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Anxiety, worry, and fear are all symptoms of your brain doing its job and looking out for you! Thank goodness for that — we wouldn’t be alive today if it wasn’t for those types of emotions and feelings!
What is it about the arrival of those thoughts and feelings that makes things difficult, do you think, and how do you currently respond to them (and how workable/effective is that proving to be)?
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The content of this post is provided for informational and educational purposes only. It is not medical advice and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease, disorder, or medical condition. It should never replace any advice given to you by your physician or any other licensed healthcare provider. Insomnia Coach LLC offers coaching services only and does not provide therapy, counseling, medical advice, or medical treatment. All content is provided “as is” and without warranties, either express or implied.
I work with clients all over the world — may I ask what your concern about being from Sweden or Europe might be? Is it a language issue, a timezone issue, or something else?
If you browse the Insomnia Coach podcast you will find people from all different backgrounds 🙂
I hope this helps!
—If you are ready to stop struggling with insomnia you can enroll in the online insomnia coaching course right now! If you would prefer ongoing phone or video coaching calls as part of a powerful three month program that will help you reclaim your life from insomnia, consider applying for the Insomnia Mastery program.
The content of this post is provided for informational and educational purposes only. It is not medical advice and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease, disorder, or medical condition. It should never replace any advice given to you by your physician or any other licensed healthcare provider. Insomnia Coach LLC offers coaching services only and does not provide therapy, counseling, medical advice, or medical treatment. All content is provided “as is” and without warranties, either express or implied.
Welcome to the forum! We never forget how to sleep — just as we never forget how to breathe! What makes sleep more difficult is all the effort we can exert in an attempt to make it happen!
Have you ever tried to really control your breathing or how you walk? Have you noticed how it all seems to suddenly become a lot more difficult, the more involved you get in the process? Sleep is just like that — the more you try to control it, the more difficult it feels.
—If you are ready to stop struggling with insomnia you can enroll in the online insomnia coaching course right now! If you would prefer ongoing phone or video coaching calls as part of a powerful three month program that will help you reclaim your life from insomnia, consider applying for the Insomnia Mastery program.
The content of this post is provided for informational and educational purposes only. It is not medical advice and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease, disorder, or medical condition. It should never replace any advice given to you by your physician or any other licensed healthcare provider. Insomnia Coach LLC offers coaching services only and does not provide therapy, counseling, medical advice, or medical treatment. All content is provided “as is” and without warranties, either express or implied.
The online course is the same, regardless of whether you choose the self-coaching or the 1-on-1 coaching option.
The only difference is that with the 1-on-1 coaching option, you also get unlimited email access to me for eight weeks, starting from when you enroll. So if you have any questions or want to explore specific challenges in more detail, you can email me and I will be there to coach and support you.
With the self-coaching option, there is no 1-on-1 coaching, but you do have access to a private client only forum for questions and support.
The online course was completed redeveloped for 2023 and since it runs for six weeks the first batch of graduates are only starting to trickle through now (there was a limited beta launch in November 2022). As people continue to work through the course I will post reviews and testimonials on the Insomnia Coach reviews page.
Separately, I also offer a phone coaching package that involves an initial one-hour call (voice only or video), two weeks of email access to me, and a 30-minute follow-up call at the end of the two weeks.
I hope this helps!
—If you are ready to stop struggling with insomnia you can enroll in the online insomnia coaching course right now! If you would prefer ongoing phone or video coaching calls as part of a powerful three month program that will help you reclaim your life from insomnia, consider applying for the Insomnia Mastery program.
The content of this post is provided for informational and educational purposes only. It is not medical advice and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease, disorder, or medical condition. It should never replace any advice given to you by your physician or any other licensed healthcare provider. Insomnia Coach LLC offers coaching services only and does not provide therapy, counseling, medical advice, or medical treatment. All content is provided “as is” and without warranties, either express or implied.
Welcome to the forum, Gracie75! What you are going through is difficult but in no way unique or unusual. You are NOT alone! Have you tried implementing any of the approaches mentioned on this website or in my free sleep training course?
—If you are ready to stop struggling with insomnia you can enroll in the online insomnia coaching course right now! If you would prefer ongoing phone or video coaching calls as part of a powerful three month program that will help you reclaim your life from insomnia, consider applying for the Insomnia Mastery program.
The content of this post is provided for informational and educational purposes only. It is not medical advice and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease, disorder, or medical condition. It should never replace any advice given to you by your physician or any other licensed healthcare provider. Insomnia Coach LLC offers coaching services only and does not provide therapy, counseling, medical advice, or medical treatment. All content is provided “as is” and without warranties, either express or implied.
Lots of people have experienced this, njav!
You might find Cindy’s story helpful:
Cindy’s Forum Post: 100% cured from postpartum insomnia 🙂
Cindy’s Podcast Episode: How Cindy tackled the insomnia that appeared after her baby was born by accepting nighttime wakefulness and eliminating safety behaviors (#31)
I hope there’s something useful here!
—If you are ready to stop struggling with insomnia you can enroll in the online insomnia coaching course right now! If you would prefer ongoing phone or video coaching calls as part of a powerful three month program that will help you reclaim your life from insomnia, consider applying for the Insomnia Mastery program.
The content of this post is provided for informational and educational purposes only. It is not medical advice and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease, disorder, or medical condition. It should never replace any advice given to you by your physician or any other licensed healthcare provider. Insomnia Coach LLC offers coaching services only and does not provide therapy, counseling, medical advice, or medical treatment. All content is provided “as is” and without warranties, either express or implied.
Sounds like it might be worth an experiment! Sleep drive isn’t usually the main problem for people with chronic insomnia — it’s all the effort that goes into trying to make sleep happen and/or trying to fight or avoid the difficult thoughts and feelings that might choose to show up.
With that in mind, being in bed when awake isn’t really the problem — but being in bed and engaging in a battle with sleep and the mind can be!
If you choose to watch some Netflix because that’s something you enjoy, you might want to give that a try, too — as long as your goal isn’t to make sleep happen, because with a goal you can’t control you might end up setting yourself up for struggle!
—If you are ready to stop struggling with insomnia you can enroll in the online insomnia coaching course right now! If you would prefer ongoing phone or video coaching calls as part of a powerful three month program that will help you reclaim your life from insomnia, consider applying for the Insomnia Mastery program.
The content of this post is provided for informational and educational purposes only. It is not medical advice and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease, disorder, or medical condition. It should never replace any advice given to you by your physician or any other licensed healthcare provider. Insomnia Coach LLC offers coaching services only and does not provide therapy, counseling, medical advice, or medical treatment. All content is provided “as is” and without warranties, either express or implied.
Welcome! How are you getting on since you posted? Have you made any changes?
—If you are ready to stop struggling with insomnia you can enroll in the online insomnia coaching course right now! If you would prefer ongoing phone or video coaching calls as part of a powerful three month program that will help you reclaim your life from insomnia, consider applying for the Insomnia Mastery program.
The content of this post is provided for informational and educational purposes only. It is not medical advice and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease, disorder, or medical condition. It should never replace any advice given to you by your physician or any other licensed healthcare provider. Insomnia Coach LLC offers coaching services only and does not provide therapy, counseling, medical advice, or medical treatment. All content is provided “as is” and without warranties, either express or implied.
Why does your mind tell you that you need to remain asleep for 7-8 hours, do you think?
—If you are ready to stop struggling with insomnia you can enroll in the online insomnia coaching course right now! If you would prefer ongoing phone or video coaching calls as part of a powerful three month program that will help you reclaim your life from insomnia, consider applying for the Insomnia Mastery program.
The content of this post is provided for informational and educational purposes only. It is not medical advice and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease, disorder, or medical condition. It should never replace any advice given to you by your physician or any other licensed healthcare provider. Insomnia Coach LLC offers coaching services only and does not provide therapy, counseling, medical advice, or medical treatment. All content is provided “as is” and without warranties, either express or implied.
By “work”, what do you mean by that? If your goal is to control things that can’t be controlled (sleep itself, what you think, the feelings your mind generates) then you might be engaged in an ongoing struggle without end. If I tried everything I could to turn the moon into cheese, when could I expect my efforts to work? 🙂
Instead, I might ask myself why I want to turn the moon into cheese. If I successfully turned the moon into cheese, what could I then do that I am unable to do now? Can I start moving towards those things right now, even if only in a small way, before the moon becomes a circle of cheese? Perhaps, with repeated practice I might start to move toward the person I want to be and the life I want to live even if the moon isn’t transformed into cheese?
—If you are ready to stop struggling with insomnia you can enroll in the online insomnia coaching course right now! If you would prefer ongoing phone or video coaching calls as part of a powerful three month program that will help you reclaim your life from insomnia, consider applying for the Insomnia Mastery program.
The content of this post is provided for informational and educational purposes only. It is not medical advice and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease, disorder, or medical condition. It should never replace any advice given to you by your physician or any other licensed healthcare provider. Insomnia Coach LLC offers coaching services only and does not provide therapy, counseling, medical advice, or medical treatment. All content is provided “as is” and without warranties, either express or implied.
It sounds as though things are difficult for you, El Toro — and, quite understandably, you’ve been putting a lot of effort into trying to make sleep happen.
I wonder if turning the TV off for an hour before bed, listening to a podcast while drinking a camomile and valerian root tea, and trying not to stress about sleep might actually be making things more difficult?
That all sounds like quite a lot of work — I wonder if you might be putting a lot of pressure on yourself to make sleep happen and, since sleep (and what goes on in your mind) can’t be controlled, perhaps you might be setting yourself up for some struggle?
—If you are ready to stop struggling with insomnia you can enroll in the online insomnia coaching course right now! If you would prefer ongoing phone or video coaching calls as part of a powerful three month program that will help you reclaim your life from insomnia, consider applying for the Insomnia Mastery program.
The content of this post is provided for informational and educational purposes only. It is not medical advice and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease, disorder, or medical condition. It should never replace any advice given to you by your physician or any other licensed healthcare provider. Insomnia Coach LLC offers coaching services only and does not provide therapy, counseling, medical advice, or medical treatment. All content is provided “as is” and without warranties, either express or implied.
That nervousness is your brain doing its job and looking out for you. As you mentioned, nervousness can feel unpleasant and is can be distracting and make it harder to do things that matter. What can make it even more unpleasant and distracting is engaging in a battle with it — trying to fight or avoid it.
If you’re still finding this difficult, you might want to try a new approach where you acknowledge the nervousness, perhaps even thank your brain for looking out for you(!), and then refocus your attention on where you are, what you are doing, and what you could be doing that helps you continue to be the person you want to be and live the life you want to live.
The goal isn’t to get rid of it (there’s no delete button for the brain) but to reduce the influence it might have over you. To practice responding to this natural feeling in a more workable way.
—If you are ready to stop struggling with insomnia you can enroll in the online insomnia coaching course right now! If you would prefer ongoing phone or video coaching calls as part of a powerful three month program that will help you reclaim your life from insomnia, consider applying for the Insomnia Mastery program.
The content of this post is provided for informational and educational purposes only. It is not medical advice and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease, disorder, or medical condition. It should never replace any advice given to you by your physician or any other licensed healthcare provider. Insomnia Coach LLC offers coaching services only and does not provide therapy, counseling, medical advice, or medical treatment. All content is provided “as is” and without warranties, either express or implied.
Hello Amy! What time do you usually go to bed at night? When you wake between 3:30 AM and 4:00 AM, why do you think it’s hard to fall back to sleep?
If you were able to fall back to sleep, what would you be doing differently with your life?
—If you are ready to stop struggling with insomnia you can enroll in the online insomnia coaching course right now! If you would prefer ongoing phone or video coaching calls as part of a powerful three month program that will help you reclaim your life from insomnia, consider applying for the Insomnia Mastery program.
The content of this post is provided for informational and educational purposes only. It is not medical advice and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease, disorder, or medical condition. It should never replace any advice given to you by your physician or any other licensed healthcare provider. Insomnia Coach LLC offers coaching services only and does not provide therapy, counseling, medical advice, or medical treatment. All content is provided “as is” and without warranties, either express or implied.
Have you tried any of the suggestions shared on this website, Irvine? If you were getting the amount and type of sleep you wanted to get, never felt worry, felt confident about your sleep, and trusted that you could sleep on your own, what would you be doing with your life that you are unable to do now?
—If you are ready to stop struggling with insomnia you can enroll in the online insomnia coaching course right now! If you would prefer ongoing phone or video coaching calls as part of a powerful three month program that will help you reclaim your life from insomnia, consider applying for the Insomnia Mastery program.
The content of this post is provided for informational and educational purposes only. It is not medical advice and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease, disorder, or medical condition. It should never replace any advice given to you by your physician or any other licensed healthcare provider. Insomnia Coach LLC offers coaching services only and does not provide therapy, counseling, medical advice, or medical treatment. All content is provided “as is” and without warranties, either express or implied.
How are you doing since you posted? Were you able to sleep again? The mind often comes up with scary stories and thoughts as it does its job of looking out for us — and yet, even if your mind thinks you’ll never sleep again, sleep always happens in the end!
—If you are ready to stop struggling with insomnia you can enroll in the online insomnia coaching course right now! If you would prefer ongoing phone or video coaching calls as part of a powerful three month program that will help you reclaim your life from insomnia, consider applying for the Insomnia Mastery program.
The content of this post is provided for informational and educational purposes only. It is not medical advice and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease, disorder, or medical condition. It should never replace any advice given to you by your physician or any other licensed healthcare provider. Insomnia Coach LLC offers coaching services only and does not provide therapy, counseling, medical advice, or medical treatment. All content is provided “as is” and without warranties, either express or implied.
