The Sleep Prescription

Outline

The Sleep Prescription (2022) offers a simple seven-day plan for sleeping better and feeling more rested. Aric Prather, a sleep scientist, shares one small, research-based change for each day, such as keeping a consistent wake time, creating a wind-down routine, and getting out of bed when you cannot sleep. The book explains how better sleep improves mood, health, and focus, and helps readers build lasting sleep habits.

• Better sleep can be built in seven days, one small, research-based change at a time.
• Getting up at the same time every day is one of the simplest ways to improve your sleep.
• A calming wind-down routine before bed helps your mind and body get ready to sleep.
• If you cannot sleep, getting out of bed is better than lying there struggling.
• Good sleep supports your mood, health, and focus, so the habits are worth keeping long term.

Aric Prather is an American psychologist and sleep researcher and a professor of psychiatry and behavioural sciences at the University of California, San Francisco. He directs a research programme on behavioural sleep medicine and treats patients with insomnia. His work focuses on how sleep and stress affect health, and The Sleep Prescription is his first book.