It’s strange, isn’t it? You go through the day half-awake, counting down the hours until bed… and then, when you finally get there, you’re wide awake. Almost alert. As if your body’s been saving its energy for this exact moment. Why This Happens Short answer - it’s hyperarousal. What’s really happening is that two parts of your system are competing. By the time it’s night time, your body is tired. Because it spent the entire day using energy for work, socializing and life its

You wake up in the middle of the night, heart pounding, brain feeling way too alert. A glance at the clock shows 3am… again. You try to fall back asleep, but it’s like the night has ended even though there’s hours left until the alarm. If that sounds familiar, you’re not alone. This happens so often, that it’s one of the most asked questions in my practice. It even has a name - sleep maintenance insomnia . The biology: what’s happening in your body What’s really happening is

If you’ve Googled things like “why can’t I sleep even though I’m tired?” or “is CBT-I supposed to feel this hard?” — this is for you. I’m not here to sell a magic number of hours. I’m here to explain what actually helps people get out of the insomnia loop, based on years of lived experience and work with insomnia clients. 1. Why you can’t logic your way into sleep If thinking could fix sleep, most of my clients would already be sleep geniuses. But it doesn’t work that way. Th