Sleep is the often the only time our fight and flight response (the sympathetic nervous system) can retreat to the background completely, and for some that is even difficult with poor or broken sleep in such situations as shift work or young babies.

If you need help with hypnotherapy for insomnia and poor sleep patterns, contact me for a free 15 min call where you can ask what you like about sleep hypnotherapy.

In the meantime, these strategies may help.
- Stop the overflow of adrenaline but reducing or quitting caffeine.
- Omit alcohol. Book here for helping to quit or reduce alcohol.
- Avoid bright light 2 hours before bed-time.
- Avoid working 2 hours before bed-time.
- Schedule calm for sleep – 20 long slow deep breaths at the end or start of each day. Restorative yoga or restorative movement daily. Meditate or pray daily.
- Keep a journal.
- Ditch the sleep apps, smart watches, and strict regimens. Let worry about sleep disappear up into the stars, remembering that many societies now and in the past sleep for a few hours, wake and interact or stoke the fireplace, and then go back into a deep sleep.