“My husband Jay snores a bit, I fidget and we’re both so tall - there’s a lot of human in our bed,” Chelsea Pottenger tells WH. “So, seven years ago, after I recovered from postnatal depression and associated insomnia, we made the decision to do everything in our power to protect my sleep and thus my mental health. That was the deciding factor for us to sleep in separate bedrooms permanently. It’s fantastic.”
The 41-year-old mindfulness and meditation coach - also the founder of mental wellbeing group EQ Minds and author of knows her admission might be controversial to some. But, if a stereotype of an unhappy couple sleeping apart springs to mind, Chelsea has news. “We have an incredible marriage - we’ve been together 22 years and married for 14. But we [know] how vital sleep is to our health and relationship,