Psychiatrist and sleep specialist Dr Hugh Selsick draws on decades of scientific research into insomnia treatments and his experience treating many thousands of patients to create a 10-Step Programme to Heal Your Sleep.
As you make your way through this 10-step plan, you will learn:
• To harness deep-seated psychological mechanisms to prime you for sleep.
• How to manage anxiety in a constructive way in order to stop it from disturbing your sleep.
• How to quieten your mind and deal with the seemingly random thoughts that keep you awake.
• A proven way to relax your mind and body when you go to bed.
• To optimise your physiological sleep drives, the powerful physical factors that control sleep and wakefulness, in order to prepare your body and mind for sleep.
The UK’s pre-eminent expert on insomnia answers questions from how to use caffeine wisely, what impact does alcohol, exercise and diet have on our sleep and are screens really bad for sleep? Teaching techniques from anchoring your rising time, guarding your sleep fuel and sleep scheduling, this is a journey that will empower you to take back control of your nights – and your life.