You know what they say, the uglier you go to sleep, the prettier you wake up, apparently?

In an age where everyone is time poor and sleep a commodity as valuable as gold, surely adding extra bedtime tasks before you hop under the covers is just taking time away from those precious moments of lights out?

There's a whole side of Tiktok dedicated to hacking your sleep, or 'sleepmaxxing'. From pre bedtime rituals to post wakeup shedding, what do the experts really think of them?

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Host: Claire Murphy

With thanks to:

Erin Docherty, Mamamia's Beauty & Lifestyle Editor and Host of You Beauty podcast

Dr Carmel Harrington, Managing Director of Sleep For Health and Author of The Sleep Diet & The Complete Guide To A Good Night's Sleep. You can buy her books here.

Executive Producer: Taylah Strano

Audio Producers: Tegan Sadler

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