Untangle Time to Rethink Your Sleep? Try these New Tools for Rest and Recovery. With Natalie Pennicotte-Collier
May 13, 2024
Natalie Pennicotte-Collier, a sleep expert, clinical therapist, and author of Sleep Reset, shares her journey through personal insomnia and childhood trauma that shaped her approach to sleep therapy. She emphasizes the critical 24-hour impact of sleep on mental and physical health and offers a five-week mind-body program combining mindfulness and breathwork. Natalie discusses the significance of self-compassion, practical daily rituals, and how nutrition influences sleep, all aimed at fostering long-term sleep improvements.
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Sleep Is A 24-Hour System
- Sleep is a 24-hour problem that requires daytime care, not just nighttime fixes.
- Treating sleep like a full-day rhythm reduces pressure on the night and improves overall wellbeing.
Begin With Self-Compassion
- Stop criticizing yourself about poor sleep and practice immediate self-compassion to remove physiological pressure.
- Use kindness instead of striving to break the cycle that fuels insomnia.
Use Breathwork To Down-Regulate
- Add breathwork to behavioral sleep tools and practice slow-paced breathing to down-regulate the nervous system.
- Use brief breath exercises multiple times daily to make relaxation accessible when lying awake.
