He Missed His Own Birthday Party Because of Insomnia

How Lu went from dreading the night to making space for anxiety and regaining trust (#81)

How Casaundra went from being the insomniac to reclaiming her identity from insomnia (#80)

How Farrukh went from putting his life on hold because of sleep to enjoying his days (#79)

How Courtney went from panic-filled nights and endless struggle to sleeping naturally again (#78)

How Amber stopped letting insomnia be the boss

How Abbie went from being ruled by insomnia to letting go and getting her life back (#76)

How Natasha stopped building her life around insomnia — and sleep returned naturally (#75)

How Dan went from feeling broken to regaining confidence in his natural ability to sleep (#74)

How Kelly stopped fighting sleep and broke free from insomnia (#73)

How Stephanie got her life back from insomnia by letting go of the fight (#72)

How Laura found freedom from insomnia by accepting her thoughts not just her sleepless nights (#71)

How Rebecca went from doing everything right and struggling to achieving insomnia freedom (#70)

How Rupsa stopped battling insomnia and her thoughts and ended the struggle with sleep (#69)

How Tim broke the cycle of sleep anxiety and insomnia by building skill in acceptance (#68)

How Sophie recovered from postpartum insomnia by moving away from trying to control sleep (#67)

How Danny overcame the insomnia struggle by embracing acceptance & doing things that mattered (#66)

How Esther starved insomnia of its power in the presence of generalized anxiety disorder (#65)

How Irina went from feeling enraged at the idea of accepting insomnia to embracing it (#64)

How Dulce gained freedom from insomnia by giving up her attempts to control sleep (#63)

How Neseret ended her dependence on medication, improved her sleep, and transformed her life (#62)

How Bryan recovered from insomnia by putting less effort into sleep & more effort into living (#61)

How Emily transformed her sleep by accepting insomnia & committing to meaningful daily actions (#60)

How Kirstin regained her natural ability to sleep after feeling dependent on sleeping pills (#59)

How Summer let go of trying to control her sleep and regained control over her life (#58)

How Nina overcame insomnia by embracing wakefulness and dropping the struggle (#57)

How Kreuza dealt with insomnia & somniphobia by practicing more acceptance and less resistance (#56)

How Rachel got out of the insomnia struggle by being more flexible, accepting, and present (#55)

How Jessica broke free from insomnia by letting go and accepting it without judgement (#54)

How Eric got his life back from insomnia by focusing on what he can control (#53)

How Gerry used mindfulness & self-kindness to move away from an endless struggle with insomnia (#52)

How Anne-Claire moved away from the insomnia struggle by being willing to experience insomnia (#51)

How Jessy separated herself from her thoughts and transformed her relationship with sleep (#50)

How Maria faced the fear of insomnia and found all its power came from how she responded to it (#49)

How Leah freed herself from the insomnia struggle by abandoning her efforts to control sleep (#48)

How Amanda reclaimed her life from insomnia and abandoned all the unhelpful rules & rituals (#47)

How Eddie got through the ups and downs of insomnia by committing to a workable plan (#46)

How Jeannette got back on track after an insomnia relapse and moved away from ongoing struggle (#45)

How Eric changed the way he responded to insomnia, stopped battling, and improved his sleep (#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 (#41)

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

How Juergen slept better by being more willing to experience insomnia & hard thoughts/feelings (#39)

How Kristina dealt with anxiety as insomnia went from not staying asleep to not falling asleep (#38)

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

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

How Amy went from an intense fear of insomnia to averaging seven hours of sleep each night (#34)

How Felicity transformed her relationship with sleep through new habits and self care (#35)

Our response to anxiety rather than anxiety itself can give insomnia the oxygen it needs to survive

How Jennifer moved past insomnia by recognizing her own insomnia in the stories of others (#33)

How Jovana put insomnia behind her by recognizing that her insomnia wasn’t unique or unusual (#32)

How Cindy tackled her postpartum insomnia by accepting wakefulness & erasing safety behaviors (#31)

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

How Celia improved her sleep by abandoning all attempts to control sleep, thoughts & anxiety (#29)

When insomnia comes back: how to deal with insomnia relapses when insomnia returns

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

What to do when daytime activities feel more difficult & less enjoyable because of chronic insomnia

How embracing a philosophy of "fake it until you make it" helped Pat get rid of her insomnia (#27)

How Hannah got her sleep back to normal after COVID by caring less about sleep (#26)