How Tabitha Brown Sleeps At Night

The actress and TikTok influencer shares her ultimate guide to bedtime self-care.

How Tabitha Brown Sleeps At Night

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As a wife, a mom of two—well, three if you could her fur child, Blackie—a successful actress, and an influencer with a burgeoning career, Tabitha Brown certainly has a lot of balls in the air. But between it all, she also makes time for restorative self-care. How does she get to a place where she feels relaxed and ready for a good night’s rest? It’s all about her nighttime routine. “I like to let the day go and not think about anything I have to do during the following day,” she says. “It’s so important to just release it and kind of go into deep thoughts.”

We chatted with Brown about her super-chill evening routine—which includes singing in the shower, btw—that de-stresses her and sets her up for success.

My wind-down singing routine

The self-check-in each evening is so important. I get in the shower and check in on myself to make sure there is nothing from my day that has affected me that I am holding onto. So the shower is the time that I check myself that I say, “Okay girl, it’s time to let go of that.” And I sing a fun song in the shower to boost my mood. A lot of the times I sing gospel music, but sometimes I just make the songs up—it’s whatever comes into my spirit and my heart, and I just let it out. I think it’s important to do a good self-talk. People think I’m crazy that I talk to myself and answer back but it’s the ultimate form of self-care. I feel good about myself afterward.

The sleep hacks I swear by

I’m in the process of writing a book so I’m in the mindset as of late where I’m either writing or looking over what I wrote, or journaling and getting my thoughts out. I also love a glass of red wine at night, and I take Ashwagandha gummies to help relax me. So I crawl into my bed and if I’m not doing my writing I do something that some people may find hilarious, but I look at houses on my phone! It’s something to do that doesn’t require thought and it puts me into a nice little relaxing mode to fall asleep. And then I’ll maybe fall into a dream about walking through one of the houses. It’s pleasant to my brain. I also have a massage chair so sometimes I’ll sit in that or I’ll sit on my couch with my dog, Blackie, and I’ll do a little cuddle. That’s the most relaxing thing. I have these new rocking chairs that I got, so he sits on my lap and we rock. I love a good rocking chair. It’s all about winding down.

Ashwagandha Gummies

Catalina Rocker

The pajamas that light up my night

I love, love pajamas. The two-piece sets are my favorite, and they have to be super soft, stretchy cotton. Target makes the best ones. I like to go to bed happy and if my pajamas are bright colors like yellow and purple, I just feel happy. I am a person who loves happy colors always, and having colorful pajamas make for a cozy evening. I also have some slides from Target that I wear as my house shoes. It makes you feel fancy even when you’re at home. For me that’s the key, being fancy and comfortable.

Short Sleeve Notch Collar Top and Shorts

Paris Crossband Slippers

What’s on my nightstand

On my nightstand, I have some books, my laptop, my gummies, a night lamp, and a bottle of water because the first thing I do every morning is drink water.

The Glow Light

The bed and accessories I splurged on

My husband and I love a cold room where you can get in under the covers and get all cozy. I also have a Sleep Number bed, so I set that number at night—which is 40—not too hard and not too soft, just right in the middle. You can adjust it up or down so if you want to sit up in bed and read you can do that. Sometimes I’ll do that if I’m in the mood to read. My husband hates all the pillows I have but I have stenosis so I sleep with four pillows—one under my neck, then one tiny pillow under each arm, and one in between my legs. I also have a weighted blanket so when it’s cold enough in the bedroom and when it’s cold enough outside it’s SO nice to be under it.

360 P6 Smart Bed

Cotton Weighted Blanket

My secret to sleeping well during the pandemic

I’ve slept better, believe it or not, since the pandemic hit. Many things blessed me during this time and I’m stronger because of it. I think about how once it’s over how much stronger we will all be and we’ll think, “I survived this. We survived this.” This is a huge part of history and I have lived to be able to talk about it and that just makes me sleep well, to think I was meant to experience this, that we were all chosen to live in this exact time. I sleep better at night in knowing that. I know its temporary and I have so much peace. We’ve all had time to slow down and eat breakfast at home in the morning and take our time a bit more, which has been a light in my life.

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This story originally appeared on: Glamour - Author:Kim Peiffer