Melanie was a best selling author of dozens of books, but was too exhausted to write anymore. Being unable to write was one of the most frustrating, saddening things about her insomnia. On top [...]

Loneliness hurts when you have insomnia. Awake in a quiet dark night… it feels like everyone else is happily asleep, including your partner dreaming beside you. My new client, Emma, [...]

Do your legs jiggle and keep you awake? Mine do from time to time. They start to feel twitchy at the end of the day. If I stretch or move them, they get a little better for a little while, but [...]

I’m a bad meditator. “No judgment!” say my teachers. “Just return to the breath.” Yeah, I try to do that, but…. After decades of meditating (on and off), I [...]

Pollen! Pollenpollenpollenpllenpollenpollenpollen! Nature is spewing fine powdery stuff onto your car, animal fur, insects, hair, clothes, nostrils, and lungs. It cascades from male cones and [...]

Jill Prescott, Spiritual Badass, is going to talk to me about the Truth of Insomnia — hope you can join us.   Just click and follow this link, then “see first” to be notified [...]

My Dog Has Insomnia Soothing our tough nights of anxiety and sadness I had a plan on how to manage my dog, Sadie, when she aged. As she got less mobile, I planned to put her in the playroom [...]

Release your biggest obstacles to rest and sleep. When you stayed up way past bedtime as a kid, did your grown-up ever yell at you to “just go to sleep already!” And do you ever yell that at [...]

What’s the difference between value and reciprocity? The heart expands when energy flows both ways. I love working with my clients, but my heart wants to serve more. So I’m widening my view. [...]

What gives you joy during the day? Better yet, what would you do with free time and life energy? Because believe it or not, that can lead you to rest. My client Chad hated going to bedtime. He’d [...]

Are you taking a new look at your life with the new year? You won’t find much room for creating or letting go until you honor what’s served you.  The morning of New Year’s Eve, I was [...]

I respect the urge to take sleep medications. Still, most people who take them would rather not – perhaps because of their short- and long-term problems, or simply for feeling dependent on them. [...]