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How to Use Temperature for Better Sleep: The Timing, the Dose, and the Menopause Fix

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Dr. Susanna Søberg, Ph.D
Aug 13, 2026
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Start with the why

This is the how. It belongs with the free piece that explains why your core body temperature governs sleep, and why heat before bed helps while cold can backfire. If you have not read that one, or want to share it, it is here:

→ The free piece: why temperature quietly runs your sleep

The one principle everything rests on

Sleep begins when your core body temperature falls. Every protocol below is built to exaggerate and time that fall. Get the timing right and it works. Get it wrong, warm too late, cold too late, and you fight your own physiology.

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