Insomnia Coach® Podcast
Latest Episodes
How Irina went from feeling enraged at the idea of accepting insomnia to embracing it and ending her struggle with sleep (#64)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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
How Summer let go of trying to control her sleep, her thoughts, and her feelings — and regained control over her life (#58)
Summer's struggle with sleep was taking over her life. No matter what she did to try to fix her sleep, nothing seemed to work. The more she tried to control sleep, the more difficult it became. - Whe
How Nina overcame insomnia by embracing wakefulness and dropping the struggle (#57)
When Nina fell pregnant she could no longer use the medication she relied upon to get her through occasional periods of insomnia. Her sleep got worse and insomnia seemed to take over her life. Nothing
How Kreuza dealt with insomnia and somniphobia by practicing more acceptance and less resistance (#56)
Kreuza found cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) helpful. However, when sleep problems returned as somniphobia a fear of sleep itself the same techniques no longer seemed to work. -
How Rachel got out of the insomnia struggle by being more flexible, more accepting, and more present (#55)
Rachel's battle with insomnia began in grad school. Sleep aids and strict routines failed to improve her sleep. - Real change came when she moved away from trying to create the perfect conditions for