If you’re not one of those people who drifts into a blissful slumber as soon as your head hits the pillow, you might want to start thinking about what you’re doing in the two hours before bed that’s possibly keeping you up.
Love a nightcap? Me too. Addicted to watching HGTV ’til your eyes get heavy? I get it. But some of these seemingly innocuous habits could be keeping you from easily transitioning into a restful night’s sleep.
But do we need to give up all our bedtime rituals — even that evening pour of Macallan? — for the sake of good sleep hygiene ?
That’s exactly what my co-host Noah Michelson and I wanted to find out on this week’s episode of “Am I Doing It Wrong?” — HuffPost’s podcast that explores the all-too-human anxieties we have about trying to get our lives right.
To see where we might be going astray, we lovingly bombarded Senior Wellness Editor Lindsay Holmes (who’s spoken within several experts) with all of our bedtime-related questions. Her responses might surprise you — and a hopefully leave you a little more excited to mentally (and sometimes physsically) declutter before bed.
Need some help with something you’ve been doing wrong? Email us at AmIDoingItWrong@HuffPost.com and we might investigate the topic in an upcoming episode.