Coaching practices for Borbely Sleep Model

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• My bed is where I scroll, watch shows, answer emails, and worry
• I keep trying the obvious fixes
• When someone asks how I slept I genuinely can’t say
• I lie down tired but my mind keeps spinning and my body stays switched-on, so I just stare at the ceiling
• There’s a tangled decision with too many moving parts to hold in my head all at once, and I feel pushed to just call it now and be done

Practices that may help

1. The Two-Process Model of Sleep
   Alexander Borbély’s two-process model describes sleep as the interaction of two independent systems: Process S (homeostatic sleep pressure, which builds throughout waking hours like a battery draining) and Process C (the circadian clock, which gates sleep propensity in a 24-hour rhythm). Good sleep requires both processes to align — sleep pressure high and the clock in its nighttime phase simultaneously. The model is well established in sleep science.
2. Use the bed only for sleep (and sex)
   Reserve the bed strictly so the brain learns to associate it with sleepiness, not wakefulness.
   Stimulus Control for Sleep
3. Learn the two-process model of sleep
   Understanding how sleep pressure and the circadian clock interact removes the mystery from why sleep is unpredictable.
   CBT for Insomnia (CBT-I), Made Practical
4. Keep a daily sleep diary
   Track sleep and wake times daily to reveal patterns and benchmark treatment progress.
   CBT for Insomnia (CBT-I), Made Practical
5. Box breathing as a sleep-onset tool
   Use the equal-cadence pattern in bed to lower arousal and shorten the time to sleep.
   Box Breathing, Made Practical
6. Sleep on important decisions
   For complex decisions, delay commitment overnight — sleep processing integrates information deliberate thought misses.
   The Three Bs of Creativity: Bed, Bath, and Bus
7. Challenge the beliefs that make insomnia self-perpetuating
   Identify and revise the catastrophic beliefs about sleep that amplify arousal at bedtime.
   Sleep Restriction Therapy
8. Apply stimulus control to the sleep environment
   Use the bed only for sleep and sex — no other stimulation — so your body learns that bed means sleep.
   Stimulus Control, Made Practical
9. Separate the science from the overstatement
   Keep the reliable sleep practices; hold the scariest popular claims loosely.
   Why We Sleep, Translated Into Practice
10. Sleep Banking: Building a Buffer Before Sleep Loss
    Yes — extending sleep before an anticipated period of sleep restriction (prophylactic sleep extension) genuinely protects alertness, reaction time, and mood relative to going in already depleted. It does not permanently store extra sleep, but it gives you a buffer that delays impairment. The protective effect on performance is supported by controlled experiments; full "repayment" of chronic sleep debt is more complex and likely incomplete.

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