This is Practical Insight (Summer Series #3)

Join us for Summer Series Episode 3, where we explore two powerful principles: effortlessness and survival.
Learn how these principles can answer common insomnia questions and guide you to peaceful sleep. Dive into practical insights and discover the simplicity of achieving peace of mind.
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Not sure where to start on your path to sleeping well? Check out these playlists!
This is natto - the perfect place to start learning!
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Success stories - if you need hope and inspiration, this is for you.
• Success stories
Insomnia insight - a list of every single episode.
• Playlist
Talking insomnia - guests with trouble sleeping or experts share their stories / tips.
• Talking insomnia
Hypnic jerks, hypnic awareness and other common issues.
• Hypnic jerks and more.
Fatal insomnia - for those concerned about ffi and sfi.
• Familial and sporadic ...
Speed bumps - when you think you had a setback or “relapse.”
• Talking insomnia #55: ...
Unrefreshing sleep - when you always feel tired or exhausted.
• Unrefreshing sleep
Momsomnia - if you’re a mom or becoming a mom.
• Momsomnia
Heard online - when you’ve worried about claims made about health problems and insomnia.
• Heard online
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[@mariamcqueeney-lay5257]

So great thank you! Wondering if this in general is stating that we can’t control our thoughts and feelings sometimes but once we recognize and become aware of these survival feelings and thoughts to see that they are not real threats, then instead of trying to get rid of them or find a way out we just disregard them and not pay much attention to it. For me this seems to have helped, it seems so easy. If we just become aware of the thoughts and feelings and then say to ourselves .. ‘ this is just my brains habit or worrying about this perceived threat that’s not real’ then they fade away, I am still ‘ recovering ‘ and for me the thoughts and feelings still come quite often but they also go very quickly when I practice this and truly tune into it realize it’s just another ‘ wave ‘ of anxiety or fear due to habit forming worry and that it will pass as long as I don’t take it seriously - once I allow myself to become aware and Accept them for what they are which is a ‘fake threat’ that I don’t actually need to worry about. I hope this makes sense! Your teachings have allowed me to find this place of acceptance through education and practice, hoping the more I practice the less the thoughts and feelings will come but at least I know deep down that there is no real threat so it fades quickly.

[@thesleepcoachschool8192]

Yes, you said it soo nicely. This is precisely how I see it 😊

[@laurenmcdonald7086]

Control versus letting go of control. Letting go of control takes courage. Whew! Lots of it!

[@laurenmcdonald7086]

Also, what if watching your channel has become the “fix”? That “doing something”. Is that me making an effort?

[@thesleepcoachschool8192]

Yes, courage is so helpful in this journey, and it takes courage to leave the attempts to have control… which watching the channel can become. The inner compass will tell you you’re watching to learn and find hope/inspiration or as an attempt to achieve sleep or calm

[@1timbarrett]

Lots of food for thought here… thanks for the cerebral snack…! 😘 😋 🧠 🙏

[@thesleepcoachschool8192]

Thanks 🙏! Bon appetite 😊

[@lauriehowell765]

That’s the big question - how do we deal with the friction between the brain keeping us awake to “protect” us and wanting so much to just let go and enjoy peaceful sleep?

[@1timbarrett]

A “How” question; I love it 🥰!

[@thesleepcoachschool8192]

Case in point! Yes Laurie, this is a question about something that really matters, and as Tim said, the answer lies in the first principle 🙂

[@Kdants123]

Hey Daniel, I’ve lately been struggling with overheating at night. It’s winter in NZ so it’s actually cold but for some reason my whole body heats up as soon as I get into bed, it’s like an association thing, and I can’t sleep when that happens. Any tips?

[@thesleepcoachschool8192]

Hi, you know of course we can make the environment comfortable for us, but often feeling hot is part of anxiety and the more we go towards understanding this and accepting what we don’t control, things get easier