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Alice Goldbloom's avatar

I am a horrible sleeper. There is a wonderful podcast called Nothing Much Happens. It lulls you to sleep or at least gets your mind to stop racing and churning.

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Patti Petersen's avatar

Good sleep is a precarious issue for many, and for some it never resolves.

I didn't sleep good for over 20 years. I tried everything including every single suggestion you posed.

I don't know what happened but for the last couple years I sleep pretty good, meaning I get six fairly solid, wake up for one or two and then back down for two more. What I try and do is "sleep" for one or two complete cycles which comes to 1.5 hours.

When I have sleep failure on random nights I compensate the next late morning/early afternoon with a guided meditation and "rest my eyes and mind" for 30 minutes. Works for me for now. I'm certain most of my issues are chemical or hormonal. Sleep expert Dr. Mathew Walker has several excellent books and makes guest appearances on a number of podcasts (Andrew Huberman and Peter Attia are two) and explains so much about sleep in detail. He's a great resource. Excellent article, thank you.

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