I Tried It: This One Product Is Transforming The Way I Sleep

Create a ritual to release the day’s stress.

Research has confirmed what our intuition seems to already know: stress disrupts sleep. Hitting the pillow with a head full of worried thoughts isn’t conducive for slumber. I like to think of it this way. Every morning, our mind is like an empty swimming pool. By the end of the day, that swimming pool is full (if not overflowing) with thoughts — about 6,000 of them, the latest research by Nature Communications suggests.

To empty the pool, so to speak, I made journaling and meditation a part of my evening routine. Both are exercises that help clear my mind of thoughts, and anchor me into the need of the present moment — which at the end of the day, is rest. The fewer thoughts I have crowding my mind before bed, the easier it is to fall asleep.

Wind down with the help of CBD.

It’s basically impossible for me to relax if I don’t have a hot beverage in hand. And my nightly drink of choice is the beam dream powder. Firstly because it’s what dreams are made of: melatonin, magnesium, resihi, l-theanine, and beam nano CBD. But also (and mostly) because it tastes like a healthy hot chocolate. A scoop of Dream mixed in warm oat milk, sprinkled with cinnamon, has become the non-negotiable part of my wind down ritual.

And that surprised me, because I had my doubts about CBD. I don’t struggle with insomnia, so I figured beam’s nano CBD might only soften the edges. I didn’t think it would take my sleep to new depths. After just a few nights I could feel the effects of less-interrupted and sound sleep. I’ve had notably more energy, and it only gets better everyday as my nights of solid shut-eye add up.

Create bedtime boundaries.

Bedtime boundaries help us stay devoted to our rituals. It wasn’t easy to get used to, but I set a boundary to ditch screens an hour before bedtime, and read a novel or poetry instead (mug of dream in hand). When the need for rest is high, I even put my phone on airplane mode, just to make sure the only waves in my room are the delta waves of my REM cycle. Bedtime boundaries can also mean asking co-inhabitants to keep it down, or not to tempt you to stay up too late (good luck!).

A good wind down ritual is easy to love.

For a long time, I was lawless when it came to those after-work hours. I let my exhaustion and stress guide me toward quick-fix dopamine-hitters like Instagram or too many peanut butter cups. My brain might have felt bursts of relief, but those practices falter fast. A solid P.M. ritual has helped me optimize precious evening hours and sleep, so that I can actually restore before a new day begins. And when it tastes like a cup of beam’s dream, it’s an easy ritual to fall in love with.

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