Editor's letter 15 March 2020: What’s keeping you awake at night? - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Life Editor’ s letter What s keeping you awake at night By You Magazine - March 15, 2020 In my case, there simply is not enough space here to write down everything that grips my mind in the wee hours, but here’s a small selection from the slightly unhinged smorgasbord. 1. Fixating on a throwaway comment I made in a meeting and suddenly magnifying it in my head into The Stupidest Thing Anyone Has Ever Said In All Of History that will, ultimately lead to the death of my entire career. 2. The letter I received from the pension provider that cheerfully implies I’ll spend my twilight years subsisting on spaghetti hoops and gruel. 3. Wondering what my Aussie family is doing right now because it’s daytime where they are. 4. Guessing how many likes my last Instagram post has racked up by now. 5. Then telling myself off for thinking about something quite so sad at what the hell o’clock in the morning. 6. Frightening myself with the imaginary scenario of the dog being stolen while she’s out with her walker (there have been a few of these dog snatchers in my neigbourhood). 7. Playing out imaginary conversations with the list of celebrity heroes I fantasise about meeting one day, where all my one-liners are on point. 8. The sudden horror of remembering the urgent email I forgot to reply to. 9. Realising the time and calculating that I only have two hours until I have to get up. 10. Trying to figure out if our pantry contents can see us through a coronavirus lockdown. Honestly, I think one of the reasons I enjoy working full time in a fast-paced job is that I know that it’s a good third of the day when I don’t have the headspace for any of the above. It’s the quiet, witching hours of midnight to 5am when you can be bone-crushingly tired, and yet your brain is stuck in hyper mode, torturing you with unhelpful thoughts. I’m very grateful at those times for my headphones and the meditation apps on my iPad. I particularly like Digipill, and a playlist of meditation music that distracts my mind long enough for me to drift off gently. But today, we have a new weapon to unleash in the war on insomnia. I’m fascinated by the increasing awareness of how our gut health determines so much of our overall wellbeing. In this issue, Dr Michael Mosley has some very helpful insights into just how far this can directly impact on our sleep. This week’s food section has 14 recipes to pull out and keep, which you can also view here. Science backs up their effectiveness, and the bonus is they’re all delicious. I wish you bon appétit and sweet dreams. Enjoy. Editor’ s picks A few things I’m coveting this week Great for reinventing a white T-shirt. Scarf, £80, rixo.co.uk Now even wet washing can look chic. Clothes pegs, £11.99, zarahome.com Gorgeous kimono-inspired patterns. Vases, small £42, large, £55, vam.ac.uk/shop RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Everything we know about The Crown season 5 Aldi s exercise equipment is on sale with up to 50% off The best Halloween events for 2022 across the UK Popular in Life The You magazine team reveal their New Year s resolutions December 31, 2021 Susannah Taylor The TLC tools your body will love January 23, 2022 How to stop living in fear February 6, 2022 Susannah Taylor My pick of the fittest leggings February 27, 2022 Women’ s Prize for Fiction 2022 winner announced June 17, 2022 These BBC dramas are returning for a second series June 30, 2022 Susannah Taylor gives the lowdown on nature s little helper – CBD April 17, 2022 The baby names that are banned across the world April 27, 2022 The Queen has released her own emojis May 26, 2022 Sally Brompton horoscopes 27th June-3rd July 2022 June 26, 2022 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved