Coaching practices for Phase Response Curve Light

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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?

• I drift later and later
• I’m wired at bedtime and lie there unable to drop off, and I keep my whole house lit up bright right until I climb into bed
• I can eventually figure out what I’m looking at if I get to sit and analyze it, but when the clock’s running I’m far too slow
• I have every light in the house blazing right up until I climb into bed, and then I lie there wide awake wondering why my body hasn’t gotten the message that it’s nighttime.
• I fuss with night mode on my phone but my whole place is lit up like noon right until I climb into bed

Practices that may help

1. Use morning light to anchor and advance your clock
   Bright light exposure in the morning is the most powerful external zeitgeber for resetting circadian timing.
   Internal Time and Chronobiology
2. Avoid bright overhead light in the 2 hours before bed
   Bright light after ~9 pm suppresses melatonin and shifts your clock later — dim the environment instead.
   Morning Light Anchoring
3. Recognition-speed drills
   Flash configurations briefly to force pattern recognition rather than analytical reconstruction.
   Chunking: How Experts See What Beginners Miss
4. Dim lights for the 60 minutes before bed
   Drop overall light intensity in your home in the last hour before sleep to let melatonin rise undisturbed.
   The Wind-Down Routine: Engineering Your Path to Sleep
5. Dim your evening light
   Lower overall light intensity at night — the lever that actually moves your clock.
   The Digital Sunset
6. Set a screen curfew 60-90 minutes before sleep
   All screens off 60-90 minutes before intended sleep time — including television.
   The Phone-Free Bedroom
7. View sunset light to buffer against evening bright-light damage
   Low-angle evening light recalibrates the retina and reduces how severely bright indoor light suppresses melatonin.
   Morning Light Anchoring
8. Dim light in the evening
   Lower light intensity in the last hours before bed so the clock can wind down.
   Circadian Rhythm Optimization
9. Build a consistent pre-sleep wind-down routine
   Create a repeatable 30-60 minute pre-sleep sequence that cues the nervous system toward rest.
   The Phone-Free Bedroom
10. Use the map to prepare for known triggers
    Before a triggering situation, identify which part is likely to activate and what it will need.
    IFS Parts Mapping, Made Practical

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