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Values

The Counterproductive Nature of Trying Harder to Relax

To truly relax, you give your mind permission to let go of control and allow relaxation to happen all on its own. To sleep, you let go of the struggle and thereby permit natural sleep onset.

May 19, 2024
People Pleasing Assertiveness

The Frustration of Sleep Hygiene and the Solution You Haven't Heard Of

Meticulously following all the sleep hygiene recommendations, but seeing frustratingly little improvement in your chronic insomnia?

Jan 18, 2024
People Pleasing Assertiveness

How to Treat Insomnia? Get Out of Your Own Way

You can trust yourself to take care of your sleep just like you trust yourself to take care of your hunger and your thirst.

Jan 14, 2024
Middle Path

Why be honest?

Experimenting with pros and cons

April 7, 2023
Middle Path

A Life-Changing Conversation

Since childhood, you were told not to lie. Chances are, you were never told how to be honest.

April 7, 2023
Middle Path

Just hold it

How simply holding a consistent out of bed time can dramatically improve your sleep.

August 5, 2023
Middle Path

Honest Therapy

What if your friends and family knew?

April 7, 2023
Middle Path

How to build a more authentic, values-based life

What does it meant to be honest with yourself? What would it mean for you to live a more authentic life? Here is an exercise to begin an exploration of these life changing questions.

April 7, 2023
Middle Path

A New Perspective for People-Pleasers: "This isn't about YOU."

A new tool in the toolbox for those of us who struggle to ask for what we need.

April 7, 2023
Middle Path

5 Themes in Trauma-Related Nightmares

Identifying themes in your recurring trauma-related nightmares is a key part of treatment and recovery.

April 7, 2023
Middle Path

Between the extremes.

Exploring your mind's middle path.

April 7, 2023
Middle Path

Skills, not pills: The path to overcoming your chronic insomnia.

If you regularly struggle to fall asleep or stay asleep, there's hope. Over 50 years of research, the American College of Physicians, and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine agree: The most effective treatment for chronic insomnia in adults is skill-based (not pill-based) and completed over an average of only 4 to 8 weekly sessions. Let's talk about it:

April 7, 2023