In this episode, we see that education and logical understanding are foundational to leaving insomnia. However, we also see that there is a place where logic ends. When in this place, treating our brain as we would like to be treated can truly help. And what this means is to give the brain a North Star.

In this weeks roundup we take a look at what has happened on the channel, including a wonderful success story from Richard. We learn that when Richard no longer looked at sleeping well every night as a condition for no longer having insomnia, he no longer had insomnia.

Being a fitness coach, Rob (also a graduate from our Insomnia Immunity program) had always taken his health seriously. When his group of friends bought sleep trackers and competed to see who slept best, what was to become a 15 month long struggle began.

In this episode, Rob shares the paradoxical journey that led him back to where he used to be. A place where he just watches some TV, falls asleep, and wakes up refreshed the next morning.

Meghan has seen sleep onset insomnia become sleep maintenance insomnia. Lara saw her sleep honeymoon disappear. John has been scared after seeing Richard Siagan's vidoes. Peggy is starting to feel tired, but is discouraged because she only sleeps 3-4 hours after many weeks of sleep restriction.

Mario is worried because he has heard that if it takes more than 30 minutes to sleep, then sleep quality decreases. In this episode, we look at the article where this concern comes from. We find that if we define sleeping well as our subjective experience of sleeping well, it is not surprising that this one measure is correlated with itself.

Many in our community have remarked that our way of meeting insomnia is similar to exposure therapy. In this episode we look at how true this is. We examine some potential problems with exposure therapy and finally see how the idea of facing our fears can work when we have struggled with sleep.

In today's roundup, we look at an incredibly insightful comment as well at what has happened on the channel this week. Thank you to Hong for sponsoring this episode!

If you've started to sleep on the couch or a spare bed because of your partner, this episode is for you. In this edition of Insomnia insight, we look at why we stay awake, how to meet this situation and, how to get back to where we want to sleep forever.

In the first ever new open class format, we answer questions live from the community. We look at why we can be "addicted" to go to bed later. We look at how to approach hyperarousal from fearing our kids will wake up. We talk about when sleep restriction seems not to work and more.

In today's episode of Heard online we look at an article from 2019 by Nick Wingall. https://nickwignall.com/trying-to-sleep/ We find a clearly written piece on the paradoxcial nature of sleep, from which we can see the path to sleeping easier and easier.