11/13/2026
There were definitely stints in this journey where I had a lot of sleepless nights.
The thing I realized is, the more I learned about nervous system sensitization, and allowing and not resisting, the more I started to change how I approached bedtime.
At the very start, lying in bed, I would say, "Oh my gosh, I need to get to sleep. If I don't get to sleep, then tomorrow's gonna be worse. How am I gonna be a good parent?" We're just adding a whole bunch of extra pressure and stress on top of this.
And when you try to force calm, or when you try to force sleep, it's never gonna happen. It just doesn't work that way.
I'm the kind of person that's like, "I'm gonna force my way through. I'm gonna do this." But that didn't help.
Do you lie awake worrying about sleep?
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