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Sleep is the hottest of hot topics. Experts queue up to warn us that lack of sleep, or the wrong kind, will bring down a bewildering array of dire consequences. But how do we keep from being overwhelmed by this deluge of data? What if all this knowledge just feeds anxiety and drives sleep even further from our grasp? Heather Darwall-Smith's message is simple: don't panic! Humans are biologically programmed to sleep - and by interrogating the factors that might impede this innate instinct, we can make changes in our lifestyles and find our way back to good sleep.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Most people with ADHD know about the focus problems. Most people with anxiety know about the racing mind at night. What almost nobody has been told is that these two things are not separate problems running in parallel — they are the same problem, and...

The Science of Sleep, by developmental molecular biologist Dr. John Medina, gives you the facts - and the prescription to sleep well - in his signature engaging style. Adapted from Medina's Brain Rules for Aging Well: 10 Principles for Staying Vital, Happy, and Sharp, in this chapter, you'll learn how the sleep cycle is born of a constant tension between hormones and brain regions vying to keep you awake and hormones and brain regions trying to make you go to sleep. This is called opponent-process theory.

Discover the best baby sleep method - gentle, science-backed, and inspired by the latest Nobel Prize-winning research - that shows you how to get your baby to sleep through the night naturally. Sleep - or the lack of it - is one of the most crucial issues for new parents. Newborn babies...

Sleep has hardly changed since Paleolithic humans snoozed soundly in their caves. While sabre-toothed tigers were their biggest night-time worry, today it’s stress and social media that keep us awake, but the solutions are the same, and sleep therapist Dr Merijn van de Laar offers...

In Why Do We Dream?, author Rowanze Belrose takes listeners on a fascinating journey through one of science’s greatest enigmas—the strange and beautiful world of dreams. Blending accessible neuroscience with a sense of wonder, this book reveals what’s happening inside your head when you drift off to sleep—and why your dreams might be more important than you think.

A compassionate, science-backed guide to improving sleep in children and teens with neurodiversities — written by a renowned pediatric sleep expert who is also the parent of a neurodivergent child.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Most couples with mismatched sleep have the same argument on a rotating basis. One partner stays up too late. The other goes to bed too early. Someone snores. Someone takes the spare room. Someone lies awake beside a person who is sleeping perfectly and...

Does your mind race with worries and worst-case scenarios, especially at night? Have you tried deep breathing or positive thinking, only to have anxiety return stronger than before? You are not broken, and you are not alone. The Ultimate Toolkit to Rewire Your Anxious Brain blends neuroscience with relatable stories. Journey with Sarah, Lisa, and Grandpa John as they face panic attacks, social anxiety, and lifelong worry—showing that relief is possible at any age.

Stress-Proof Habits reveals a revolutionary approach to stress management that goes beyond quick fixes and willpower-based solutions. Instead of fighting your stress response, you'll learn to work with your nervous system's natural capacity for calm and resilience.

You probably didn't click on this page by accident. You may well be feeling irritable, stuck in a continuous loop of exhaustion. Your child's bouts of crying have you at your wit's end. You feel that you have somehow failed as a parent. And you finally want to have some sense of normality in your life again. Don't worry. As early as tomorrow, your child will be drifting off and sleeping through the night. We have created Baby Sleep Solution, a series of audios that have been designed especially to help calm your little ones down and put them to sleep.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. The night before the job interview, you sleep fine. The night before the one that would change everything, you lie awake until three. This is not a coincidence. It is not anxiety in any simple sense. It is a biological system doing exactly what it was...

Learn from Dr. Sarah Mitchell, an experienced sleep coach and member of the Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine, how to put your baby to sleep with ease. If you are tired of the sleepless nights, the endless cycles of soothing, and the exhaustion that's taking a toll on your family, then this book is your ultimate lifeline.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Most sleep books were written for someone who goes to bed at ten and wakes up at six. If that's not your life if you work nights, cross time zones, care for someone who needs you at three in the morning, or haven't slept a full unbroken night since your...

How to Sleep Well is a guidebook that can change your sleep and help you live your life more fully. Whether you struggle to fall asleep, sleep too lightly, wake too often, or simply cannot wake up, this book can help you get on track to sleeping well and living better.

After a single, catastrophic event, journalist Miranda Levy had one sleepless night, then another, and then another. She sought help from anyone she could: doctors, acupuncturists, reiki practitioners, hypnotists, therapists, personal trainers - but nothing seemed to work. Sleep, wellbeing and...

What could be better than a nap to slow the frantic course of our pressure-filled lives, dominated by the cult of performance and the need to constantly outdo ourselves? What could be better, in our anxiety-inducing world, than cocooning yourself by falling discreetly asleep on the couch or in a...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. If you've spent your life being told to just go to bed earlier - and done it, and it didn't work - this book is the explanation you were never given. Being a late chronotype is not a habit, a lifestyle choice, or a failure of discipline. It is a...

Make your bed and actually sleep in it. The Book of Sleep provides dozens of quick, easy, and evidence-based strategies that are more effective and sustainable than sleep medication for people who suffer from insomnia. Based in CBT-I (cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia), the techniques in this book were developed by a clinical psychologist who specializes in insomnia treatment. Find the relief you need and wake up feeling truly restored. A good night's sleep isn’t just a dream anymore.

Psychiatrist and sleep specialist Dr Hugh Selsick draws on decades of scientific research into insomnia treatments and his experience treating many thousands of patients to create a 10-Step Programme to Heal Your Sleep. As you make your way through this 10-step plan, you will learn: To...