Podcasts by Insomnia Coach® Podcast
Welcome to the Insomnia Coach® Podcast! My name is Martin Reed. I believe that nobody needs to live with chronic insomnia and that evidence-based cognitive and behavioral techniques can help you enjoy better sleep for the rest of your life. In this podcast, I share insomnia success stories and expert interviews that I hope will motivate and inspire you to implement changes that can improve your sleep and transform your life.
Further podcasts by Martin Reed, MEd, CHES®, CCSH
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How Deeandra reclaimed her life from insomnia and got her sleep back on track without medication (#37) from 2022-03-29T22:07:24
Deeandra always slept well but a stressful period in her life led to 48 hours of no sleep whatsoever and this generated a lot of anxiety. Deeandra started to panic and thought that she had lost the...
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How Wayne improved his sleep by thinking of sleep as a friend that doesn’t need to be controlled (#36) from 2022-02-25T00:15:47
Wayne's experience with insomnia began when he was preparing for his board exams. Because he needed to get up earlier than usual, he started going to bed earlier than usual. Unfortunately, this mad...
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How Felicity transformed her relationship with sleep by practicing new sleep habits, being kinder to herself, and living life independently of sleep (#35) from 2022-01-31T20:17:38
Felicity had struggled with sleep, on and off, for her entire life. Usually, her sleep would get back on track after a few months of sleep disruption — however, when sleep issues returned due to so...
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How Amy went from an intense fear of insomnia and feeling her situation was hopeless to averaging over seven hours of sleep each night (#34) from 2021-12-01T02:52:41
Night after night of wakefulness led Amy to a dark place where she saw no way out. She felt helpless and doomed to a life of insomnia. Ironically, Amy became friends with someone else who was stru...
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How Jennifer moved past 18 years of insomnia by exploring her sleep-related beliefs and recognizing her own insomnia in the stories of others (#33) from 2021-10-29T22:15:09
Jennifer's issues with sleep began 18 years ago when she started to wean her firstborn from breastfeeding. When Jennifer fell pregnant again, things got better — until it was time to wean her secon...
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How Jovana put insomnia behind her by recognizing that her insomnia wasn’t unique and that sleep is a natural process that cannot be controlled (#32) from 2021-09-29T21:59:48
In 2019, Jovana experienced a night of no sleep whatsoever but she was confident that she would get some sleep the following night. However, the next night was just the same — Jovana didn't get one...
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How Cindy tackled the insomnia that appeared after her baby was born by accepting nighttime wakefulness and eliminating safety behaviors (#31) from 2021-08-26T17:23:01
Cindy developed postpartum depression shortly after her daughter was born and was prescribed medication to help her sleep. The medication seemed to work at first but Cindy soon found that it wasn't...
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How Jake got his sleep back on track by changing his nighttime behaviors and his daytime behaviors (#30) from 2021-07-28T17:15:57
Jake's sleep was severely disrupted when the COVID pandemic forced him to work from home. He soon found himself working at all hours and during weekends. When he took a vacation he found it really ...
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How Celia improved her sleep by abandoning all attempts to control her sleep and accepting and acknowledging anxious thoughts rather than trying to fight or avoid them (#29) from 2021-06-30T22:33:39
From a very young age, Celia would often try to control her sleep and often used medication to get her through her frequent bouts of insomnia. After the birth of her son and the emergence of the CO...
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How Chad improved his sleep by undoing all the changes he had made in response to his insomnia (#28) from 2021-05-07T17:47:12
Chad experienced some sleepless nights during a stressful period at work but his sleep started to get back on track — until one completely sleepless night created an avalanche of anxiety and insomn...
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How Pat got rid of her insomnia by embracing a philosophy of“fake it until you make it”and accepting anxious thoughts (#27) from 2021-03-30T03:18:26
Pat decided to approach each day pretending that she'd had a good night of sleep. She went about her days as normal and pursued enjoyable and enriching daytime activities, independently of how she ...
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How Hannah got her sleep back to normal after COVID by caring less about sleep while creating better conditions for sleep (#26) from 2021-02-25T17:11:42
Like many of us, Hannah began experiencing sleep disruption during the COVID pandemic. When it became clear that lockdowns were likely to be extended, Hannah started to find it harder to fall aslee...
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How Susie stopped sleep from controlling her life, regained trust in her natural ability to sleep, and learned to love her bedroom (#25) from 2021-01-15T00:22:15
Susie never had a great relationship with sleep — but dealing with her insomnia wasn't something that was high on her list of priorities. That all changed, however, when Susie went overseas and her...
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How Michelle got to the root cause of her insomnia and improved her sleep after 15 years of unhelpful experiments, research, and sleep efforts (#24) from 2020-11-25T16:31:59
Michelle spent 15 years researching sleep and trying lots of different things to get rid of her insomnia. She did all she could to control her sleep but all that happened was sleep (or a lack of it...
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How Jennifer got through setbacks and relapses while implementing techniques that transformed her sleep after 25 years of insomnia (#23) from 2020-10-30T00:32:53
Jennifer's insomnia was deeply entrenched. After working with me for four weeks, she felt as though it was becoming more difficult to get through the day, her sleep had not improved, and she was un...
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How Jessica transformed her relationship with sleep by challenging her sleep-related thoughts and changing her sleep-related behaviors (#22) from 2020-09-22T00:18:57
When Jessica moved back to her hometown with her husband and two children she began to struggle with sleep. When nothing she tried seemed to work, she started to believe that she'd lost the ability...
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How health-conscious Anafer shed her identity as an insomniac and now focuses on her career, relationships, and personal happiness rather than sleep (#21) from 2020-08-11T17:00:12
Anafer believed that she was born with insomnia. Sleep was a problem for her for as long as she could remember. After years of doing her own research, speaking with health professionals, and taking...
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A conversation about sleeping pills with Dr. Wallace B. Mendelson (#20) from 2020-07-16T20:46:48
Dr. Mendelson is a psychiatrist, sleep doctor, and author who works primarily in the field of sleep research and sleep medicine. He is perhaps best known for his research related to the properties ...
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How Sally improved her sleep after 60 years of insomnia and 10 years of sleeping pills (#19) from 2020-06-19T00:02:16
Sally had been living with insomnia for 60 years and had been taking sleeping pills for 10 years. She believed that she would never be able to sleep properly — but this all changed when she started...
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How Rick’s retirement triggered a two-year struggle with insomnia and what he did to get his sleep back on track (#18) from 2020-05-20T16:53:07
Rick's insomnia started in 2017 shortly after retirement. He started to wake during the night and would find it hard to fall back to sleep. Before long, he started to feel very anxious every time h...
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How Anna went from not feeling sleepy at night and thinking her sleep system was broken to sleeping well and with confidence (#17) from 2020-04-21T03:45:26
For five years, Anna experienced short episodes of insomnia that would last for a week or two before disappearing. However, when her mother fell ill and required surgery, Anna found it very difficu...
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How Gretchen went from believing she was the world’s worst sleeper to someone who sleeps well and has confidence in her own natural ability to sleep (#16) from 2020-03-19T00:19:23
Gretchen is a pediatrician and the mother of three children. Her sleep was regularly disrupted as she worked shifts during college and was on call during her pediatric residency. After having child...
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How sleep restriction helped Dave fall asleep faster, spend less time awake during the night, and get more sleep (#15) from 2020-02-24T23:56:04
Dave often experienced difficulties falling asleep and staying asleep and this became more of a problem once he became a father. After an overseas trip, Dave's sleep really took a turn for the wors...
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How Bill’s health scare led to insomnia and how tackling sleep-related thoughts and behaviors helped him improve his sleep (#14) from 2020-01-31T05:16:03
In August 2018, Bill was admitted to hospital with a suspected heart attack and this triggered an intense period of insomnia that led to progressively worse sleep. Bill soon found himself following...
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Busting sleep and insomnia myths with clinical psychologist and behavioral sleep medicine specialist Dr. Jade Wu (#13) from 2020-01-15T01:00:16
Dr. Jade Wu is a clinical psychologist and behavioral sleep medicine specialist at Duke University School of Medicine. In this episode, Jade and I discuss a number of concerns that are common among...
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How working with a sleep coach helped Jeff get rid of sleep-related worry and anxiety and sleep well without sleeping pills (#12) from 2019-12-18T00:42:53
After trying to implement cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) techniques with the help of a book, Jeff continued to struggle — until he started implementing CBT-I techniques with the ...
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How Eileen used CBT-I techniques to improve her sleep after taking sleeping pills almost every day for 15 years (#11) from 2019-12-01T07:55:21
Eileen is a registered nurse of almost 30 years. She was always a light sleeper who felt that she needed perfect conditions for sleep to happen. After becoming a parent she started to get less slee...
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A conversation about the challenges of CBT-I (and how to get through them) with clinical psychologist Steve Orma (#10) from 2019-11-14T22:42:48
Dr. Steve Orma is a clinical psychologist and specialist in the treatment of insomnia and anxiety. He is the author of the book Stop Worrying and Go To Sleep: How to Put Insomnia to Bed for Good, a...
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How Sara got rid of her insomnia, got off sleeping pills, and now averages seven hours of sleep each night (#9) from 2019-10-30T22:18:59
Sara lived with insomnia for a year and resorted to sleeping pills because she didn’t know how to improve her sleep. Luckily, Sara did discover cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia — and after...
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How David overcame three years of insomnia by addressing his obsession with sleep using CBT-I, acceptance, and mindfulness techniques (#8) from 2019-10-15T20:41:26
Like many people, David struggled with the odd night of poor sleep every now and again — but three years ago a night of absolutely no sleep led to sleep-related worry and the fear that he had lost ...
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A conversation about insomnia and anxiety with clinical psychologist Nick Wignall (#7) from 2019-09-30T23:09:03
Nick Wignall is a clinical psychologist who specializes in cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety disorders and insomnia. He’s also a writer interested in how we can use the tools and insights of...
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How Rose battled with insomnia as a teenager but now looks forward to going to bed at night (#6) from 2019-09-18T17:49:06
Rose started struggling with sleep at the age of just 12 years old. One bad night of sleep triggered a vicious cycle of ever-increasing sleep-related worry and anxiety, and ever-worsening sleep. At...
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A conversation about CBT-I with sleep physician Daniel Erichsen (#5) from 2019-08-31T01:23:41
Daniel Erichsen is a sleep physician of eight years and is currently practicing in Eugene, Oregon. He is also the man behind BedTyme, a CBT-I based iPhone app, host of the Insomnia Insight YouTube ...
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How Scott overcame sleep-related worry and anxiety and got rid of insomnia (#4) from 2019-08-02T04:18:30
Scott slept well his entire life until he listened to a podcast that led him to worry about how much sleep he was getting and the health consequences of insufficient sleep. That night, Scott had a ...
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A conversation with Michael Schwartz about CBT-I and intensive sleep retraining (#3) from 2019-07-24T21:25:03
Michael Schwartz is the founder of MicroSleep, LLC, and the program director for the Clinical Sleep Health Program at the Oregon Institute of Technology. Michael has over 30 years of experience in ...
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How Ann improved her sleep after 30 years of insomnia (#2) from 2019-07-10T07:07:04
Ann is a college professor from New York City who had been struggling with sleep for over 30 years and got great results using the cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) techniques I use...
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Everything you need to know about cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (#1) from 2019-06-20T21:00:09
I talk a lot about cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) in this podcast. This episode will explain exactly what CBT-I is and how it helps improve sleep.
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