James Wilson

DOCIAsport is a multi- award winning consultancy working predominantly in the sport and activity sector. The work is all about people, culture and behaviour change and facilitating collaboration to deliver sustainable impact. DOCIA stands for Duty Of Care In Action and it is therefore fitting that the company is a business partner of James The Sleep Geek because our strapline ‘Take and give care’ means if you don’t take care of yourself, you can’t give your best care to others. Good self-care must start with good sleep.

Why I Work With Them

I have spent the last 5 years working in sport,  across tens of different sports, and at every level from academies and young athletes, right up to working with International players and athletes competing at Olympic Games. What I have learnt is my job is a whole lot harder when the culture of the team or sport is creating stress, anxiety schedules and environments that just don’t work. DOCIAsport’s – and their founder, Ian Braid’s – commitment to athlete well being fits perfectly with my ambition to help those in sport create cultures more conducive to healthy recovery.

Issviva’s aim is to create a better modern menopause, enabling every woman to take control and be ready for this new life phase. We want to serve and connect menopausal women to learn, share and be seen; each supported to understand their hormonal journey and thrive. We want to be your partner in this journey for a better menopause experience. Your access to advice, community and tailored solutions.

Why I Work With Them

In my work in organisations, women living with the menopause, or who are perimenopausal make up a large percentage of my audience. Many of the people I talked to had been given poor advice around dealing with sleep issues at this stage of their life, which often left them sleeping worse, and having a significant impact on their physical and mental health. Issviva wants to create a supportive community and give those at this stage of their life access to the best experts, working not just with me, but with other well known health experts like Dr Zoe Williams and Dr Shahzadi Harper.

At Motion our aim is to make you feel good.

We believe that with better sleep, less stress and more energy everything in life works better.  Instant fixes never work, even if they give a short relief. Unplug helps you slow-fix your sleep, but doesn’t knock you out.  You shouldn’t have to compromise when it comes to nourishing your body. That is why our products are thoughtfully made to be free from junk – there are no fillers, no synthetic flavourings, no soy and no gluten.   We apply the same concept to our packaging.  We’re plastic free, using recyclable or compostable materials and all the energy that powers our products comes from wind farms, so you can feel good about that to

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Why I Work With Them

The world of sleep aids is full of hyperbole and ridiculous claims and supplement brands can often be the worst culprits. What I love about Motion is they don’t sell the sizzle, they sell the quality of their product. No fillers, the best quality ingredients and no overblown claims. Their Unplug supplement can help relax you as part of your pre sleep rituals, and they know it is helpful for lots of people (including me) but they don’t overegg the pudding. Just great products and honest marketing. Exactly what I want in  a brand partner.

Mattress Online is the largest independent mattress retailer in the UK, with an excellent reputation for customer service, quality and innovation.

Based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, we’ve been in the business of helping the UK to sleep since 2003 and we’re committed to helping our customers find the perfect mattress for their sleep needs – and we invest in the sleep health of our staff too with regular expert sleep training.

Your sleep is important, which is why we work with the best brands across our website and retail stores, and we use our sleep expertise to help people find the mattress that’s right for them – whether that be through advice guides, videos or simply talking to our team.

We pride ourselves on making the buying process as simple as possible. Our bespoke website, large product range and expanding fleet of delivery trucks mean customers are able to find what they want quickly and start enjoying their purchase the very next day.

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https://www.mattressonline.co.uk/Shop/Sale-C429/

Why I Work With Them

When it comes to mattresses I have always been very careful who I work with. I know mattresses (I am the third generation of my family to have worked in the industry) and I spent years looking for a partner who I had a cultural fit with, who cared about what products they sell to people, and cared that the people sleeping on their products have the right product for them. I found this in Mattress Online, a commitment to staff training and wellbeing that put sleep at the centre of what they do, and a desire to match problems to products made them the right partner for me. The fact that they are based in Rotherham, my hometown, sealed the deal, proving all the best things come from Rotherham.