Why your efforts to improve your sleep may be keeping you awake
Daily Maverick | 26.10.2026 12:30
One of the first things we reach for during a sleep disturbance is sleep hygiene – something that comes up in a Google search before sleep help. Many of us will have a vague idea of what this is: drinking less coffee, avoiding screens after a certain time, exercise or meditating. Yet, for most who have tried this will know (frustratingly) that it seems to do little for our sleep troubles.