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Waking up at 3am and struggling to get back to sleep? Learn practical ways to reduce sleep anxiety, settle your nervous system and find your way back to sleep.

Struggling with insomnia during perimenopause? Explore how hormonal changes, the nervous system and life experience affect sleep - and what helps your body rest again.

When people come to see me for anxiety, they often want to know what they can actually do when their nervous system becomes activated. There are countless anxiety tools available online, from breathing exercises and meditation to grounding techniques and distraction. Many can be useful. But rather than collecting more techniques, I prefer to look at the broader conditions that support a nervous system's capacity to regulate. In Deep Release Therapy (DRT), I organise these aro

When a relationship ends, the brain doesn't simply lose a partner. It loses familiarity, predictability, shared routines, physical closeness, future plans, and often a sense of identity. The nervous system suddenly finds itself without one of the people it had learned to regulate alongside.

Few experiences are as confusing as feeling exhausted throughout the day, only to become alert when you finally climb into bed. Your eyes are heavy, your body is tired and you may have spent hours looking forward to sleep. Yet the moment the day becomes quiet, your thoughts grow louder. You begin remembering conversations, anticipating tomorrow or worrying about whether you will sleep at all. It seems logical that sufficient tiredness should make sleep unavoidable. However, t

What Science Tells Us About Genetics, Sensitivity and Why Sleep Problems Often Run in Families If you've ever searched whether insomnia is hereditary, you're certainly not alone. It's a question I hear regularly, and it's easy to understand why people ask it. Perhaps your mother struggled with sleep for years, your father always described himself as "a bad sleeper," or your grandmother relied on sleeping tablets for much of her adult life. After seeing the same pattern repeat

Sleep medication will not restore your natural ability to sleep. It may knock you out. It may sedate you. It may offer temporary relief when things feel unbearable. But it does not address the reason you are not sleeping, and over time it often deepens the problem.

Key Takeaways Anxiety and insomnia are closely linked through the nervous system. The nervous system may remain alert at night, even when the body feels tired. Some people experience racing thoughts, while others lie awake without thoughts at all. Both experiences reflect a nervous system that has not yet settled into sleep. Sleep cannot be forced; it becomes accessible when the body feels safe enough to let go. Restoring nervous system regulation supports the return of natur