Xiaohongshu
Discover the 5 daily habits that help you sleep better, recover faster and perform at your best, even during life's busiest times.
Audience: This event is for students and staff.
Overview:
What we'll cover
- Why resilient sleepers don't chase perfect sleep, they prioritise recovery.
- The five daily habits that strengthen sleep resilience.
- How to protect your circadian rhythm through simple daily routines.
- Practical strategies to manage poor nights without making them worse.
- Lifestyle habits that support recovery, including movement, caffeine, alcohol and nutrition.
- Strategies for improving sleep for those with neurodivergence.
What you'll learn
By the end of the session, attendees will be able to:
- Understand why sleep resilience is more important than perfect sleep.
- Build daily routines that support consistent, restorative sleep.
- Respond more effectively to nighttime wakefulness and reduce sleep-related stress.
- Recover more quickly from poor nights without compromising performance.
- Leave with practical tools that can be implemented immediately to improve energy, wellbeing and long-term performance.
Speaker bio: Dr Guy Meadows is a sleep specialist with over 15,000 hours of clinical practice, specialising in chronic insomnia, sleep anxiety, sleep-aid dependence, and sleep-related trauma. Dr Guy Meadows' work focuses on helping individuals rebuild trust, safety, and ease around sleep.
Capacity: The maximum capacity of this session is 60.
Accessibility information:
- The facilitator will be wearing a microphone for the duration of the session.
- This room has MobileConnect available (via personal devices).
- This room has step-free access.
- This room has adjustable lighting.
- Guide dogs and personal assistant/carers are welcome.
- We will have ear defenders available for students and staff to borrow at the Festival. You can collect a pair from the North Cloisters.
If you have any access requirements or adjustments, just let us know using the event booking form.
This event is part of UCL’s Thrive Festival.
Don't forget to check out the other events that we're organising as part of Thrive Festival! We have a full schedule of exciting, fun, interesting, and restorative events happening on Thursday 15 and Friday 16 October at Bloomsbury campus and Wednesday 21 October at East campus.