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The Non-Negotiable Evening Routine: How to Lower Cortisol, Improve Sleep, and Boost Recovery
A simple, science-backed nighttime routine to reduce stress, balance hormones, and wake up energized every morning.
Today, we’re covering an often overlooked but critical habit: creating a non-negotiable evening wind-down routine.
High performers push hard all day.
But if you don’t have a structured way to shut down at night, your stress levels stay elevated, cortisol remains high, and sleep quality suffers.
Over time, this leads to poor recovery, slower metabolism, and diminished cognitive and physical performance.
Many people go straight from emails to bed, check their phone one last time, or watch TV until they fall asleep.
These habits disrupt melatonin production, keep the nervous system wired, and make it harder to fall into deep, restorative sleep.
You don’t need an elaborate nighttime ritual.
You just need a structured transition from work mode to sleep mode.
By the end of today, you’ll understand:
Why an intentional wind-down routine is essential for stress management and fat…
