What is the Best Treatment for Insomnia?

Let’s begin with honesty.

There is no single “best” treatment for insomnia that works for everyone.
That’s because insomnia is not just a sleep issue—it’s a whole-being issue.

The best treatment is the one that meets you—your history, your nervous system, your truth—with compassion and understanding.

Still, there are core pillars that support lasting healing. Let’s explore them.

The Problem with One-Size-Fits-All Solutions

Many conventional treatments for insomnia focus on the surface:

•  Sleeping pills
•  Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT-I)
•  Sleep hygiene checklists
•  Sleep tracking apps

While these can offer short-term relief, they often miss the root cause:
A nervous system stuck in survival mode.

The Deeper Cause of Sleeplessness

Most chronic insomnia stems from a body that doesn’t feel safe enough to let go.

This could be due to:

•  Unprocessed trauma (emotional, physical, or generational)
•  High sensitivity, especially if it hasn’t been acknowledged
•  Grief, anxiety, or emotional repression 
•  Burnout or nervous system dysregulation 

In other words: your body is protecting you.
The insomnia is a survival adaptation carrying a message, there is nothing wrong with your body—it’s brilliantly adaptive.

The Best Treatment? One That Guides You Home

Here’s what truly heals insomnia, from the inside out:

1. Nervous System Regulation

Calming, daily practices that signal to your body: You’re safe now.

✔ Meditation

✔ Grounding in nature

✔ Movement (yoga, dance, exercise)

✔ Cold Water Immersion

2. Trauma-Informed Healing

Insomnia often arises after unresolved pain.
The best treatment holds space for the deeper stories.

✔ Somatic processing such as Deep Release Therapy (DRT)
✔ Inner child work
✔ Emotional expression in a safe environment (grief, anger, sadness)

3. Reconnection to Nature & Inner Self

You are not separate from nature, you are nature.
Sleep returns when you realign with your natural cycles.

✔ Sunlight in the morning

✔ Ocean or forest time

✔ Silence and solitude

✔ Rest as ritual, not reward

4. Reclaiming Your Pure Self

The healing path is not about forcing sleep.
It’s about remembering who you were before survival patterns took over.

✔ Self-compassion

✔ Self-trust

✔ Intuition

✔ Authenticity

Overcoming Insomnia Isn’t a Battle. It’s a Return.

The best treatment for insomnia doesn’t live in a quick fix.
It lives in your body. Your breath. Your sensitive nervous system, and your heart.

That’s why I created the Overcoming Insomnia program—
To offer not just sleep, but transformation.

A return to calmness as your baseline. 

Because sleep isn’t the final goal—
Wholeness is. 

Annelies x

“You don’t chase sleep—you create the conditions in which it softly returns.”

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