One of the most powerful accounts ever of how insomnia can take you to a very dark place, and how education can lead you back into the light. Highly recommended if you're struggling with sleep and things feel hopeless.

Kim has zaps and electric jolts and had breast cancer and an allergic reaction to ciproflixacine and often goes 30 hours with no sleep - what’s happening? Frima has taken a CBTi course but still has 2 nights of little sleep weekly, should she try BedTyme? Anonymous wonders that to do when the clock time changes for the winter. Jeremie and Jay both have hit roadblocks. Setsu knows that he shouldn’t take the challenge of problems solving that the brain suggests when sleepless nights come along, but how does one get there?

Angela would like to know more about The Sleep Coach School; Anonymous is wondering about the Pillow app and about improving focus/concentration; Eliza is asking various insomnia-related questions and sharing her experiences; Ralph is asking about the effects of light and noise on his sleep.

Coach Michael shares his Top 5 most common things people do to try to get to sleep.

Welcome to Open Class Monday with Coach Michael!

In this unique episode, Kasper shares his eye witness account of how his mother passed away 14 months after having her first symptoms of what turned out to be sporadic fatal insomnia (sfi). The diagnosis was confirmed the only way it is possible, by autopsy, and this was the 22nd registered case in the world, and the first from Denmark.

We learn that sfi is not an insomnia and that during the rapid progression of symptoms, sleep was never something she worried about.

Eliza is feeling sleepy at 9 pm, sleeps little over night and is so tired that she goes back to bed after the kids are off to school, getting up finally at 10 am. D-gurl wonders how to feel refreshed after a plane ride? Emmett is obsessing about sleep and worries about going crazy. Maybeth is one month into a CBTi course but struggles getting out of bed every 30 minutes. Tony has been told to spend 6 hours in bed and take supplements, is that a good approach? Anonymous is sleepy in the evening but sleeps little, also, his doctor wants him to wean off meds.

When a change at work at the passing of his dog caused Jeff to sleep little he turned to established teaching which didn't help. When he discovered SleepEdy, Set it & Forget it and most importantly - saw that he would do ok even after a sleepless night, everything changed.

In this episode we talk about the importance of attributing good sleep to being more ok with being awake. It may not seem like this is the reason you slept better that time, but it is!

Katie has been struggling for 6 years following trauma and worried she may have Fatal Insomnia

Sanjay has struggled with insomnia for 30 years, becoming anxious as bedtime approaches.

Lots to unpack and discuss - and as always will get as many Live Chats as possible!