Redefining Midlife with Jo Clark

91. Powernaps: The New Coffee Break with Thea O’Connor


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If you're constantly tired, don't sleep well at night, or feel the effects of the mid-afternoon slump, today's episode is for you. Thea O-Connor joins me today, and we’re talking about naps. Thea O’Connor is a senior workplace wellbeing advisor, speaker and coach. She helps leaders, teams and individuals improve their workplace engagement and effectiveness through body intelligence and better health. She draws on 30 years of experience in health promotion including in the fields of nutrition (as a dietitian), body image, sleep science and workplace health. Listen in for this fascinating episode which covers many topics including:

  • Biological rhythms that have us feeling droopy by mid-afternoon and the bigger life stage rhythms such as menopause. What does that mean for our nervous system.

  • Forging a more intimate relationship with your body and interoceptive awareness towards better sleep.

  • Responding intelligently to our nap needs and the enormous return when we stop and listen to our bodies.

  • The feeling of being wired and tired due to increasing our caffeine intake as a response to our tiredness.

  • Rebranding the nap and rethinking the laziness that is often associated with slowing down.

  • How you can increase alertness and concentration by up to three times more after a 10-to-20-minute nap. The return on investment of a short nap and, best of all, it’s free!

  • The groggy feeling of sleep inertia, what it means and what is an ideal nap time.

  • What naps in the workplace might look like and how to make it work for you.


  • I really hope you enjoyed this episode as much as I did and I encourage you to find out more about Thea via the links below, including access to her course Learn How to Powernap as discussed in this episode.

    • napnow.net.au

    • thea.com.au

    • menopauseatworkasiapacific.com.au

    • learn to powernap: https://napnow.net.au/learn-how-to-powernap/

    • Thea’s TEDx talk  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abxcO2ur_m4

    • You can also find me on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/joclarkcoaching/ and Private Facebook Group – https://www.facebook.com/groups/womenswellnesscollective1.

       

      Here’s to redefining midlife and making our next half of life even better than the first. 

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