What are the dos and don'ts for instilling the SuperPower of sleep in your household for the children in your life?
Sleep To Live Well Foundation's family guidebook offers advice for everyone who wants to give children of all ages the best possible chance at living a healthy and happy life.
It helps ensure children maintain a welcoming, natural relationship with bedtime and sleep. Embracing Sleep Wellness, with 62 pages of insights and encouragement, offers practical advice for children, tweens, teens, and adults in your household.
All parents understand the importance of sleep for newborns and infants. However, as time passes and life gets busy, sleep often takes a back seat. This guide, filled with advice, support, and encouragement, summarizes the insights Dr. Roger Washington has shared with his patients over the course of 35 years of family care. It demonstrates how to naturally prioritize Sleep Wellness, turning bedtime into an appointment that children will eagerly anticipate.
The guide addresses various challenges that can interfere with sleep wellness and provides strategies to overcome them:
- Children may resist bedtime, causing parents to overlook the importance of sleep at every stage of development.
- Parents may unintentionally model poor bedtime habits they learned during their childhood.
- Children of different ages have different bedtimes and sleep needs, which can complicate sleep routines.
Nickhol, Mpp Mba: - "Scarlet Nickhol - Executive Director and Chief Marketing Officer, Sleep to Live Well FoundationWith over 35 years of experience at the intersection of technology innovation, integrated marketing, and strategic leadership, Scarlet Nickhol is the Executive Director of the Sleep to Live Well Foundation, bringing a unique blend of expertise in market strategy, branding, and organizational growth to the nonprofit sector.An Expert in Sleep WellnessScarlet Nickhol's expertise in Sleep Wellness is exemplified through her close collaboration with Dr. Roger Washington, a pioneering family physician and founder of the Sleep to Live Well Foundation. As the editor of Dr. Washington's influential book, Lack of Sufficient Sleep Matters: Decode the Root Cause of Your Illness, Scarlet played a key role in shaping its message and making its groundbreaking concepts accessible to a broad audience. The book explores Dr. Washington's LOSS (Lack of Sufficient Sleep) Principle, which identifies insufficient sleep as a primary driver behind a wide range of illnesses, from chronic pain to metabolic and mental health disorders. Scarlet's editorial guidance helped distill complex medical research into actionable insights, empowering readers to recognize the critical link between sleep and overall health.At the Sleep to Live Well Foundation, Scarlet has furthered this mission by developing strategic plans, educational materials, and outreach programs that highlight sleep as the "eighth domain of wellness," building on Dr. Washington's research and the foundation's commitment to addressing adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and trauma through sleep health interventions. Her leadership ensures that the foundation's resources reach children, parents, and healthcare providers, fostering a holistic approach to wellness that positions sufficient sleep as a cornerstone of physical and emotional well-being. Through these efforts, she has established herself as a leading advocate and expert in Sleep Wellness, dedicated to igniting a sleep revolution and improving public health through better sleep education and practices.Scarlet harnesses her diverse background to champion Sleep Wellness as a pillar of personal and public well-being. She is committed to raising awareness about the Foundation's efforts to support children, their families, and doctors, as well as building partnerships that promote better-quality sleep for everyone."
Washington, Faafp: - "Dr. Roger Washington, MD, FAAFP - Medical Director, Founder of Sleep To Live Well FoundationDr. Roger Washington is a nationally recognized family medicine physician, educator, author, sleep therapist/coach, and pioneer in Sleep Wellness, a new holistic approach to sleep health. With over 35 years of experience, he has dedicated his career to helping patients of all ages-from Silicon Valley professionals to vulnerable children-achieve optimal health through integrative, trauma-informed care that addresses the root causes of illness, especially the insufficient sleep epidemic.Education and Credentials: Undergraduate: Pomona CollegeMedical Degree: Stanford University School of MedicineResidency: Family Medicine, Stanford-affiliated San Jose HospitalFellowship: Fellow of the AAFP, recognized for service and teachingMember: American Academy of Sleep MedicineAwards: "Top Doc" by San Jose MagazineProfessional JourneyDr. Washington's solo private practice in San Jose, California, has served as a primary healthcare home for some of Silicon Valley's most influential individuals and families from all walks of life. He integrates traditional medicine with alternative approaches, such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), guided imagery, self-hypnosis, sleep therapy/coaching, and yogic exercises, to address symptoms and the underlying causes of disease.He is a passionate educator, regularly lecturing at health fairs, employee seminars, and charitable events, and mentoring international medical graduates. His most popular seminar addresses insomnia and the health hazards of insufficient sleep. Dr. Washington is the author of Lack of Sufficient SLEEP MATTERS: Decoding the Root Cause of Your Illness, which explores the link between inadequate sleep and both acute short-term illnesses and more chronic diseases.Sleep Wellness and AdvocacyThrough his research and clinical practice, Dr. Washington pioneered a system of Sleep Wellness approaches to treat a wide range of symptoms caused by a lack of sufficient sleep (LOSS) and to restore health and well-being. Among the pillars of Sleep Wellness he developed is listening to the body and being aware of feeling tired and cranky ("tranky") and your "Washington Sleep Wellness Window" to help change patient behavior. He founded the Sleep To Live Well Foundation (STLW) to promote Sleep Wellness offerings beyond his exam room to children, their families, and their caregivers."
