Coaching practices for Why Sleep Tips Dont Work
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- I’ve already cut the caffeine, dimmed the lights, bought the blackout curtains and the cooling mattress
- I keep trying the obvious fixes
- I keep stealing from sleep to fit in more training
- I can’t fall asleep at night, so I’m wiped out by day and end up napping to cope
- After a rough night I go to bed early, nap in the afternoon, sleep in on the weekend to make up for it
Practices that may help
- Use sleep hygiene as the foundation, not the cure
Get the basics right (light, caffeine, temperature, schedule) but do not expect them alone to fix insomnia.
CBT for Insomnia (CBT-I), Made Practical - 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 - Prioritize sleep as the primary recovery modality
No recovery tool replaces adequate sleep — design your schedule to protect it before using any other recovery method.
Deliberate Recovery: Making Rest a Performance Practice - Avoid daytime naps when treating insomnia
If you are using sleep restriction therapy or struggling with nighttime insomnia, daytime napping undercuts the treatment.
The Power Nap: Science and Practice - Build homeostatic sleep pressure by staying awake
Resist napping late or sleeping in when you want to fix your sleep — consistent waking builds the pressure that makes sleep arrive.
The Two-Process Model of Sleep - Use the two-process model to diagnose your specific sleep problem
Identify whether your sleep issue is a Process S problem, a Process C problem, or both — because the fixes are different.
The Two-Process Model of Sleep - Separate the science from the overstatement
Keep the reliable sleep practices; hold the scariest popular claims loosely.
Why We Sleep, Translated Into Practice - 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 - Keep a strict, consistent wake time
Anchor the same wake time every day regardless of how much sleep you got the night before.
Stimulus Control for Sleep - Nap in a way that helps instead of hurts
Keep naps short and earlier in the day so they restore without stealing night sleep.
Sleep Hygiene That Actually Moves the Needle
Related concerns
- Dysfunctional Beliefs About Sleep
Identify and revise the catastrophic beliefs about sleep that amplify arousal at bedtime.
Challenge the beliefs that make insomnia self-perpetuating
- Why Is My Toddler Protesting Sleep With Me And Not My Partner
Identify and revise the catastrophic beliefs about sleep that amplify arousal at bedtime.
- Is Why We Sleep Accurate
Matthew Walker’s Why We Sleep argues that sleep is a non-negotiable biological process governed by two systems — sleep pressure and the circadian clock — and that protecting both REM and deep NREM sleep is central to health and cognition. The underlying science is largely sound, but the book has been credibly criticized for overstating some claims, so we flag where the popular version runs ahead of the evidence.
- Sleep Problem Diagnosis
Identify whether your sleep issue is a Process S problem, a Process C problem, or both — because the fixes are different.
Use the two-process model to diagnose your specific sleep problem
- When The Cbt For Insomnia Psychoeducation About Sleep
Understanding how sleep pressure and the circadian clock interact removes the mystery from why sleep is unpredictable.
Learn the two-process model of sleep
- When Two Process Model Of Sleep Using The Model To Diagnose
Identify whether your sleep issue is a Process S problem, a Process C problem, or both — because the fixes are different.
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