In this edition Heard online we look at a wonderful story of hope, inspiration and leaving insomnia published by the CBC.

Link to article:

 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmont...

In this edition of Insomnia insight we discover the true meaning of feeling like we have forgotten how to sleep. We see the difficult place we can find ourselves in and most importantly - how familiarity with sleep returns and how you find peaceful sleep again.

Timestamps

 00:00 Intro

 01:02 Deadline for application to become sleep coach

 01:48 Overview

 02:06 Losing familiarity

 04:46 When normal becomes triggering

07:46 Return to familiarity

In this edition of the weekly roundup, we learn of the difficult decision to hide a subscriber from the community.

In addition to our roundup, we hear of the events leading up to this decision and we look at the vision for this channel.

In this edition of Talking insomnia, we get to know Nadia, a graduate of our Insomnia immunity program.

We learn how when she started to see sleep in a different way, when things clicked, the struggle faded away.

Coach Alina and Coach Daniel answer questions from our community, the Natto nation.

Timestamps

 00:00 Intro

 03:04 Exhaustion catches up to Libby and she crashes

 08:30 How calm down anxious racing thoughts?

 14:13 How use sleep window when working shifts?

 18:38 Any advice for panic disorder and being anxious all day?

 24:35 Can avoiding sleep efforts become an effort?

 28:56 Can we use a phone until we feel sleepy?

In this edition of heard online, we look at a talk with Arianna Huffington. We learn of an incentive at Aetna where employees are payed if they sleep more than 7 hours and we examine where this is likely to lead.

Timestamps

 00:00 Intro

 04:06 Why she wrote her book

 06:05 Commentary

 11:04 Arianna on how much we should sleep

 11:50 Commentary

 13:20 Arianna on burn out

 16:50 Commentary

22:00 The experiment at Aetna

 23:04 Commentary

 24:26 Arianna's top tip

 25:50 Commentary

In this class, we look at the common question of whether we can have too much of a good thing. We find a short answer, but much more value in the three reasons it can look like we are befriending wakefulness too much.

Timestamps

00:00 Intro

00:41 Outline

 01:17 Announcement

03:51 Short answer

 04:49 Three scenarios

04:57 The busy bee scenario

 07:13 The secret reason scenario

 08:58 The forgetting sleep scenario

In this extra episode, we read a letter from Carla to our community. We hear how her struggle started when her little one didn't sleep, how she went through medications, Emergency room/urgent care visits, CBTi and gave up on her job before finding her way back to inner peace.

In this edition of the weekly roundup, we look at a common question from Katherine. Will be continue to have insomnia if we continue to care about how we sleep?

The answer is no, and we see how Sierra (who herself hated hearing that she should care less when she had insomnia) replies now that she sleeps well.

In this edition of Talking insomnia we get to know Bailey, a graduate of our Insomnia immunity program.

After losing smell and taste during a COVID infection in early 2021, Bailey was worried about her health and started having trouble sleeping. The initial sleepless nights evolved into a many month intense struggle including taking a leave from work. At one point, she even thought of giving away her beloved horses, one of which she has had since the age of eleven.

Today, Bailey is back where she once feared she never would be. She is back in the saddle and enjoying life to the fullest.