Sleepcare Stories — ritual

Daniel Poulin is a visionary, plain and simple. With over 30 years of strategic leadership, innovation and advocacy, Daniel is poised to lead and change the industry for the better.  In our last Beyond the Sheets conversation of 2020 (we did it, folks!), Daniel discusses accessible wellness and what that looks like for spas, hotels and the community as a whole. He dives into the impact of COVID-19 on our social wellness and the importance of social interactions on our health. And, we, of course, talk about sleep and how it is the most crucial element to extending one’s life...

This year, we urge you to think about who and what your money supports. Mindful sleep care practices go hand in hand with mindful spending. We encourage supporting Black and Persons of Color owned small businesses championing sleep care. Here are five sleep care gifts from Black and POC businesses to power your loved one’s sleep! 

Most of us have experienced disruption in our sleep from COVID-19. Chronic, acute stress can do that - disrupt the ability to rest. When there is something new causing us to stay awake, we need to source new alternatives to achieve restful sleep, and sleep stories may be it! We need to take care of and protect our sleep. With COVID-19 making sleep harder to achieve, sleep stories are an easy and free addition to your sleepcare routine, the intentional practices that improve and maximize one’s overall well-being during and surrounding sleep.

Skin is the human body’s largest organ and is essential to our protection and wellbeing. The care of that skin is essential too. Since the pandemic began, we have been bombarded with the terms essential business and nonessential business. What makes a business “essential” vary from state-to-state and, sometimes, even city-to-city. On the most basic level, think of an essential business as a need and an nonessential business as a want.