Insomnia Coach® Podcast

Insomnia Coach® Podcast


Latest Episodes

How Tim broke the cycle of sleep anxiety and insomnia by relinquishing control, embracing self-kindness, and building skill in acceptance (#68)
March 31, 2025

A few bad nights during a stressful period triggered Tim's struggle with insomnia. The more he tried to fix his sleep, the more difficult it became, the more power and influence it had over his life,

How Sophie recovered from postpartum insomnia by moving away from trying to control her sleep so she could regain control over her life (#67)
February 28, 2025

Sophie never thought of herself as a great sleeper but when her son was born, sleep became a real struggle. This was expected in the short-term but when things became more difficult over time, Sophie

How Danny overcame the insomnia struggle by abandoning sleep rituals, embracing acceptance, and moving toward the life he wanted to live (#66)
January 31, 2025

When Danny experienced sleep disruption during a period of stress and an intense focus on health and fitness, he became very concerned. After reducing the stressors in his life, reducing the intensity

How Esther starved insomnia of its power and influence in the presence of generalized anxiety disorder (#65)
December 06, 2024

When Esther stopped taking a medication for generalized anxiety disorder, sleep became a struggle. - New medication helped with her anxiety symptoms but a phobia of insomnia remained, no matter what

How Irina went from feeling enraged at the idea of accepting insomnia to embracing it and ending her struggle with sleep (#64)
October 31, 2024

Irina thought that something was seriously wrong when she experienced a night of no sleep and all her ongoing efforts to make sleep happen were not working. - The turning point came when Irina commit

How Dulce gained freedom from insomnia by giving up her attempts to control sleep and reducing her resistance to the difficult thoughts and feelings that came with it (#63)
September 30, 2024

Dulce found that the more she tried to control sleep, the more she struggled with sleep. And, the more she tried to resist the difficult thoughts and feelings that often come with insomnia, the more d

How Neseret ended her dependence on medication and transformed her life through education, committed action, and self-compassion (#62)
August 30, 2024

Whenever Neseret tried to move away from the medication she had been taking for 13 years, she found sleep impossible. Finding Insomnia Coach and the stories shared on the podcast gave her hope that sh

How Bryan recovered from insomnia by putting less effort into sleep and more effort into living his life (#61)
July 29, 2024

When Bryan got sick, he had his first sleepless night. Then, he couldn't sleep the next night either. He began to believe he had lost the ability to sleep, which made him very anxious. - As sleep took

How Emily transformed her sleep by accepting insomnia and committing to meaningful daily actions (#60)
June 28, 2024

Emily's insomnia began four months after her baby was born. She struggled to fall asleep and this led to anxiety and exhaustion. Medication didn't help and her anxiety worsened, leading to panic at be

How Kirstin rediscovered her natural ability to sleep after feeling completely dependent on sleeping pills (#59)
May 31, 2024

Kirstin felt that she had lost her natural ability to sleep. She thought she was broken. She just couldn't sleep without sleeping pills. Every time she tried, she could not sleep. - After finding the