For too many of us, our day begins by checking emails before we’ve even hopped out of bed, and end struggling to drift off because we feel overwhelmed by our workloads and never-ending to-do lists. Life feels like a constant hustle.
Our natural circadian rhythms make it physiologically harder to wake feeling refreshed in winter, which can leave us in a haze of fatigue that’s hard to shake. Here are some of Verve’s favourite sleep saviours, from sleep support supplements to evening beauty routines and sleepwear.
“Topical treatments work to an extent but when you start deep diving into dermal nutrition everything starts improving remarkably!”
A survey by mattress-makers Amerisleep found that 67% of people get up between 4am-7am, with most of that group rising at 6am and harbouring the belief that you must be up by 7am to be considered an early bird.
I get it, I really do. It's not nice when it rears its head, but once we're over 40 years of age, diminishing oestrogen levels shift our body fat from the butt and thighs to the abdomen – that's just evolution.
