Your info is interesting and well-informed, but whether you realize it or not, the material is mostly or only relevant to people who fall into the category of “relatively normal sleepers.” In other words, each of your tips are valid but usually only for people who don’t really have sleep problems.

As a sleep specialist for 20 years and the author of a recent book, Sound Sleep, Sound Mind, (see http://www.soundsleepsoundmind.com) your approach will actually steer problematic sleepers in the wrong direction. That is, they will imagine these tips to be worthwhile, when in fact what they really need, as some of your commentators have indicated, is a more thorough evaluation for physiological sleep disorders.

Last and most important, embedded in your paradigm is the notion that the number of hours you sleep or the timing of your sleep are critical components to getting good sleep. I would debate that point vigorously and do so at length in my book. SLEEP QUALITY is where it’s at if you really want to deepen someone’s sleep, and there are very specific evaluations and treatments that can best clarify how to deepen someone’s sleep.

Let me close by saying that most people who undergo such evaluations and treatments attain a level of sleep quality the likes of which they might never have dreamed possible.

Thanks for your sleep insights and the chance to comment on them.

Sincerely.