There’s a reason why experts suggest adults get 7-9 hours of sleep each night. From preventing forgetfulness to impacting your life expectancy, there’s a laundry list of health reasons you should be getting quality sleep each night. However, reaching that goal isn’t always easy. It can be difficult to find the correct code of hacks to unlock your sleep potential and get the rest your body needs.
Shelby Harris, a clinical sleep psychologist, is aiming to crack that code through partnership with the popular meditation app and mental health brand Calm. Harris and Calm have published a working understanding of the “five sleep languages” — a sectioning off of a few different sleeping patterns (or lack thereof) to give people more actionable steps to achieve better sleep.
Harris said she came up with the five different sleep languages after considering differences among her…