Starting from childhood, Beth became conditioned to be afraid of the night. With each decade of her life, the struggle to sleep became more and more all consuming. In this episode we will learn about the journey to a place of peace and becoming a sleep coach. A powerful story of how there is hope for everyone, no matter how long or intense the struggle has been.

Dominique has returned from a point of desperation, but only sleeps for a few hours still. After this he wakes up and a struggle occurs. What to do? Sophia left a struggle with insomnia and still has pretty good confidence. Yet as she has returned to University sleep is becoming choppy again. What is happening?

Stephanie struggled with insomnia for 10 years until she found this channel and community. Combining what she learned here with her work as a CBT therapist, she developed a method of looking at the advantages and disadvantages of believing that your day is determined by the number of hours you sleep. In this episode, we look at her method and how it may help you on your path to leaving the struggle forever.

In this episode we learn about the process of leaving insomnia by studying the 1983 classic War games. We see that although it can seem like things "work", it is always the same thing that leads to peaceful sleep - abandonment.

Sebastian has completely come off sleep aids, but has fragmented sleep. Tom understands that letting go is the way, but feels as although he has seen much progress he can't get past the last hurdle. Tash asks a question directed specifically to Coach Michelle.

A year after graduating BedTyme, Néma guests the channel to share her journey through insomnia. After sleeping less and less, to finally have an entirely sleepless night, Néma broke down and cried to her sister. Although at that time she was terrified, she now looks at the struggle as a gift that opened her eyes to a world she otherwise may not have seen.

Dominic sleeps 5-6 hours on a better night but still wakes too soon. Susan thought her sleep pattern would normalize after the stress that cause it resolved, but the trouble sleeping continued. Leyla has been tuning in to this channel for a year, and despite accepting thoughts they are exhausting, and despite watching Netflix for hours, it seems like wakefulness isn't a friend, what to do?

In this episode of Open class Coach Michelle is joined by Camille who is a recent graduate of the school.

Michelle from Talking insomnia #34 is in a speed bump many months after having left insomnia land. Despite, or perhaps because, of her understanding things are tricky. Coach Alina joins in an in depth discussion of something she experienced herself: the bumpy path towards ever more freedom and peace.

When you learn about the Gas & Brake model, a common idea becomes: lack of hyperarousal is a requirement for sleep. This idea can create much struggle and pressure. In this video we see that this idea is not true, and that much less is required for sleep to happen. No action at all to be precise.

Yury did well after discovering the channel, but is in a speed bump. What to do? Dennis has a tough time figuring out how not to worry and Ray has noticed that even when sleep happens, so does that worrying. How to meet this?

In this episode we not only have Coach Michelle back but get to know Coach in training Beth who draws from her own experiences getting past many years of insomnia. Welcome as a first time guest Beth!