"It's impossible to describe what it feels like to sleep through the night to someone who has insomnia. But when you finally do it consistently, the results are absolutely transformational!"

Lana Walsh, former insomniac

What is CBT-i

CBT-i (cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia) is a science based, clinically proven therapy developed at Harvard University. It is considered the gold standard in treating insomnia by both the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and the Canadian Sleep Society. CBT-i involves three specific areas.

Sleep Education

Understanding how sleep works, the chemical processes in the brain, your circadian rhythm, and sleep cycles, helps you develop the necessary "why" for following through with the strategies.

Tactical Sleep Strategies

Implementing certain strategies in a specific order, help to reset the sleep cycle so you can get back on track with sleeping through the night consistently.

Relaxation Therapy

Stress, anxiety, depression, and worry are the biggest reasons people can't sleep; even good sleepers have trouble sleeping on stressful days. Learning and implementing stress reduction techniques is imperative to overcoming insomnia.

Why is sleep important?

Sleep is important for a number of reasons. It helps to conserve and restore your energy so when you wake up, you are refreshed and ready to take on the day. It's also important for memory, cognitive functioning, and healing your body.

Memory Building

During the day, we are inundated with information and during sleep, our brain filters through everything, discarding what isn't important, and strengthening neural connections to improve recall for the information it wants to remember. One study showed that sleep resulted in 40% better recall over an eight hour period.

Cognitive Functioning

When we sleep, our brain cells shrink to allow for cerebrospinal fluid to flow freely between the cells. This helps to clear toxins from the brain. Specifically, it clears out the protein that's shown to be the precursor to Alzheimer's disease. Lack of sleep affects our divergent thinking - the ability to think outside the box or have original thought and makes it difficult to be creative.

Body Healing

During deep sleep, our bodies reach their most inactive state. Blood pressure, muscle tension, brain waves, and heart rate are all at their lowest point in the day. During this time, our body produces more white blood cells to help fight infection and disease, hormones are released to heal muscle tissue, and it allows your body to restore energy and hormonal balance while reducing stress.

Programs & Services

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Upgrade Your Sleep

Upgrade Your Sleep is a coaching program that takes you step-by-step through the proven process to reprogram your brain, body and sleep cycle that allows you to sleep through the night consistently so you can wake up feeling rested.

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Corporate Sleep Programs

When employees are not getting the sleep they need, it has a negative impact on mood, work performance, and long-term health. This corporate program includes the sleep education, tips and strategies that will have your staff performing at their best.

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Speaking

Do you host summits or podcasts? Looking for a great lunch and learn topic? I love sharing sleep tips and strategies, and educating people on why sleep is important. Download my press kit and reach out to see how I could tailor a talk for your audience.