Please note: Project Sleep will not be hosting the annual Sleep In event this year. We appreciate your understanding and continued support as we focus on other initiatives to promote sleep health and awareness. Stay tuned for future events and opportunities to get involved!
On the weekend of March 8-10, 2024, Project Sleep invites you to participate in the 10th annual Sleep In 2024 (#SleepIn2024) to raise awareness about sleep health, sleep equity, and sleep disorders. Focus your weekend around rest and recovery and invite your friends and family to join you OR sponsor your Sleep In to benefit Project Sleep. Register here.
Sleep is the misunderstood and often-overlooked pillar of health. Whether you are sleepy teen, person with a sleep or circadian condition, supporter, sleep professional or sleep enthusiast, your Sleep In matters.
Who answers the Sleep Helpline calls? Tune in to meet Heather Lill, LPC-MHSP, who currently serves as the Manager of the Sleep Helpline, Project Sleep’s free national helpline providing individualized support to people facing sleep issues and sleep disorders. In this special interview hosted by Emma Cooksey, Project Sleep Board Chair and host of the Sleep Apnea Stories Podcast, you’ll learn about Heather and her career path that led to her current role at Project Sleep, leading the new Sleep Helpline!
About Heather:
Heather is a licensed professional counselor (LPC-MHSP) in the state of Tennessee currently serving as the Sleep Helpline Manager at Project Sleep. She has worked in rural mental health, serving her hometown for the last decade, both within the school system and in her own private practice. Heather has a great passion for working with adolescents and their families, particularly with the LGBTQIA+ community. In her role as Sleep Helpline Manager, Heather provides personalized support and resources to those facing sleep issues and sleep disorders, no matter where they are in their journey.
Heather’s interest in the science of sleep developed during graduate school, when her sister began exhibiting signs of narcolepsy type 1. She has often emphasized to clients and their families that sleep is the foundation of wellness, which became a much more important sentiment to her after her own chronic illness diagnosis. She serves as a county representative for the Mid-Cumberland Council for Children and Youth and a member of the expert advisory board for Vocational Rehabilitation.
Outside of work, Heather is an avid hiker, recently tackling the goal of hiking at all 57 state parks in her home state of Tennessee within a year. In addition, she enjoys reading, drinking decaf coffee in local coffee shops, antiquing with her best friend, weight lifting, fossil hunting, and bird watching. She lives in her hometown with her partner, Matt, their three children, and three dogs.
Join us for an interactive workshop and interview featuring artist and writer, Tatiana Corbitt. Let’s paint watercolors together! To participate in the interactive portion there is no prior experience needed, but we suggest having these supplies: a watercolor paint palette, paper, brush, and water.
About Tatiana:
Tatiana Maria Corbitt is a writer and multidisciplinary artist living in the Pacific Northwest. They have a M.S. in Applied Biological Sciences from Arizona State University. In addition to being published on narcolepsy.sleep-disorders.net, they will be published in “Blood Sweat Tears” (release date May 1st 2024) in which they write about their experience with narcolepsy in the outdoors and include two of their favorite original poems. “Blood Sweat Tears” can be ordered at https://www.ruggedoutdoorswoman.com/online-store/?aff=4 (please put “narcolepsy” in the purchase notes so that Tatiana can be partially credited for any sales).
Their first poetry book, “Wild Brujeria,” will be published by Curious Corvid Publishers August 17th 2024 and includes many references to living with narcolepsy. They are currently writing an autobiographical fictional fantasy novel starring a queer and narcoleptic ex-scientist who hikes into a new world. Release date to be determined. Tatiana spends their days reading, napping, writing, painting, and hiking with their German shepherd service dog.
Let’s take a tour through the Museum of Sleep together. Julie Flygare will interview the Museum of Sleep founders, Dwight and Jennifer, as they share highlights from their amazing online collection.
About Museum of Sleep:
The Museum of Sleep explores the history, science, art, and culture of sleep through interdisciplinary exhibits and programs for people of all ages. They aim to inspire curiosity and wonder about this universal human experience. Check out their Instagram account @museum_of_sleep.
In this interactive IG Live event, Dr. Jenny Talbert will walk us through a light evening pre-bedtime stretching routine. She’ll also discuss pillows for neck pain and positioning. Join us for a great stretch and ask Dr. Talbert your questions live! You can download the handout for Dr. Talbert’s stretching routine here: https://project-sleep.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Sleep-In-2024-Bed-Stretches.pdf
About Dr. Talbert:
Dr. Talbert is a chiropractic physician practicing in Portland, Oregon. She is passionate about educating her patients on the benefits of sleep, as well as the health of the musculoskeletal system. In January 2024, Dr. Jennifer Talbert joined the Board of Directors of Project Sleep.
Living with sleep apnea herself, Dr. Talbert has used a CPAP machine for the past 3 years, which has vastly improved her life. She is now an advocate for ensuring her patients undergo screening for sleep issues. Dr. Talbert firmly believes that chiropractors and other similar healthcare providers are uniquely positioned to screen for sleep disorders.
Dr. Talbert extends her commitment to patient care by cultivating an environment where individuals of all shapes and sizes feel comfortable in their bodies, free from judgment and body shaming. In addition to her healthcare expertise, Dr. Talbert possesses event planning, volunteer, and leadership skills acquired from organizing a local women’s social club. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with friends, being creative with crochet projects, playing the ukulele, and hosting her book club.
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You are not required to stay in bed all day. The Sleep In theme aims to focus public attention on the importance of sleep, rest, and recovery, but we know rest comes in many forms. Join our events, make posters, get outside for fresh air, play board games, connect on socials (#SleepIn2024, @Project_Sleep), take a nap, dance, do yoga, take a bath, read a book, listen to a favorite podcast. Take another nap. Rest, relax and have fun!
Project Sleep will be flooding social media and connecting with participants around the world via Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and video events. The full Schedule of Events will be posted on this page at least one week in advance of the Sleep In.
On the weekend of March 8-10, 2024, Project Sleep invites you to join the 10th annual international Sleep In (#SleepIn2024) to raise awareness about sleep health, sleep equity, and sleep disorders. Register here to take part in the weekend’s restivities! Ask your friends and family to join OR sponsor your Sleep In to benefit Project Sleep.
Yes, please get out of bed during the Sleep In. Stretch, take a bath, get outdoors for a walk. Have fun incorporating the Sleep In theme into your weekend in a way that makes sense for you, your health and your schedule. This is supposed to be a fun opportunity to focus public awareness on the importance of sleep, rest, and relaxation, not a health hazard or prison sentence.
The Sleep In is an awareness and fundraising event of Project Sleep, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. By inviting participants to focus on sleep, rest and recovery, the Sleep In offers a restorative alternative to events that require participants to expend energy to participate. Connecting people via social media and video chats, the Sleep In aims to empower sleep advocates across the globe.
Are you sleep-walking through life? Nearly 70 percent of adults report insufficient sleep or rest at least once a month. Almost 70 percent of high school adolescents are not getting enough sleep. An estimated 1 out of 5 Americans chronically live with a sleep or circadian disorder yet the majority are undiagnosed.
Sleep is the misunderstood and often-overlooked pillar of health. Sleepiness is NOT laziness. By participating in Project Sleep’s Sleep In, we are waking up the world to the importance and power of sleep.
Calling on sleep-loving humans and pets! Whether you are sleepy teen, person with a sleep disorder, supporter, sleep professional, or sleep enthusiast – your Sleep In matters. Use your voice, and your bed, to shine light on the night.
It’s FREE to register at https://projectsleep.salsalabs.org/sleepin2024, however we encourage you to make the first donation on your fundraising page to inspire others. Once your page is set up, email your friends and family to challenge them to participate or donate.
Some people run or walk to raise funds, but why not receive support and encouragement to Sleep In? Funds raised support Project Sleep is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to raising awareness about sleep health and sleep disorders!
