Terrible night’s sleep? Here’s how to make it through the day – and maybe even enjoy it – one step at a time

Coffee or no coffee? Almond croissant or exercise snack? Early night or bedtime as usual? You’ll be grateful you made the right choices

Wolf Moon by Arifa Akbar review – night terrors

The Guardian theatre critic’s imaginative exploration of life in the shadows

Stop counting sheep – and 13 more no-nonsense tips for getting back to sleep

Awake in the night again? From box breathing to standing on a cold bathroom floor, experts and readers offer tried and tested tips on how to calm your mind and drift back off …

NHS manager ordered to stop selling ‘sleep drug-laced’ children’s gummies

Regulator tells Sally Westcott to pull product that allegedly has undeclared levels of prescription-only melatonin

‘I feel like a drug dealer’: the parents using black-market melatonin to help their children sleep

Desperate dads meet in car parks to exchange packets; exhausted parents slip it into their kids’ drinks; families waiting months for prescriptions buy it ‘off label’. But is it worth the risk?

The one change that worked: meditation cured my insomnia – and transformed my relationships

The practice that helped me to sleep also gave me the clarity to end my marriage, and to begin dating again

Origin Hybrid Pro mattress review: gigantic, firm … the James Bond of mattresses

This supportive bed-in-a-box mattress packs a powerful orthopaedic punch. Here’s what impressed me – and what could be better

Ikea Valevåg mattress review: a brilliant budget buy or too cheap for comfort?

Ikea’s pocket sprung mattress is a relative bargain. Here’s what I loved about it – and what didn’t impress me

Plastics in everyday objects may disrupt sleep in same way as caffeine, study finds

Findings show for first time how plastic chemicals throw off the body’s internal clock by up to 17 minutes

My life’s a mess. Will turning it into a game make everything better?

With two small kids and a dog to take care of, I often struggle to look after myself. Self-care apps promise to help – if you can handle the quests, magic potions and rainbow stones. I put four of them to the test