The Insomnia Clinic

08/01/2024

This is free for anyone who wants to join in.

Interested in learning more about how to support your mental health in 2024? Then join us for our free online webinar on Wednesday, 10th January, from 12-1pm ‘Investing In Your Mental Health: A Compassionate Approach’ 👉 https://www.aware.ie/webinars/upcoming-aware-webinars/

At a time when we are bombarded by overwhelming ‘New Year, New You’ type narratives, we will be taking a gentle approach and considering how we can incorporate small changes into our lifestyles to better support our wellbeing.

We are delighted to be joined by Breege Leddy (Sleep Therapist), and Anna Czuczman (Counselling Nutritional Psychologist), for what promises to be a compassionate and encouraging conversation.

Questions for the panellists are welcomed, and there will be an opportunity to submit these anonymously during the live webinar.

If the day/time doesn’t suit you, please register anyway to receive a watch-back link straight to your inbox!

21/12/2023

I am delighted to be part of this free online webinar on Wednesday, 10th January, from 12-1pm - ‘Investing In Your Mental Health: A Compassionate Approach’.

Anna Czuczman (counselling nutritional psychologist) will also be on the panel.

At a time when we're bombarded by overwhelming ‘New Year, New You’ type narratives, we'll be taking a gentle approach and considering how we can incorporate small changes into our lifestyles to better support our wellbeing.

Questions for the panellists are welcomed, and there will be an opportunity to submit these anonymously during the live webinar.

If the day/time doesn’t suit you, please register anyway to receive a watch-back link straight to your inbox!

Register your free place

28/09/2023

This hack has gone viral on social media and recommends picking a get up time & counting back in 4 (or 5) 90 minute cycles to determine bedtime. This enables us to wake refreshed from REM sleep.

Now here are the real FACTS.

🔬First of all, this method is unscientific & not evidence based.

✅It’s correct to say we sleep in cycles of approximately 90 minutes. The most important word here being APPROXIMATELY!

🧍‍♀️🧍🧍‍♂️Each person is different and so are the length of our sleep cycles.

🧠You can’t predict or know the exact length of your sleep cycles (unless it’s monitored by EEG).

⏰There are variations from night to night. Lots of things can influence sleep cycles (e.g. medication, alcohol, how we slept the previous night).

🤔You can’t dictate when you feel sleepy, sleep is an involuntary process.

😴 We tend to feel groggy if we wake from deep sleep. Majority of deep sleep occurs within the first third of the sleep period. If you have normal sleep architecture you shouldn’t be getting deep sleep towards the end of the sleep period so there’s little chance of waking from it!

🏥 Sleep problems can start when people become more focused on their sleep.

⚠️ So conclusion is to stay well clear of anyone who is advising you of this method.

05/08/2023

New survey from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine reveals that 40% of Americans admit to trying viral trends involving sleep, with younger generations more