Better Beds

My name is Michelle.

Here’s a quick back-story of how this site evolved. I was in a very stressful corporate job working long hours, trying to meet challenging deadlines for a company headquartered in Texas. The CEO had just made my boss and a member of my team redundant. So I was doing the job of 3 people and I now reported to the CEO who was horrible. I didn’t feel I could resign, we needed the money.

I started to have trouble sleeping.

My stress and anxiety meant I didn’t get much sleep and the quality of that sleep was pretty poor. I was already on a very mild dose of anti-depressants. The doctor tripled my dose so that by bedtime I was comatosed.

I thought there must be another way.

I started exploring more about sleep and how to improve the quality of my sleep.

I read many online articles and books. And then I came across health and fitness professional Shaun Stevenson’s book, Sleep Smarter. I worked to convert the simple functional bedrooms in our home into sleep sanctuaries so that John, Tobias and myself would get a good night’s sleep by being more comfortable and healthy.

The biggest change I made to my sleep was buying a new mattress and getting rid of our scratchy old sheets and covers.

Having a very analytical nature, I researched and researched our best bedding options. I wanted something safe and as close to nature as possible. As a young professional couple with a toddler, I wanted something we could afford. As I researched, I realised that other people with the same needs, could also benefit from my investigations.

And so, Better Bed Solutions was born.

Fast forward to today, I’m off the anti-depressants. I’ve changed jobs to something less stressful but I’m still in corporate (boo hoo!). The bottom line is I’m much happier and, of course, sleeping better. Yay!

What’s This Site About?

You spend about 25 years or roughly one-third of your life sleeping. So when it comes to spending money on bedding in your life, it’s really an investment. And you want to invest in something that’s comfortable, safe and good for your health.

A mattress should last you about 10 years and your bedding – sheets, comforters, pillows and so on – should last you a couple of years. So when you invest in your bedding, it’s not an investment of dollars but an investment of your precious time as well. And, as you probably know, buying bedding, especially a mattress, can take a long time.