SOUND SLEEP: 7 KEYS TO HELP PARENTS SLEEP THROUGH THE NIGHT

 Drug-Free, Do-it-Yourself  Solution to Get the Rest You Need

CONTACT: Dora Mekouar
 (703) 447-9705

 Is worrying about your to-do list, a big project at work or your child's problems at school keeping you awake at night? If so, you are not alone.  Those racing thoughts that click through your head at night – and the fitful nights that come with them – are a key problem for many parents.

Sleep specialist Dr. Barry Krakow has pioneered a unique seven-step program to help parents get the rest they need. The natural do-it-yourself approach targets the mental, emotional and physical causes of sleep problems. Dr. Krakow – who has studied people's sleep patterns for 20 years – outlines this drug-free, mind-body approach in his book, “Sound Sleep, Sound Mind 7 Keys to Sleeping through the Night”.  

Dr. Krakow knows many parents can feel overwhelmed by their daily tasks – whether it's middle-of-the-night feedings, never-ending laundry, their children's activities, packing school lunches or getting children out the door in time to catch the bus.  Dr. Krakow believes it's all in how you approach your tasks.

 “How do you really feel about those nightly feedings, making the kids' lunches or doing the laundry? Some chores are more satisfying, some are tedious,” says Dr. Krakow. The lesson would be to confront your feelings about why making kids' lunches might be drudgery and to work through those feelings and related insights.

 "When you pay closer attention to your emotions, there's a much greater chance you'll respect your feelings and learn from them," says Dr. Krakow. "After that, it's a lot easier to let them go.  If you instead let emotions linger, they eventually cause insomnia."   The key is to keep yourself  from being controlled by your stress and your emotions.

"Be aware of your responses. Clean that all up during the day and you won't have insomnia at night,” says Dr. Krakow. “Our patients tell us they have been set free by it.”

 “Sound Sleep, Sound Mind 7 Keys to Sleeping through the Night” explains that people who suffer from insomnia or poor sleep must address both psychological and physical factors to solve their sleep problems. It will show you how to fall asleep faster, wake up fewer times at night and how to fall back asleep more quickly if you do wake. Your reward will be enhanced physical and mental health as well as better concentration and an improved mood to be the best parent for your children.

 For more on identifying and resolving parents' sleep problems,  Dr. Krakow is available for in-person interviews Sunday, May 4 through Thursday, May 8. He is also available for phone interviews.

Dr. Barry Krakow is a Silver Spring native. He is the founder of www.sleeptreatment.com. In addition, Dr. Krakow's works have been published in numerous medical, psychiatric and sleep journals. Dr. Krakow has also appeared on ABC's 20/20, CBS's Sunday Morning and CBS's Early Morning shows.

CONTACT:  Dora Mekouar:  (703) 447-9705

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