Continuing Your Sleep Journey

Congratulations, you've made it to the final session of your journey towards restful sleep. This is a big deal. It's not easy to stick with things and you did it. This is definitely a journey. It's the beginning, not the end. Sometimes when we reach a goal, we can forget about all the hard work it took to get there, kind of like a hiker at the top of a mountain. The view is beautiful, but those slippery, steep and bolder parts of the trail weren't easy. So I'd like to look back and celebrate the journey that got you to this point. I wanna get better sleep just because I just wanna be full energy. I wanna give it my all every single day We began with your deeper motivation or your why. I wanna improve my sleep because I wanna be a better person. I wanna be a better mother, a better wife, a better friend, a better worker. When you feel yourself drifting from these new habits, your why can be a great anchor. Come back to this to remember, 'Oh, that's right. This is why I'm doing it.' You learned more about your sleep patterns, behaviors and beliefs around sleep. Our brains are built to think and some of that thinking happens at night and I think the first step is really noticing the thoughts because it's about the acceptance and the noting of those thoughts without the engagement that is critical You and your phone agreed to go your separate ways at least right before bed. Yeah, it would probably be in my best interest too. Put away the digital devices. You now know how to build your bed sleep connection and optimize your sleep cycle and you discovered the importance of a bedtime ritual. An ideal bedtime ritual for me would be to go out about a half hour before I go to bed, just do meditation, gratitude journal, and then lay down with happy thoughts for my day as I go to sleep. I think the thing that we're shooting for and the way that people will know if they've hit the sweet spot is that they do begin to feel this relaxation. You tried tools you could use to reframe your relationship with sleep, how to relax your mind, how to think flexibly and how to manage and work with your worries. If I'm able to tell my brain like, don't worry about this, worry about this at 11:00 AM tomorrow morning and then you'll be fine. I think that could be very beneficial for me. And we found that scheduled worry time is effective in decreasing distress in allowing people to sleep better. Finally, you learned how to set yourself up for success with practices that can help you build lasting change. You know how to prepare for obstacles, maintain your motivation, handle setbacks and plan for your future sleep. The number one thing that I wanna keep in mind about...