Insomnia as a Vigilant Brain

This week on the Sleep Unplugged podcast, we are looking at sleep resolutions made for the new year and why they often fail. In this episode, we present six insomnia resolutions that don’t ask you to “try harder” — because insomnia isn’t a motivation problem, a discipline problem, or a character flaw. In this episode we will:

• Reframe why New Year’s sleep resolutions fail
• Think about insomnia as a brain trained to stay alert and how that reshapes our insomnia therapy goals
• Discuss how CBT-I actually retrains the brain (not willpower) and how it fits in with the way we view insomnia therapy
• Learn why fixing insomnia requires better systems, better language, and better care, and not more effort
• Understand why insomnia can be tough to fix alone

Produced by: Maeve Winter

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