Challenges

Quick Win
Making a close connection with your partner before bed may improve sleep.
Try This Today
- Start a daily snuggling routine with your partner.
- Check in with each other for a pre-sleep conversation or take three deep breaths together to release the stressors of the day.
- If you’re feeling frisky, go for it: Sex before bed may help improve overall enjoyment, research suggests.
Why
Sharing a bed with a significant other may help you get more REM sleep, the phase of sleeping associated with memory consolidation, emotion regulation and creative problem-solving. In a study of almost 7,000 men and women ages 50 to 89, those who were sexually active — even just kissing and petting — expressed greater enjoyment with life, according to a 2018 report in Sexual Medicine.
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