{"id":77000,"date":"2025-04-28T18:56:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T10:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mindvalley.com\/?p=77000"},"modified":"2025-06-11T16:14:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T15:14:18","slug":"sleepmaxxing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mindvalley.com\/blog\/sleepmaxxing\/","title":{"rendered":"Everyone\u2019s talking about sleepmaxxing, but here\u2019s what experts want you to know first"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If there\u2019s one thing TikTok does well, it\u2019s that it makes everyday topics go viral. Slap on a Gen Z name, add pastel infographics, and suddenly it\u2019s trending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And sleepmaxxing<\/strong> is right up there on the list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But is it\u2014something that we naturally do\u2014even worth the discussion?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps. And perhaps the social media trend dressed up in clickbait clothing is finally what makes us pay attention to something many of us take for granted: sleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is sleepmaxxing?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The \u201csleepmaxxing\u201d definition boils down to this: doing everything you can to get the best sleep possible. It\u2019s a mix of the word \u201csleep\u201d and the idea of going all-in (\u201cmaxxing\u201d out) on your rest routine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s part of a bigger wave of \u201cmaxxing\u201d trends\u2014like gymmaxxing, skinmaxxing, and even girlymaxxing\u2014where people gamify self-care. Sleepmaxxing just happens to hit a universal nerve: most of us are tired, and most of us want that to change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sleepmaxing is just a marketing tool to make all the standard sleep health recommendations sound new and sexy<\/em>.<\/p>\n\u2014 Dr. Sara Mednick, sleep researcher at the University of California, Irvine<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The thing is, we all know getting our beauty sleep<\/a> is important. Even Dr. Michael Breus<\/strong>, a Diplomate of the American Board of Sleep Medicine and a Fellow of The American Academy of Sleep Medicine, has been saying this for years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou can go for about four days without water, you can go for about 25 days without food<\/em>,\u201d The Sleep Doctor points out in his Mindvalley program, The Mastery of Sleep<\/em>, \u201c[but] you can only go for six or seven days without sleep<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still, not all sleep experts are buying into the sleepmaxxing hype. Some see it more as a flashy rebrand of common advice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As sleep researcher Dr. Sara Mednick told Mindvalley Pulse, \u201cSleepmaxing is just a marketing tool to make all the standard sleep health recommendations sound new and sexy<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Call it a trend, call it a gimmick, call it whatever you want\u2026 But the need behind it is real.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The reality behind poor sleep habits<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Despite knowing the obvious, getting quality shut-eye (not to mention quantity) is still something a lot of us struggle with. Here are some concerning facts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n