Insomnia Coach® Podcast

Apr 30 2024 65
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Welcome to the Insomnia Coach Podcast. My name is Martin Reed. I believe that by changing how we respond to insomnia and all the difficult thoughts and feelings that come with it, we can move away from struggling with insomnia and toward living the life we want to live. In this podcast, I share insomnia success stories featuring people who ended their struggle with insomnia. New episodes are released monthly.

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

Apr 30 2024 68 mins  
When Summer experienced consecutive nights of insomnia, sleep started to consume her life. She started taking time off work and she began endlessly researching sleep. Summer felt that if she could get rid of anxiety and stress things would improve — but this led to even more of a struggle as Summer went to war with her mind. Sleep became an obsession. It was all she could think

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

Mar 26 2024 63 mins  
Nina typically dealt with occasional periods of sleep disruption by taking some form of over-the-counter medication. When she fell pregnant this was no longer an option. Work stress seemed to make sleep more difficult and so Nina stopped taking on work. Her sleep would improve but every time she started working again, she struggled with sleep all over again. At this point, Nina t

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

Feb 29 2024 67 mins  
Kreuza shares her journey through the challenging landscape of insomnia and somniphobia, a fear of sleep. Initially, she found Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) techniques helpful. However, when sleep problems returned as somniphobia, the same techniques faltered. Feeling isolated in her struggle, Kreuza realized that implementing rules around sleep were not helping

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

Jan 30 2024 53 mins  
Rachel's struggle with insomnia started in grad school. She tried everything from sleep aids to strict bedtime rules and routines to improve her sleep, but nothing worked. The harder she tried to fix her sleep and get rid of sleep-related anxiety, the more difficult things became. The turning point came when Rachel changed her approach. She stopped focusing on trying to create

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

Nov 29 2023 62 mins  
Jessica's struggle with insomnia began on a family trip, and it worsened each time she traveled until it stuck around, even at home. No matter what she tried, her nights were filled with anxiety and struggle. Jessica found that her resistance to insomnia and the difficult thoughts and feelings that often come with it were making things even more difficult. So, she changed her appr

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

Oct 31 2023 66 mins  
Listen to the podcast episode (audio only) Eric's insomnia journey began after he woke in the middle of the night and experienced a huge panic attack. From then on, sleep became very difficult. As he tried to fix things, Eric stopped watching TV in bed with his wife — something they both enjoyed. He tried napping, even though he never used to nap in the past. He tried sleepin

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

Sep 28 2023 59 mins  
Listen to the podcast episode (audio only) Gerry struggled with sleep for decades. The more he struggled, the more effort he put into sleep and the more effort he put into sleep, the more he struggled. Eventually, Gerry realized that trying to make sleep happen was only making things even more difficult. With this realization, Gerry changed his approach. Instead of trying t

How Anne-Claire moved away from the insomnia struggle by practicing new habits and being more willing to experience insomnia (#51)

Aug 31 2023 67 mins  
Listen to the podcast episode (audio only) As a business owner, Anne-Claire began overextending herself and her sleep started to suffer. She reduced her workload and experimented with supplements and medication but her sleep seemed to get even worse. After deciding that she didn't want to continue using medication, Anne-Claire began to explore whether changing her approach

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

Jul 19 2023 67 mins  
Listen to the podcast episode (audio only) The stress of COVID and the breakup of Jessy's community created a period of sleep disruption that she couldn't shake off, no matter how hard she tried. At first, she found it really hard to fall asleep and soon after that she started to wake during the night and found it hard to fall back to sleep, too. Difficult nights became mor

How Maria faced the fear of insomnia by allowing it to exist and discovered that all its power came from how she responded to it (#49)

Jun 14 2023 63 mins  
Listen to the podcast episode (audio only) A couple of years ago, Maria experienced anxiety and panic attacks. When she didn't sleep for over 72 hours, she felt that something was wrong with her. She feared that the chemistry of her brain had changed and her days became dominated by sleep-related thoughts and worries. Medication didn't seem to help. Maria felt lonely, confu