Dr Moira Junge is a Health Psychologist with a doctorate in Psychology and the CEO of the Sleep Health Foundation (SHF). She is also on the healthylife Health Advisory Board. Her first ten years of her health career were spent as a registered nurse at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne.

As a Health Psychologist she has focused on health challenges and health behaviour change at an individual and population level so it was a natural transition for Moira to move across from the clinical setting to the health promotion and community advocacy setting.

She firmly believes that prevention is better than cure and focuses on the translation and implementation of research. She aims to reach people before chronic challenges set in. This is what underpins her advocacy and education work in the community, and why she has taken on the CEO role at the SHF.

Presentation: Sleep: The Why, the When, the How and the What!

Join us to uncover the secrets of restorative sleep and empower your patients with the tools they need for a restful night.

In this talk the science of sleep will be explored, emphasising its critical role in overall health and well-being. There will be an overview of the sleep cycle, highlighting the importance of REM and non-REM stages, and how they contribute to physical and mental restoration.

Evidence-based strategies that enhance sleep quality and quantity will be presented including principles of CBT-I, maintaining a consistent sleep schedule, creating a sleep-conducive environment, psychological reduction of stress. The role of natural supplements like melatonin and valerian root will also be explored.

By integrating these natural, evidence-backed approaches, you can equip your patients to have a better relationship with their sleep, ultimately improving their health outcomes.