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The Essential Guide to Women’s Sleep

Supporting Healthy Sleep Practices for Wellbeing and Performance
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Oct 21, 2025

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Maintaining good sleep is a crucial yet often underrated pillar of a person's wellbeing and general health. Despite this, there is limited guidance on how and why the various phases women experience in their lifetime may impact their quality of sleep, and what can be done to improve it.

This practical and accessible guide for health professionals introduces the concept of female sleep health across the lifetime, including key stages such as menstruation, fertility, working life, birth, perimenopause, and menopause. It also addresses sleep disorders, pain, and the impact poor sleep may have on mental health.

Readers will benefit from practical and detailed strategies on improving sleep, guidance on sleep aides and technology, and signposts to when clinical intervention is needed.
  • Published: Oct 21 2025
  • Pages: 240
  • 228 x 152mm
  • ISBN: 9781805013457
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Press Reviews

  • Lisa Artis, Deputy CEO of The Sleep Charity

    The Essential Guide to Women's Sleep is a much-needed, science-backed book that empowers women to understand and improve their sleep through every life stage, but also provides a useful resource for practitioners who support them. Dr Sarah Gilchrist, a leading expert in sleep and recovery, brings a wealth of experience from her work with elite athletes, public health and academic research. Her knowledge of sleep health, combined with a practical, compassionate approach, makes her the perfect guide to navigate the complex and often overlooked relationship between women and sleep.
  • Professor Greg Whyte OBE PhD DSc FCASES FACSM

    Quality sleep is central to health and performance, however, the requirements of men and women are different. In The Essential Guide to Women's Sleep, Dr. Gilchrist provides a detailed, evidence based, explanation of female sleep across the age span, including key events such as puberty, pregnancy and menopause. It is a wonderful resource to help women understand the importance of sleep, and how to improve sleep quality to enhance health and performance.
  • Sue Stockdale, Polar explorer and Leadership Coach

    The Essential Guide to Women's Sleep earns its place on the desk, not the bookshelf and is destined to be well-thumbed, highlighted, and returned to often. It's clear, accessible, and absolutely essential reading.