I am a decades-long nightowl, but it doesn't always serve me well in motherhood. Some years ago I made 'sleep' my health goal (not becoming a morning person, but simply heading to bed earlier). I want to share the benefits of sleep and strategies that can help you give up that nightowl life.    Products recommended here may include referral links to Amazon. If you click through and buy something I may earn a commission, at no cost to you. In this episode I talk about: * How sleep was handled in our upbringing * How technology impacts our experience of motherhood * The cultural expectations for sleep and self-care as it pertains to moms * How moms are trying to get self-care, in ways that it impacts their sleep * The benefits of sleep * Being a nightowl, the benefits and the costs * Strategies to set a sleep goal * Addressing the things that keep us up * Strategies to make sleep easier * Building up self-trust with yourself * The need for rest * Having more rest in your day and week   All the related links: * Grave's disease (My Thyroid, My Frenemy {Grave’s Disease to Hypothyroid} * Reading books instead of social media (4 simple habits that make my momlife better) * Studies and information on the benefits of sleep: * the Sleep Foundation * Memory consolidation (Healthy Sleep, Harvard) * The role of sleep in emotional processing * Intentional phone habits episodes + worksheets * Feeling addicted to your phone * Setting intentional phone habits * Brain dump (blog post) * Magnesium drink powder to help you relax, and this one to help you sleep * Ashwaganda * Blue light blockers (the ones I use here) * Enable red tint on your phone (instructions here) * Greyscale your phone (a href="https://www.wired.com/story/grayscale-ios-android-smartphone-addiction/" target=...