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Hunter Wookey | Sleep Consultant

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Sleep Consultant + Occupational Therapist |
Helping adults sleep better with practical, evidence based strategies
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I’m Hunter Wookey, a licensed occupational therapist with a passion for sleep science and helping adults get the rest they deserve.

Improving my own sleep had a significant impact on my health and daily life, which inspired me to help others do the same. Sleep is one of the most powerful and overlooked pillars of overall well being, affecting everything from your mood and energy to your focus and long term health.

On this page, I share practical, evidence based sleep tips to help you sleep better at night so you can feel and perform better every day. Whether you’re struggling with insomnia, poor sleep quality, or simply never feeling rested, I hope you find something here that helps.

I’m also excited to work one on one with people who want to improve their sleep and make lasting changes. Send me a message to connect! by @alignsleepconsulting

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Your sleep tracker might be making your sleep worse.

The numbers are estimates not facts. Waking up to a bad score and deciding you feel terrible is a real thing. Trust how you actually feel over any number on a screen.

Want help with your sleep? Send me a message. by @alignsleepconsulting

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The best routine for an even better night’s sleep 💤😴

We tend to make sleep way more complicated than it needs to be. Sometimes, it’s the simple habits that make the biggest difference.

Which of these are you adding into your routine? by @alignsleepconsulting

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6 days ago

You dream every single night. You just do not always remember it.

Dreaming happens during REM sleep and you have to wake up during or right after a REM cycle to recall it. Sleep through it and the memory is gone within seconds.

Not remembering your dreams is not a bad sign. It usually just means you slept through them.

Ready to fix your sleep? Send me a message. by @alignsleepconsulting

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8 days ago

Your sleep tracker does not actually know if you are asleep.

These devices use movement and heart rate to estimate your sleep stages but cannot measure brain activity, which is the only true method.

Use your tracker as a rough guide but do not let a bad sleep score ruin your morning. How you actually feel matters just as much.

Ready to fix your sleep? Send me a message by @alignsleepconsulting

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13 days ago

A peek into my nighttime routine as a sleep consultant.

Lights down and warm lighting on about an hour before bed. Magnesium taken. Room cooled to between 65 and 68 degrees. Noise machine on.

No elaborate rituals. No expensive gadgets. Just the basics done consistently every single night.

The best sleep routine is the one you can actually stick to.

Ready to fix your sleep? Send me a message by @alignsleepconsulting

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16 days ago

Eight hours of sleep and still exhausted? The problem might not be how long you are sleeping.

Sleep is made up of cycles and your body needs to move through deep sleep and REM sleep to actually recover. If something is disrupting those cycles you can spend eight hours in bed and still wake up completely drained.

Stop chasing hours and start paying attention to how you actually feel when you wake up. That is the real measure of good sleep.

Ready to fix your sleep? Send me a message. by @alignsleepconsulting

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19 days ago

Caffeine does not give you energy. It just hides the fact that you are tired.

It works by blocking the receptors in your brain that detect sleepiness. The moment it wears off all that fatigue comes flooding back at once. That is your afternoon crash. That is why you reach for another cup.

If you are relying on caffeine to get through the day you are not solving a sleep problem. You are masking one.

Ready to fix your sleep? Send me a message. by @alignsleepconsulting

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23 days ago

Your bedroom might be ruining your sleep without you even knowing it.

The three things your sleep environment needs to get right are simple. Dark, cool, and quiet. Light signals your brain to stay alert. A warm room prevents your body temperature from dropping the way it needs to for deep sleep. Noise fragments your sleep cycles even when it does not fully wake you up.

You can sleep eight hours and still wake up exhausted if your environment is working against you. by @alignsleepconsulting

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24 days ago

Sleepmaxxing is taking over social media. Some of it is legit. Most of it is not. Here is what is worth your time and money by @alignsleepconsulting

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a month ago

Sleeping in on weekends is quietly wrecking your sleep all week.

Your body clock runs on consistency. Shift it on Saturday and you spend the whole week paying for it. Researchers call it social jet lag and it is more common than you think.

Same wake time every day. by @alignsleepconsulting

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Your brain is always learning. If you spend hours in bed scrolling and watching TV it stops associating your bed with sleep. This is how you fix it. by @alignsleepconsulting

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