Understanding your sleep habits gives you insight into what body system or organ is causing the majority of sleep disturbances. They tell you exactly the reason why you are not sleeping good.
When you go to sleep, are you actually getting any sleep?
I get this question in almost every client consultation – “How can I improve my sleep?”
Such a simple question. But the answer is not as simple as you may think.
Here’s the bigger question:
What if your body doesn’t know how to rest anymore?
And…how do you fix this?
Typical scenario…you close your eyes at night, but you can’t stop the –
- mental chatter
- replaying the events from the day or worse…something someone said 3 weeks ago
- stewing over an angering situation
- having “sleep anxiety” take over
The list and mounting worry continue night after night.
You may finally drift off, and then you’re awake at 2am staring at the ceiling and feeling hot with night sweats.
Here’s What’s Really Happening
Your nervous system stays on high alert, keeping you in fight, flight, or flee mode.
This taxes your adrenals and nervous system which stresses out the gut and brain.
That’s why your gut is usually unsettled at night. You can’t turn off your brain. And sleep anxiety feels higher.
Decoding Sleep: Why Sleep is Non-negotiable for Your Health
Racing Mind at Bedtime: Sleep requires your brain to shift from beta waves (alert) to alpha and theta. When cortisol stays high, that transition stalls, keeping you wired long after lights are out.
Can’t get to sleep: Usually this is a sign that your gallbladder is struggling to break down fats and proteins from your last 1-2 meals. It is also a sign of digestive enzyme deficiency.
Waking up between 1am–3am and Can’t Fall Back: Your liver is most active during this time based on Traditional Chinese Medicine. Emotional stress, especially unprocessed worry and anger, taxes the liver and disrupts this phase. Your body wakes you because something is unresolved and needs tending to.
Waking up between 3am–5am and Can’t Fall Back: Your lungs are most active during this time based on Traditional Chinese Medicine. Grief, guilt, despair and longing for something stresses the lungs causing you wake. You may have breathing irregularities, wake up sad, or with a cough. these are signs your lungs need extra support.
Restless Sleep and Snoring: When your airway and diaphragm are tense, sleep becomes physically shallow. Your body doesn’t drop into the deep restorative stages where repair, memory consolidation, and immune function actually happen.
Waking Up Still Exhausted: If you’re running on adrenal fatigue, your body skips the deepest sleep cycles. You clock the hours but miss the restoration. Over time, this compounds — affecting mood, focus, hormones, and immunity.
Sleep is when your body heals.
Your lymphatic system clears waste.
Your brain nurtures memory and emotional storage.
Your hormones and metabolism reset.
When it’s disrupted night after night, everything suffers…mood, focus, memory, emotional resilience and your overall health.
How to Fix Sleep
Herre are my best “better sleep support” tips:
- Journal your sleep habits – knowing the facts helps you make a better plan (that actually works).
- Identify sleep patterns and what organs are screaming for help
- Add in aromatherapy as it helps recalibrate your nervous system which will improve sleep
Understanding how the body sleeps and what causes sleep disturbances is the foundation behind the JennScents Calming Sleep Blend.
Each essential oil was carefully chosen for its support on your “sleep supporting organs”. It supports your nervous system, gut brain, liver, lungs and gastrointestinal systems all at the same time.
So yes, it works on just about every sleep disturbance culprit.
Try it now and start sleeping better.
For best results, get the JennScents Daily Wellness Box.
3 essential & supportive aromatherapy blends to help you navigate your morning energy, afternoon stress, and evening relaxation.
Includes:
- Brain Booster: Use in the morning to support focus and motivation.
- Stress Away: Use midday to regulate overwhelm before it builds.
- Calming Sleep: Use at night to help your body truly unwind.
A daily routine that’s simple…consistent…and easy to do.
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