There are some simple lifestyle changes that boost the chances of sleeping through the night so you feel well rested in the morning. But first, we need to address that waking up is normal.

Discover how waking up at 5 a.m. can transform your mornings with self-care routines, mindfulness practices, and more.

A survey of about 50,000 adults shows we’re happiest in the mornings, but sad and anxious at night. Planning around those ...

'Try the above for two weeks very consistently without giving up, and then reflect on your sleep. If it's better, carry on. If it's not, it’s a sign the broken nature is more engrained and you need a ...

The stress hormone cortisol is not activated when waking up in the morning, a new study has suggested. Instead, cortisol is activated in the hours before we wake up in order to prepare us for the day ...

Cortisol rises before waking as part of the body’s circadian rhythm, not in response to awakening, challenging previous beliefs. For many years it has been generally accepted that waking up ...

A new book explores the myth that getting eight hours of shut-eye is how we should be sleeping. Its author, Dr Merijn van de ...

What is Sara Cox's advice for waking up in the middle of the night and does it stand up to science? - The BBC presenter lifted the lid on her top tips for getting back to sleep ...

If you struggle to rise in the morning, you are in very, very good company. It’s a common experience, research shows, to feel groggy and sluggish when you wake up. Scientists call the drowsiness ...

Waking up in the night is frustrating – and it's ... Get bright light exposure in the morning (it can be artificial) and maintain as much as possible throughout the day. Then make a good ...

Too often I wake up after a perfect eight-hour slumber as fresh as a corpse. Then I spend the first two hours of my day behaving like a reanimated one. So what can we do to maximise morning pizazz?

Waking up does not activate an increase in the release ... of cortisol - which starts increasing in the early hours of the morning, and reach a peak shortly after habitual wake time.