Several years ago I was gripped by insomnia, and sleep became something I dreaded. I can’t tell you exactly why I developed insomnia, but stress and depression probably had something to do with it. I’d spend half the night awake, and most of the next day a zombie. I lived like that for months.

My problems with sleep led me on a journey of discovery (and ultimately saw me train as a Certified Sleep Science Coach). I spent a fortune on bedtime teas and pillow sprays, and tried endless guided sleep meditations to ‘cure’ my insomnia. In the end a therapy called CBT-i got me back on track by helping me to learn proper sleep hygiene, a cornerstone of which is going to bed and getting up at the same time every day to retrain your inner body clock.

But along the way I found a small army of sleep

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