Brenda from Talking insomnia #71 inspires us to talk about how she could enjoy a cheeseburger again after having lost her appetite and lost weight. In this episode we talk about why nausea and not eating much happens when we have trouble sleeping. And how teaching the brain that there's not actual threat is the path to enjoying food again!

Silvia wonders how to train the brain to sleep again. Angeli has seen a new life take place after 20 years of insomnia, but it seems like she is trained to sleep 6 hours. What to do? Lydia has dreams but at the same time feels she didn't sleep at all. Sara tries to get out of bed when she can't sleep, but as soon as she returns to bed, so does the fear. What could help her?

If you started having trouble sleeping after becoming a mom and/or are health focused, this episode is for you.

Brittany shares how her midwife saying how important sleep was led to an intense struggle with insomnia. She shares how she at one point was so desperate that she went to the emergency room and how everything started to change when she found this channel and understood what had been happening.

Like so many in her family, Camilla sleep walked from an early age, often finding herself in places where she didn't go to bed. During a stressful time in her life, her sleep walking became frequent and she became afraid to sleep, which turned into insomnia. Several years after a dramatic change thanks to her work with a CBTi therapist, Camilla decided to make a career change and become a sleep coach and insomnia therapist.

She has just started a program that you can find here: https://www.yoursleepmatters.net/ 

In this episode she shares her journey including what helped her more than anything else: surrendering control.

In this episode we talk about one of the most common insomnia experiences, feeling as if you didn't have deep or restorative sleep. We see that performance anxiety, avoidance and self-criticism keep us feeling tired. And we see that the absence of performance anxiety, being kind to ourselves and living the life we want leads us to feeling light and free!

James has done well thanks to his willingness to learn, but is seeing jolts happen that are very disruptive. Jack sees battle scars without a battle and Jennifer wonders if what we teach on this channel still applies if you have a chronic illness.

Shortly after having a baby, the response to a sleepless night turned Anastasia existence upside down. Having been a happy an optimistic person, life quickly become consumed with on single anxiety driven mission: to find the solution for her insomnia.

Having tried prescription medications, turpentine, xenon gas, sleep hygiene, cbti and much more, things started to change when she found this channel, read Set it & Forget it and joined the Immunity program.

Today Anastasia has no struggle whatsoever when it comes to sleep, and this is only the beginning of the transformation that the struggle has brought her.

Charlie has hit several speed bumps and is seeing performance anxiety happening. Kyle is worried that not having pretty quick improvement with CBTi would lead to abandoning this method. Logan asks if bedtime restriction will take care of the circiadian rhythm and Neel asks about Mirtazapine.

Jen is a previous client as well as ABA therapist. In this episode she shares the insights that helped her leave insomnia in first place, as well as with a recent speed bump.

After starting Antibiotics for a pneumonia Brenda started having jerks when she was about to sleep. This quickly escalated and soon she was not sleeping at all during the night, only to catch up when she could during the day. Things started to change when she found this channel and joined the Insomnia Immunity program. She now (as she finds out in this episode) is immune to insomnia and is loving life again!