When Sleep Won’t Come

What it is for

A hard night can follow you into the next day, then into the next bedtime, until the bed itself feels like a test. Work out what kind of sleep trouble you’re having, ease the pressure around bedtime, and plan for the nights and days that are still hard.

Inside

• What kind of sleep difficulty you’re having
• The bedtime pressure loop, and one place to ease it
• An unfinished business page for earlier in the day
• A plan for when you’re awake at night
• Caring for the day after, and a two-week learning plan
• A worked example on every exercise

You might be here if

• You lie awake on the nights before something important.
• You check the clock, or your sleep score, more than you’d like.
• Bedtime has started to feel like a test you might fail.
• You want to take sleep seriously without turning it into a project.