Mind the what?

We love helping you improve your sleep, your bed, your duvet and your pillow! Why? Well sleep is the foundation upon which all other pillars of life are built. Consequences of poor sleep thunder throughout your life and affect your health and mental well-being far more than you might expect. Attention to your bed and your sleep. It’s our mission to consciously draw your attention to it. Hence, our slogan is Mind the bed!

Improve my sleep

Did you know that more than 1/3 of the population in Europe has some kind of problem with their sleep? We learn about healthy exercise during our school years and are taught the basics of good nutrition. Unfortunately, we learn little to nothing about our sleep. Time to improve your sleep, too….

Improve my bed

“A bed is actually a wireless charger for the body,” a 10-year-old girl wrote to the Dutch website ‘OMdenken’. A funny quote that contains a lot of truth. How can you improve your mattress, bed base, or sleep comfort? How can you really mind the bed? Are you ready to improve your bed?

Improve my duvet

Did you know that a study by the German Ergonomic Institute in Munich shows that about 80% of moisture and temperature regulation is processed through the bed textile and thus also your duvet? It is a powerful tool to protect our body from temperature fluctuations during sleep. Find out how you can improve your duvet here!

Improve my pillow

Do you like a pillow that you can shake up nicely and do you like to sculpt your head in it? Or are pre-shaped anatomically adapted versions more your thing? There are really many sizes and differences. Find out how you can improve your pillow thanks to mindthebed.com.

Latest articles

Do you sleep better with a taped mouth?

Do you sleep better with a taped mouth?

Do you sleep better with a taped mouth?
Top athletes are said to swear by it, and also quite a lot of media posted around sleeping with a taped mouth to focus more on nasal breathing. It would help you sleep better than with your mouth open.

Mouth taping while sleeping: what happens?

Mouth taping while sleeping: what happens?

Tried it myself: mouth taping! Lately, there has been quite a lot of buzz highlighting the unlikely benefits of taping your mouth while sleeping. Belgian newspaper De Morgen, Dutch RTL News, Linda.nl and Sleepfoundation, among others, wrote about its impact on your...

Do you know if you are a morning or an evening person?

Do you know if you are a morning or an evening person?

Biorhythms and happiness: morning people versus evening people Are you a morning or an evening person? To answer that question, think about the following scenarios to give you the answer: The alarm clock starts blaring before your day starts with the morning news at...

Can you sleep with your eyes open?

Can you sleep with your eyes open?

Normally, people sleep with their eyes closed. However, there are rare cases where people do sleep with their eyes open - this is often linked to a sleep disorder. Is it normal to sleep with your eyes open? No, it is not normal to sleep with your eyes open. If a...

Can you sleep with tampon?

Can you sleep with tampon?

During your period you may use a tampon during the day, but can you sleep with tampon? Medical advice states that it is important to change the tampon before going to bed, if you want to use them during the night. However, it is strongly advised that it is generally...

Which duvet is the warmest?

Which duvet is the warmest?

Which warmth class of comforters is the warmest? Which duvet is the warmest? The answer to this question is seemingly very simple. After all, comforters from heat class 1 are seemingly always the warmest. However, before you get busy with this information. Please read...

Can you keep lenses in while sleeping?

Can you keep lenses in while sleeping?

It has probably happened at some given time: you wake up and find that your lenses were still in. Is it wise to sleep with lenses? Well let us briefly say in advance that whether you wear daily lenses, weekly lenses or monthly lenses, they are not meant to be worn...

Can I wash a pillow in the washing machine?

Can I wash a pillow in the washing machine?

Your pillow is an important part of your sleep comfort. To ensure that your pillow remains hygienic and fresh, it's important to wash it once in a while. But can you wash any pillow in the washing machine? What should you do to wash a pillow and what should you pay...

Is it better to sleep with or without a pillow?

Is it better to sleep with or without a pillow?

Maybe you've asked yourself this question when you've been struggling with your pillow all night long. The answer to whether it is better to sleep with or without a pillow depends on a number of factors, including your sleeping position, any back or neck pain and your...

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Do I need a mattress protector for my mattress?

Do I need a mattress protector for my mattress?

Of course, we at MindTheBed think a good bed is an important pillar of a good night's sleep. Therefore, it is important to treat your bed, and therefore your mattress, sustainably. A mattress protector can be used either under your mattress, that is, between your bed...

How do you get yellow stains out of your pillow?

How do you get yellow stains out of your pillow?

If your pillow turns yellow, it is wise to clean it. For example, you can wash the pillow in the washing machine, but you can also remove the yellow stains with lemon juice, white vinegar and baking soda, among others. All the ways to get yellow stains out of your...

Which firmness of mattress for what weight?

Which firmness of mattress for what weight?

Your weight has a lot of influence on the firmness of your mattress. The heavier you are, the firmer the mattress support should actually be. If you are a lightweight, it is better to choose a soft mattress. How is the firmness of mattresses measured? By lying down on...

Sharing is caring!

Years of experience in the world of sleep comfort we would very much like to share with you. Not because we think we know everything, on the contrary. It has since become a passion to speak and write about sleep. The wonderful world of sleep continues to be explored day after day, month after month and year after year by neurologists, sleep scientists, product developers and technologists around the world…. And we love to collect and share that information because we “mind the bed”!

And we don’t do this alone, because behind the scenes there is a lot of preparation, reading and research and our texts take shape thanks to the expert help of a team of fine and skilled people! From students to experienced copy-writers, highly skilled colleagues from every field also regularly join us at our editorial table.

Ilona Migdalski is a Belgian copywriter, and engaging copywriting is her craft. If you get something out of it, she’s happy! She herself loves reading – how could it be otherwise – as well as sports and her family! As a mom of three teenagers, she knows how important a good night’s sleep is. Therefore, she brings out her writing talent to give you interesting tips and advice on wonderful sleep.

Johnno van de Brink is a born SEO specialist and really enjoys biting into good content creation. He keeps us on our toes when it comes to SEO. Of course, as a young father, he knows full well how important sleep is.

Lia van de Mosselaar is a young student studying as a freshman in Leuven! During her free moments, the she is the one who sorts and neatly prepares all the content so that everyone can get to work well prepared.

Marco Achtereekte is the driving force behind Alastor and represents Neves and Schlafmond in the BeNeLux sleep industry. In addition to being a father and partner, Marco has been on the road almost his entire working life as an independent contractor. As director, production manager and sales and marketing director. He likes to describe himself as a boy scout but is mostly a very well known name in the Netherlands (and beyond) when it comes to pillows and duvets.

As the founder and creator of this platform, I also like to introduce myself. I am Jürgen Swinnen and have been working in the sleep industry since 1994. My career began in the boom of waterbeds. A fantastic period where, having just graduated in business management and finance, I got to learn a lot in a strong growing company. After a while, as a young lad, I thought myself ripe for a bed store of my own. A particularly intense time during which I learned a great deal by trial and error. After all, a consumer looks at a bed or mattress differently than a manufacturer. Countless conversations, hundreds of opinions and very much experience richer, my interest in sleep and sleep products had really been piqued. A wonderful and mostly positive microbe that never left my body. This was followed by many apprenticeships with internationally known brand producers before landing back in Belgium in 2013. I went to work as an R&D manager and category manager at the very well-known sleep retailer Sleepy® in Belgium. By the way, since 2018, all Sleepy® products are available at Sleepworld in Belgium and the fantastic brand is also active far beyond the country’s borders. In recent years, my focus has been on product development, working as a product trainer and sales manager for Intres XP. Meanwhile, as a start-up writer for mindthebed.com, I also write for Bedding Business, a trade magazine for professionals in the sleep industry. It is my dream to inform people as well as possible about sleep and especially sleep comfort. I love working with fun and experienced people who share this dream!

 

Also for professionals?

Yes indeed! Are you the sales professional who walks customers through the day when choosing a new bed or mattress? If so, we would like to support you. We hope this content too will make you better at your daily advice in the meantime. And if you want we will also go a step further because soon we will offer access to an additional platform. This platform will include in-depth education on sleep and sleep comfort. We go even deeper into the connection between product and advice. What need does your customer have and how can a product fill that need? We sharpen your knowledge of subject terminology and teach you how certain products are made. A digital knowledge base to further develop as a professional sleep comfort salesperson. You decide what you want to learn and how you want to grow.

Do you own a sleep comfort specialty store or manufacturer in the sleep industry? And would you like to work with us to improve your content? We also create quality custom content for your business, website or web shop. Please feel free to contact us.

Would you like to collaborate to exchange links or set up an affliate partnership? Even then, we would love to hear from you.

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