Sleeping Your Way to the Top How to Get the Sleep You Need to Succeed

by Cralle, Terry; Brown, W. David; Cane, William

• ISBN13: 9781454918486
• ISBN10: 1454918489
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2016-04-05
• Publisher: Sterling

Summary

Many people today believe that the less sleep you get, the more productive you are. But two nationally recognized experts are here to debunk that myth and show that sufficient sleep and success go hand in hand. A groundbreaking collaboration between certified clinical sleep educator Terry Cralle, RN, and sleep psychologist W. David Brown, PhD, Sleeping Your Way to the Top presents the ultimate wake-up call for ambitious people who wish to achieve maximum performance. Based on compelling new research, it provides the latest clinically proven techniques for getting quality rest, achieving maximum productivity, and overcoming common sleep impediments to enhance your career. Featuring sidebars, charts, and illustrations, this book finally takes the stigma out of sleep.

Author Biography

Terry Cralle, RN, MS is cofounder of the Keswick Sleep Institute in Charlottesville, VA, and a nationally recognized sleep health advocate and educator. In this capacity, she has worked with the Better Sleep Council, International Sleep Products Association, American Sleep Apnea Association, Start School Later, the Pajama Program, and the WorldBed organization. A certified clinical sleep educator and certified professional in healthcare quality (CPHQ), she is an in-demand lecturer on sleep issues and provides health and wellness consulting services to sleep clinics, schools, universities, and corporations.
 
William David Brown, PhD, DABSM, CBSM (diplomate of the American Board of Sleep Medicine, certified in Behavioral Sleep Medicine) has treated hundreds of patients for a full range of sleep disorders while serving as the clinical director of several hospital-based and free-standing sleep centers. A sleep psychologist at Children’s Medical Center in Dallas, he is the primary clinician diagnosing and treating pediatric insomnia using behavioral techniques. Dr. Brown is also assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, where he obtained his training in sleep medicine. He has written numerous articles on the subject for academic journals, as well as coauthoring and contributing chapters to books on sleep medicine.