04/02/2026
I would say easily 70% of children I see are coming to me with sleep issues; whether it's nightmares, night terrors, inability to wind down and fall asleep, resistance to bedtime, you name it!! It's often a symptom of something else that's going on; suppressed emotions or dysregulated nervous system.
Sleep is such an important element of our mental health, emotional regulation, growth and development. If we aren't getting enough sleep as parents then our capacity to help our children navigate all those things (as well as our ability to naivigate our own) is dimished significantly.
As mums, we've all felt the effects of sleep deprivation and know how it can make us feel, and act, and we can quite literally feel like we are going crazy!!
This is a little technique that I find really helps with worry brain/overthinking in particular...
Let me know if it helps!!