David Cooper

Rather than cutting things cold turkey, it's sort of like more of this, less of that.

More of this, less of that.

For example, maybe you use one of those orange, you know, nighttime filters on your blue lights.

You put your TV in warm light mode.

Yes, you're still watching TV, but less blue light.

You know, things like this.

Rather than telling people to make these fundamental changes, it's like sort of small incremental ones.

Is there anything about light, like making sure your curtains black out the light or using a sleep mask if your room is very bright and you can't do anything about it?

And if you share a bed with someone who snores asking for a friend, definitely not my delightful roommate, girlfriend, cat co-owner is a snorer.

I wear earplugs to deal with her not snoring because she would never snore.

But what do you recommend to someone whose sleep environment has some noises, maybe a loud city, things like this?

And those snoring fits where at the end of it, they sort of half wake up and start gasping for air.

That's something you definitely want to talk to a doctor about as well.

All right.

You're a sleep coach.

People are busy.

People are stressed.

People don't want to do the work.

So if there is a soundbite, if there is one thing that you would want people to do differently that they could try tonight to sleep better, what would you have them do?

Alana McGinn, a certified sleep coach.