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HEALTH

and paper and pour out your 
concerns. Plan your next 
day. Right out some of your 
emotional angst. If talking 
things out is better for you 
then find a friend. You don’t 
need to come to a resolution, 
but you do need to process 
thoughts and emotions 
beyond your own head.
3. Sacred Space: 
Kabbalistically, a couple’s 
bedroom in their home 
parallels the Holy of Holies 
in the Temple in Jerusalem. 
And that means that the 
bedroom is for sleep and 
intimacy — that’s it. Keep 
your work laptop and your 
boss’s orders out of there. 
Working from home can be 
great; but keep it out of the 
bedroom. 
4. Intense Conversations: 
How often does it happen 
that a couple will finally 
have some quiet time to 
speak around 10 or 11 p.m., 
only to then find themselves 
embroiled in some intense 
discussion that morphs into 
an argument about the kids, 
the finances or the in-laws? 
Couples do need time to 
speak these things out, but 
they need to carve out a 
different time — not right 
before bed. 
5. Change Your Mindset: 

90% of stress is from the way 
you process the events, not 
the events themselves. Let’s 
say you and your family are 
under financial hardship and 
drowning in credit card debt. 
Some things, despite our best 
efforts, turn out in less than 
desirable circumstances. But 
the reaction is up to us. 
You can create the nar-
rative in your head. One 
person might think, “I’m 
never going to get out of this 
debt. I’m such a failure. I’m 
going to die impoverished; 
it’s all over”
. While another 
person can think, “I have 
phenomenal coping skills. I 
will totally get through this. 
I am inherently precious and 
valuable no matter how my 
bank account is.”
So, the choice is yours. 
Sleep is literally the foun-
dation of our physical and 
mental health. It’s one of the 
greatest investments we can 
make, yielding a bounty of 
energy, health and success. 

Doron Lazarus is a Certified 

Sleep Science Coach, a Rapid 

Transformation Therapist and 

the founder of Executive Sleep 

Consulting, an online sleep practice 

dedicated to transforming the sleep 

of his clients all over the world. He 

can be reached via email at doron@

executivesleep.org or online at www.

executivesleep.org.

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