Udhayanithi is doing much better but has seen on Google that "treatment can help but this condition can't be cured" which is producing some anxiety. Phonovan is worried that they may not function much longer given the fatigue. Alesha wonders how one can respond when someone says their day is absolutely terrible because they got little sleep. Amy can be calm but the moment she gets into bed her mind starts racing. How can we meet this?
Grace had always been the classical type A person. A high achiever, and athlete and perfectionist. After two sleepless nights in April 2021, she found herself desperately trying to understand what was happening. Soon after she experienced the darkest moments of her life, a period of obsession and frustration and hopelessness. Everything changed after a phone call with Jim. Now she guests the channel to share her story.
Miguel writes a message to share a success story and inspiration with the community! Jason wonders if it is normal to have several sleepless nights after staring CBTi. Thomas asks if a pattern of struggling for 2-3 nights and then having one night of sleeping better is normal when you are 71 years old?
In this episode Coach Daniel shares how he feels about a new book and for whom it may be of value. The paperback is available on Amazon and the e-book version will follow in the next few weeks.
"I sleep well now on normal days, but when I have an exam or trip, then I don't sleep" is a common version of the final hurdle. In this episode we discuss three things to think about that can help you abandon this final hurdle and arrive at a place of lasting peace.
Before a potential gap in MS medication made her scared, Jenn had slept well for her entire life. Soon after this trigger, she found herself in a land of palpitations, sleep jerks, catastrophizing and little sleep. After a year of struggling, she found this channel as well as Martin Reed. This is when things started to change. Tune in to hear what helped her the most on her path to a place of peace and freedom.
Starting from childhood, Beth became conditioned to be afraid of the night. With each decade of her life, the struggle to sleep became more and more all consuming. In this episode we will learn about the journey to a place of peace and becoming a sleep coach. A powerful story of how there is hope for everyone, no matter how long or intense the struggle has been.
Dominique has returned from a point of desperation, but only sleeps for a few hours still. After this he wakes up and a struggle occurs. What to do? Sophia left a struggle with insomnia and still has pretty good confidence. Yet as she has returned to University sleep is becoming choppy again. What is happening?
Stephanie struggled with insomnia for 10 years until she found this channel and community. Combining what she learned here with her work as a CBT therapist, she developed a method of looking at the advantages and disadvantages of believing that your day is determined by the number of hours you sleep. In this episode, we look at her method and how it may help you on your path to leaving the struggle forever.
In this episode we learn about the process of leaving insomnia by studying the 1983 classic War games. We see that although it can seem like things "work", it is always the same thing that leads to peaceful sleep - abandonment.
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