Are you sleepy? It’s time to wake up.

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World Sleep Day – 15 March 2024

It’s Friday and the start of another weekend.

Are you looking forward to sleeping in tomorrow because you’ve been feeling sleepy throughout the week?

Are you experiencing debilitating fatigue ?

Do you feel as if you could fall asleep while standing up or while driving?

Do you wake up suddenly at night gasping for breath or choking?

Is your partner unable to sleep because of your loud snoring?


⏰ Here’s a wake-up call…

👉 Like millions of people around the world, you may have sleep apnea.

Sleep apnea happens when a person’s breathing is interrupted during sleep. 

As a person living with sleep apnea, and as a firm believer in preventive health, I am writing this post to raise awareness of the importance of quality sleep and to encourage readers to get help if they suspect that they have a sleep disorder.

This is what ‘waking up tired’ looks like

This is how I look and feel after a good night’s sleep!

If left untreated, sleep apnea can lead to several health problems including hypertension, stroke, arrhythmias, cardiomyopathy (enlargement of the muscle tissue of the heart), heart failure, diabetes, obesity and heart attacks.

❗ Canadians are not getting good, quality sleep. Our economy loses around 80,000 working days annually, the equivalent of over two hundred years of lost productivity.

💤 Sleep is necessary for the good health of individuals, for the safety of others and for the economy.

  • Sleep deprivation leads to overworked neurons and poor synchronization of the body’s organ systems resulting in depleted attention and impaired judgement.
  • Lapses in focus impair the brain’s ability to perform tasks such as driving and operating machinery, jeopardizing the safety of sleep-deprived persons and others.
  • Fatigue impairs the brain’s ability to interpret events and social interactions, which adversely impact professional and personal relationships.
  • To overcome daytime fatigue, individuals eat foods high in sugar, putting them at risk of obesity, heart disease, and chronic illnesses such as diabetes.

🆘 If you suspect that you may have sleep apnea, any medical doctor will refer you to a sleep specialist for testing and diagnosis of a sleep disorder. The benefits of sleep disorder therapies are remarkable.

See the BIG picture. Focus on what’s important.

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Published by Camille Isaacs-Morell

Enabling businesses and people to be successful. This is my mission, my life’s work. It’s always been what I have done wherever I’ve been employed, called to serve or to volunteer. An experienced business leader, my core values are truth, integrity, and respect. I believe that values-based leadership is critical for organizational success that is enabled by an engaged and empowered workforce. Working over the years in several senior marketing, communications, and executive leadership mandates for global, financial, healthcare, and non-profit organizations, it has been through times of transformation and difficult change that I have done my best work. In my blog posts, I share my perspectives on leadership, marketing and strategy that are based on my key learnings and observations over the years, all with the objective of helping others reach for success. In my spare time, I enjoy the beauty of nature which I reproduce in my pastel paintings.