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.

In this episode we talk about the common experience of new problems appearing as soon as one has faded. We look at four thoughts on how to learn and leave the game of Whac-A-Mole.

In this video we look at a comment from a long time supporter to learn about nightmares and how to meet them. We look at where they come from and how one can find peace regardless of how fear is manifested.

After a period of stress in the spring of 2021, Ilona decided to do a digital detox. Little did she know that her phone had been a way to buffer uncomfortable emotions that had been present for years, and that her decision would open floodgates that couldn't be closed again.

In this episode we learn how Ilona found herself in a struggle with sleep, in a place of experimenting with medications and ultimately seeing the path towards peace.

In this episode we look at two papers examining sleep and immune system. As in many other journal club episodes, we find that the titles have little to do with results.