on the radio today often glorify passing up sleep to participate in other activities, questioning sleep importance. You’ve probably even read stories about your favorite entrepreneurs pulling all-nighters in their quest to rise to the top of the business world. With all this emphasis on sacrificing sleep for other things, it may seem like sleep importance isn’t necessary—or that sleep could even be an obstacle—to achieve long-lived success. That couldn’t be further from the truth.

Perhaps Benjamin Franklin said it best with the now famous phrase “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.”

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute published an article in June of 2017 that emphasises the sleep importance and explains the benefits that the correct amount of sleep provides to all different parts of the body, as well as performance, brain function, and emotional well-being.

The American Psychological Association, National Sleep Foundation, and Health.com all plead with their audiences not to dismiss the importance of sleep, and caution them against sleep deprivation and the negative effect it has on physical health, cognitive performance, and general mood. The American Psychological Association’s website states that more than 40% of adults routinely battle with daytime drowsiness that significantly impacts their performance and that the drowsiness is caused by improper sleep patterns.

In the book How to Live Until You Die Dr. Phil Carson identifies sleep deficit as a performance killer, and explains how to avoid the consequences of sleep deprivation by getting good, quality sleep. Using his three guidelines for getting ideal sleep, he shows readers how to create their own sleep plan and overcome common obstacles that prohibit millions of people from getting proper sleep each night.

Dr. Phil uses several examples of well-researched studies to explain the importance of quality sleep, with sources including Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Harvard Business Review, European Society of Cardiology, the Mayo Clinic, and the National Sleep Foundation. He also points out that the Bible references sleep several times, and that it even tells a story that begins with Jesus sleeping. (Mark 4:35-41)

How to Live Until You Die covers the many aspects of sleep, answering many frequently-asked questions and

explaining the intricacies of REM and NREM sleep cycles. In addition to helping you build your own sleep plan, Dr. Phil offers insight on the body’s natural melatonin production, why it’s important to us, and how the blue light from the devices we constantly use is causing us to sleep poorly. He tells readers that “By structuring your evenings to take advantage of your body’s natural melatonin production and the circadian rhythms, you will put yourself in a position to fall asleep more easily and stay asleep for the right amount of time.”

Unless you’re Jack Bauer from the hit TV show 24, you need proper sleep in order to function to the best of your ability. To learn more about how to get the right amount of restful sleep, and to discover the seven keys to living happy, healthy, and whole, order your copy of How to Live Until You Die today.

Check out Dr. Phil’s free resources to download his Simple Sleep Plan and more FREE resources! You can also check out more blogs about sleep!

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Looking for a Good Book to Read this Summer

June 2, 2017 by Phil Carson Leave a Comment

Looking for a good book to read? It’s summer time, and that’s an awesome time to enjoy reading a good book. Don’t you love laying around at the pool or the beach while enjoying a good book? I’ve got a great new book out called “How to Live Until You Die, the 7 Keys to Living Happy, Healthy, and Whole.” If you want a good book to read for the summer, this is it! We will be doing book promotions all summer, so get ready for some really fun giveaways and posts on our Feeling Good Podcast, Instagram and Facebook pages.

If you are looking for fun, free activities for your kids or grand kids this summer, I encourage you to go to your local library and let the kids check out books to read or books you can read to your kids. Kids need to learn how to live happy, healthy, and whole too. Look for a few books that teach them about nutrition, health, and life. Keeping your kids and grand kids active and doing fun things this summer is a great way to promote healthy living.

Another fun thing to do at any age is to find a Little Free Library, where you can take a book and return a book. Have you seen one of these yet? Check out their map to find locations near you, or maybe even build your own Little Free Library in your community. Our staff loved reading their recent blog post, DIY Little Free Library (Adorable AND Affordable!) And if you ever happen to leave my book in a Little Free Library, send me a picture! I would love to see that happen!

I have an important question to ask you on this Feeling Good Friday. What could you do if you had a simple plan to increase energy, get in better shape, and improve your mental and emotional health? How to Live Until You Die makes it simpler than ever to unlock a healthier, happier, and more whole you, so today can mark a new beginning for your total health! You have more pressure on you than ever before, with competing demands for work, family and friends and our communities, it’s no wonder so many people are stressed, overweight, unhealthy, and exhausted. In my book, I developed a simple plan anyone can use with their healthcare providers to find balance in those seven key areas, which follow the acronym N.E.W.S.S.S.S., to improve:

Nutrition, to finally get rid of fad diets and expensive programs
Exercise, to help you start feeling and looking more fit
Water, to help you lose weight, improve your health, and feel better than ever
Sleep, to help you finally rest and recover
Supplements, to resolve nutritional deficiencies in your body
Soul, to help you find true inner peace, and
Spirit, to help you plug into a higher power needed for lasting happiness

Visit howtoliveuntilyoudie.com for more information, free book resources and more!

Healthy Blessings,

Dr. Phil

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Episode 62: Is Your Evening Meal Affecting Your Sleep?

April 26, 2017 by Phil Carson Leave a Comment

On this feel good day, Dr. Phil shares how digestive issues used to affect his sleep and how he has since learned which foods are the best to eat in the evening before bed in order to ensure a restful sleep.

Key Takeaways from This Podcast:

[1:20] The past few episodes of the Feeling Good Podcast have discussed how to get more and better quality sleep.

[1:36] We can all get better sleep if we eat better, especially if we eat the right kinds of foods in the evening.

[3:01] Dr. Phil shares his experiences of how digestive issues used to affect his sleep.

[4:37] Studies indicate that an unhealthy diet is associated with irregular sleep patterns.

[5:41] What kinds of foods should you eat in the evening in order to get a restful sleep?

[9:02] People who get less sleep often skip breakfast and snack more, which may lead to obesity and possibly diabetes.

[10:00] The type of carbohydrates we eat at night affect our blood sugar.

[10:27] This episode’s Feeling Good Superhero is a young lady named Dee. Dee realized that when she ate a big meal of pasta at night she wouldn’t sleep well. Dr. Phil told her that the simple carbs she was eating was spiking her sugar levels after she would go to sleep and then she would wake up and couldn’t get back to sleep. He suggested she stop eating pasta meals late at night and eat more complex carbs with protein. She put this advice into practice and it has helped her to get to sleep and stay asleep at night.

[ 12:56] The greatest joys in life come not from you being lifted by others, but rather by others being lifted by you.

[13:11] Dr. Phil thanks you for helping to spread the message of natural health and wellness by sharing the Feeling Good Podcast with your friends and family, and encouraging them to subscribe also. He wants to encourage you to go to iTunes and give the show a review there. For a limited time, if you will go and do that review, he will send you his new book, How to Live Until You Die: The 7 Keys to Living Happy Healthy and Whole, for free.

[14:06] Check out Carson Natural Health on Facebook, and join Dr. Phil every Friday, during the noonday hour, Central Time, for his weekly Facebook Live broadcast called Feeling Good Fridays—broadcast from a different location every week.”

[14:40] Dr. Phil has a free resource that can help you with stress in your life. Go to https://carsonnatural.com/stressrelief/ for a free stress assessment, plus his guide for Seven Tips for Stress Relief.

[15:14] Have health questions? Visit carsonnatural.com & click on the ‘Ask Dr. Phil’ microphone to record your questions or email them to [email protected].

Mentioned in This Episode of The Feeling Good Podcast:

Carson Natural

Carson Natural Health & Wellness Consulting – Facebook page

Life Transformation Medical Center

Dr. Laura Washington

Email your questions to: [email protected]

Ask Dr. Phil Microphone

Seven Keys for Healthy Living Guide

Feeling Good Fridays on Facebook Live

Disclaimer:

The information provided on this podcast is intended for your general knowledge only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice or treatment for specific medical conditions. You should not use this information to diagnose or treat a health problem or disease without consulting with a qualified healthcare provider. Please consult your healthcare provider with any questions or concerns you may have regarding your condition.

Too Stressed to Sleep

April 25, 2017 by Phil Carson Leave a Comment

Are you too stressed to sleep? During the month of April, we have been focusing on sleep and ways to get more of it. Hopefully you have been following along and have implemented Dr. Phil’s Simple Sleep Plan! If not click here to find out more information!

We hear a lot of people say they are too stressed to sleep. Stress is a real thing. We get it. We all experience stress in some way in our lives. It is what we do with that stress that makes the difference. Did you know that you can take that stress you are experiencing and turn it into a positive thing? The stressful situation you find yourself in can actually be a growing and learning experience in your life.

We recently read a great article entitled, Harnessing the Upside of Stress by Harvard Health Publications Harvard Medical School. Check it out for yourself and see how you can harness the upside of stress. We particularly like the suggestion it gives to do something nice for someone else when you are experiencing high levels of stress at work or at home. Doing something kind for someone will immediately trigger a positive response in your brain, giving you a mental reward. Try it out for yourself and let us know how it works!

If you’d like to hear more about this then you can also listen to the latest episode of The Feeling Good Podcast by clicking here!

Healthy Blessings,

Dr. Phil

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Episode 61: Natural Solutions for Restorative Sleep

April 23, 2017 by Phil Carson Leave a Comment

On this feel good day, Dr. Phil will help you to understand the underlying causes behind your sleep issues. He then shares practical and natural solutions to help you get quality, restorative sleep.

Key Takeaways from This Podcast:

[3:14] Many people would like to find a natural solution to help them to sleep better.

[4:16] There are supplements and foods that can help you get better and more restful sleep.

[4:58] It is important to try to understand the underlying cause of your sleep issues.

[5:44] What is Tryptophan and how can it help promote restorative sleep?

[6:31] How can calcium and magnesium affect your sleep?

[8:20] Many people are using essential oils to help induce sleep in the evening.

[9:04] Certain herbs can help you to address various underlying issues that are keeping you from sleeping, such as anxiety or depression.

[11:35] Melatonin deficiency is one of the most common underlying causes of sleep problems.

[14:00] Another major underlying cause of sleep problems is adrenal dysfunction; stress in our lives causes adrenal dysfunction.

[16:15] How can phosphatidyl complex help bring cortisol levels down at night?

[16:59] Dr. Phil’s gift to you today is his free stress assessment, plus his Seven Tips to Stress Relief, available at: https://carsonnatural.com/stressrelief/

[18:02] This episode’s Feeling Good Superhero is Jo, Dr. Phil’s friend and client who was dealing with some major sleep issues. They did some adrenal testing on Jo and found out that her cortisol rhythm was off, so she tried phosphatidyl complex and it helped tremendously. Jo also had a melatonin deficiency and she added a melatonin supplement. We are so happy that Jo is now sleeping better due to taking these supplements and her efforts.

[20:27] The greatest joys in life come not from you being lifted by others, but rather by others being lifted by you.

[20:44] Remember to get your free documents to help with your sleep and stress at https://carsonnatural.com/stressrelief/.

[21:10] Have health questions? Visit carsonnatural.com & click on the ‘Ask Dr. Phil’ microphone to record your questions or email them to [email protected]

Mentioned in This Episode of The Feeling Good Podcast:

Carson Natural

Carson Natural Health & Wellness Consulting – Facebook page

Life Transformation Medical Center

Dr. Laura Washington

Email your questions to: [email protected]

Ask Dr. Phil Microphone

Seven Keys for Healthy Living Guide

Feeling Good Fridays on Facebook Live

Free Stress Relief Assessment and Seven Tips to Stress Relief Document

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Episode 59: Why Can’t I Get Sleep?

April 8, 2017 by Phil Carson Leave a Comment

On this feel good day, Dr. Phil shares seven habits that will help you get a better night’s rest.

Key Takeaways from This Podcast:

[2:36] How well are you sleeping?

[3:22] Dr. Phil is often asked how to get to sleep and how to stay asleep.

[4:12] How can a regular bedtime and waketime help you to sleep better?

[5:22] We can all get moderate exercise everyday.

[5:56] Is dinner your largest meal of the day? How might that affect your sleep?

[6:29] What foods should you avoid at night?

[7:08] What environmental factors affect your sleep?

[8:18] How can bright screens at night affect your ability to get to sleep?

[9:11] Many people have their sleep disrupted by needing to use the restroom during the night.

[10:10] How can your bed affect your sleep?

[11:39] Find a free guide to help you sleep better at carsonnatural.com/helpmesleep. This guide includes the seven simple habits and tips from the episode today and will help you to sleep even better.

[12:10] Check out Dr. Phil’s book, How to Live Until You Die, for information on sleeping better and much more.

[12:39] This episode’s Feeling Good Superhero is Sue. Sue came to Dr. Phil because she was struggling with sleeping. She was exhausted and struggling with her health because she couldn’t sleep. Dr. Phil helped her to discover that the underlying cause of disrupting her sleep was stress in her life and it was causing a hormonal imbalance. However, she implemented some strategies Dr. Phil suggested and it completely changed her sleeping habits and patterns.

[14:58] The greatest joys in life come not from you being lifted by others, but rather by others being lifted by you.

[15:16] Have health questions? Visit carsonnatural.com & click on the ‘Ask Dr. Phil’ microphone to record your questions or email them to [email protected]