“I thought I was losing my mind. I asked the doctor if I was going crazy,” she said, and the doctor gave her advice that changed her life: she needed seven to ten hours of sleep each night, and should avoid drinking caffeine while making sure to work out.
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“I realized how serious the consequences could be of ignoring what my body and mind needed to be healthy — and that’s where my journey to wellness began,” Lopez said of that straightforward advice.
“I think of sleep like a little time machine,” she added. “You lay down and you go into a space where you preserve yourself and then you come out a new, younger person than you were before.”
Finally, Lopez said, “Sometimes I wake up and say, ‘Wow! I just lost 10 years off my face!’ That’s what a good night’s sleep can do for you, and it accumulates over time.”