How to get a healthy sleep- NEW!

Who is the workshop intended for?

The training program “How to get a healthy sleep” is intended for managers and all others who encounter different sleep problems insomnia and who want to learn how to deal more successfully with the problems or challenges that sleep disorders bring.

Training objectives

The goal of the training program 'How to have a healthy sleep' are: awareness of the importance of sleep, awareness of the consequences that (lack of) sleep has on the work environment (immediately, teams, the entire business...), possible solutions, and what to do if/when there is a problem.

Workshop content

• Introduction about sleep
  • Introduction to the topic, some consequences of lack of sleep, fatal consequences of not sleeping
  • The importance of sleep in a business context (reduction of key working abilities, drop in productivity, economic cost at the company level and globally)
  • Sleep rhythm (circadian rhythm, adenosine signal/sleep pressure)
  • Jet lag
  • The need for sleep and caffeine
  • Am I getting enough sleep? (quick self-assessment test)
• Two types of sleep
  • Basics about sleep architecture (NREM and REM sleep)
  • The importance of understanding sleep architecture
  • The benefits of sleep
  • NREM sleep
  • REM sleep
  • PTSP
• Lack of sleeping/insomnia and health
  • Lack of sleep and the brain (concentration, emotional irrationality, forgetfulness…)
  • Lack of sleep and the body (cardiovascular system, sugar metabolism, weight gain and obesity, reproductive system, immune system, genes and DNA…)
• Lack of sleep in a business context
  • Misequating time spent with productivity
  • The impact of lack of sleep on the characteristics and behavior of employees
  • The influence of lack of sleep on the characteristics and behavior of managers
  • What does increasing sleep time bring (at the company level, at the individual level)
  • Possible solutions at the company level
• What if/when there is a problem?
  • Insomnia as the most common sleep disorder
  • 12 tips for healthy sleep (according to the NIH)
  • Activities and techniques to improve sleep (brief overview of possible solutions – independent work for employees and managers): exercise, diet, sleep and stressor monitoring, rituals related to sleep, breathing and the power of breathing, meditation and meditative practice, hypnosis (self-hypnosis), medicinal herbs, homeopathy, aromatherapy, sleeping pills* (* emphasis primarily on awareness of the mode of action of hypnotics and the associated risks)
  • How non-medical professional support and practice can help with sleep problems – working with mental health professionals, coaching, psychotherapy.

DURATION: ONE DAY TRAINING PROGRAM

Personal development

How to have a healthy sleep