Leighton, previously a guest in Talking insomnia #47, shares a powerful story of self-exploration, the mystery of insight, and how anyone who is willing to take the path will arrive where they want to be.

Andrew has halved his medications, but finds himself needing to watch a movie to sleep. How can he sleep without the use of either?

Ali hasn't slept much for the past two years and is looking for a way out of the struggle.

Maja has seen things getting easier, but at the same time is noticing that the process of leaving insomnia in itself seems to have become part of the struggle. Is this a thing that happens?

Pat no longer struggles, but is noticing that she doesn't know how much she slept. Is this normal?

In this episode Coach Michelle talks with a student in the Immunity program, Jacob. He shares his journey of struggling to seeing the struggle as an invitation. An invitation to learn about oneself and see that all isn't what it may appear to be. He shares with us how awareness is like a container, and when we have space between us and our experiences, things get easier and easier.

Riley feels mentally in a good place but is tired and is wondering about going to a sleep center. Emily recently became a mom for the second time and is scared of having fatal insomnia. Daniel sees that insomnia isn't a sleep problem, but a thinking "problem". Yet, there's still a struggle.

In this episode Veronika shares the story of how the big one, fourteen sleepless nights, marked the beginning of eight years of insomnia. We learn how the struggle ended when problem solving was directed elsewhere (having two small children) but that the final resolution came with education and seeing that she wasn't alone.

Diana has just found our teaching after five years of struggling and is feeling excited! Becca was prescribed medications after sleepless nights post a stressful event 2 months ago, now she cannot sleep without them. Davy sleeps great most nights, but cannot shake the feeling that he will never get past sleep anxiety and that this will be a struggle for life.

The night before Kristen took her medical school admission test, she didn't sleep. Although she did fine on the exam and is now a practicing physician, sleep was on the radar. After having three back to back exams, and sleepless nights, the radar was on full scanning mode and more than a decade of struggle followed. In this episode we hear the story of how everything changed for Kristen when she started understanding and letting go.

In this episode coaches Michelle and Daniel share for things for a more peaceful holiday time:

Understanding that anyone in a stressful time with lots of changes can have choppy sleep, recognizing the courage of going ahead with plans, leaving the pressure to be in a festive mood and after the fact...give yourself a ton of kudos for having lived your values despite discomfort!

In this episode Coach Alina shares a framework of how our brains automatically learn how to respond from thoughts, feelings and behaviors that follow a circumstance. We learn how understanding that this is simply a program running on autopilot can relieve us from feeling guilty and from the work of trying to change the program. Both leading us to a more and more peaceful place.

In this episode we connect with Stephanie. Having had trouble sleeping only before events, insomnia was not a significant part of her life until she became a mom for the first time. She tells us how dark things were, how they got brighter and how she sees herself leaving insomnia behind for good.