Insomnia Coach® Podcast

How Jeannette got back on track after an insomnia relapse and how ongoing practice helped her move away from ongoing struggle (#45)

How Eric changed the way he responded to insomnia, stopped battling with his mind, and improved his sleep for the long term (#44)

How Vicky changed her approach to insomnia when sleeping pills stopped working after 20 years (#43)

How Jim stopped chasing after sleep and put over 10 years of insomnia behind him (#42)

How Nick stopped his mind (and sleep) from controlling his life by letting go of the struggle with his mind (and sleep) (#41)

How Adam released himself from the prison cell he had built to protect him from insomnia (#40)

How Juergen improved his sleep by becoming more willing to experience wakefulness and difficult thoughts, feelings, and emotions (#39)

How Kristina dealt with anxiety, worry, and stress as her insomnia shifted from difficulty staying asleep to difficulty falling asleep (#38)

How Deeandra reclaimed her life from insomnia and got her sleep back on track without medication (#37)

How Wayne improved his sleep by thinking of sleep as a friend that doesn’t need to be controlled (#36)

How Felicity transformed her relationship with sleep by practicing new sleep habits, being kinder to herself, and living life independently of sleep (#35)

How Amy went from an intense fear of insomnia and feeling her situation was hopeless to averaging over seven hours of sleep each night (#34)

How Jennifer moved past 18 years of insomnia by exploring her sleep-related beliefs and recognizing her own insomnia in the stories of others (#33)

How Jovana put insomnia behind her by recognizing that her insomnia wasn’t unique and that sleep is a natural process that cannot be controlled (#32)

How Cindy tackled the insomnia that appeared after her baby was born by accepting nighttime wakefulness and eliminating safety behaviors (#31)

How Jake got his sleep back on track by changing his nighttime behaviors and his daytime behaviors (#30)

How Celia improved her sleep by abandoning all attempts to control her sleep and accepting and acknowledging anxious thoughts rather than trying to fight or avoid them (#29)

How Chad improved his sleep by undoing all the changes he had made in response to his insomnia (#28)

How Pat got rid of her insomnia by embracing a philosophy of “fake it until you make it” and accepting anxious thoughts (#27)

How Hannah got her sleep back to normal after COVID by caring less about sleep while creating better conditions for sleep (#26)

How Susie stopped sleep from controlling her life, regained trust in her natural ability to sleep, and learned to love her bedroom (#25)

How Michelle got to the root cause of her insomnia and improved her sleep after 15 years of unhelpful experiments, research, and sleep efforts (#24)

How Jennifer got through setbacks and relapses while implementing techniques that transformed her sleep after 25 years of insomnia (#23)

How Jessica transformed her relationship with sleep by challenging her sleep-related thoughts and changing her sleep-related behaviors (#22)

How health-conscious Anafer shed her identity as an insomniac and now focuses on her career, relationships, and personal happiness rather than sleep (#21)

A conversation about sleeping pills with Dr. Wallace B. Mendelson (#20)

How Sally improved her sleep after 60 years of insomnia and 10 years of sleeping pills (#19)

How Rick’s retirement triggered a two-year struggle with insomnia and what he did to get his sleep back on track (#18)

How Anna went from not feeling sleepy at night and thinking her sleep system was broken to sleeping well and with confidence (#17)

How Gretchen went from believing she was the world’s worst sleeper to someone who sleeps well and has confidence in her own natural ability to sleep (#16)

How sleep restriction helped Dave fall asleep faster, spend less time awake during the night, and get more sleep (#15)

How Bill’s health scare led to insomnia and how tackling sleep-related thoughts and behaviors helped him improve his sleep (#14)

Busting sleep and insomnia myths with clinical psychologist and behavioral sleep medicine specialist Dr. Jade Wu (#13)

How working with a sleep coach helped Jeff get rid of sleep-related worry and anxiety and sleep well without sleeping pills (#12)

How Eileen used CBT-I techniques to improve her sleep after taking sleeping pills almost every day for 15 years (#11)

A conversation about the challenges of CBT-I (and how to get through them) with clinical psychologist Steve Orma (#10)

How Sara got rid of her insomnia, got off sleeping pills, and now averages seven hours of sleep each night (#9)

How David overcame three years of insomnia by addressing his obsession with sleep using CBT-I, acceptance, and mindfulness techniques (#8)

A conversation about insomnia and anxiety with clinical psychologist Nick Wignall (#7)

How Rose battled with insomnia as a teenager but now looks forward to going to bed at night (#6)

A conversation about CBT-I with sleep physician Daniel Erichsen (#5)

How Scott overcame sleep-related worry and anxiety and got rid of insomnia (#4)

A conversation with Michael Schwartz about CBT-I and intensive sleep retraining (#3)

How Ann improved her sleep after 30 years of insomnia (#2)

Everything you need to know about cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (#1)