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Sleep, circadian rhythms and being human.
Latest from the blog
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A compassionate approach to poor sleep during the perimenopause
Up to 60% of women in the menopausal transition sleep poorly. On what a compassionate attitude towards that struggle can change.
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Why a late dinner is bad news for your waistline
Two recent studies on meal timing: what the size of your largest meal and how late you eat do to weight and metabolic health.
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Is your inner critic giving you a hard time for not sleeping well?
The critical voice that arrives when sleep does not, why the mind evaluates us constantly, and what compassion-focused work offers instead.
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Bedtime procrastination – why bedtimes are different to bodytimes
Why people stay up when nothing is stopping them going to bed — the gap between intention and behaviour, and what actually drives it.
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What is Insomnia and How Sleep Therapy Can Help
What insomnia actually is beyond “not sleeping” — its range of symptoms, and how therapeutic work with sleep differs from more sleep advice.
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A holistic approach based on science
The evidence-based practices behind my approach: sleep science and chronobiology alongside Compassion-Focused Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Training and mindfulness.
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Do this when you wake up at 3am
Waking in the night is normal. What is difficult is the thinking that follows — and there is something to do other than fight it.
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Can poor sleep make you feel lonely?
The relationship between poor sleep, social isolation and loneliness: how each feeds the others, and why the night can feel so solitary.