HeyJaredWhy Can’t I Sleep!?
Why Can’t I Sleep!? is a podcast designed to help you navigate your sleep challenges with compassion and evidence-based insights.
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CPAP Feels Impossible? Here’s How to Make It Easier (opens the original)
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CPAP can be life-changing, but getting used to it is not always easy. In this episode of Why Can’t I Sleep? , I’m joined by Lindsay, @YourSleepBFF , a respiratory therapist, sleep health creator, sleep product professional, and CPAP user, to talk about sleep apnea, CPAP stigma, and how to make treatment feel more manageable. Lindsay shares her experience working in hospital care, home care, and CPAP manufacturing, along with her own journey from delaying a sleep test to becoming a CPAP user hers
4-7-8 Breathing for Sleep | A Short Guided Exercise to Slow Down (opens the original)
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When your mind and body feel keyed up at bedtime, sometimes it helps to have something simple to come back to. In this short guided episode, I’ll walk you through the 4-7-8 breathing exercise , a paced breathing practice that can help you slow things down and shift your attention away from racing thoughts, worry, and the pressure to sleep. In this exercise, we’ll: Breathe in gently for a count of 4 Hold for a count of 7 Exhale slowly for a count of 8 Repeat the pattern together without trying to
Menopause, Insomnia, and Why Trying Harder to Sleep Can Backfire with Sharon Pendlington (opens the original)
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In this episode of Why Can’t I Sleep? , I’m joined by Sharon Pendlington , a menopause and nervous system specialist, to talk about why sleep can become so much harder during perimenopause and menopause. Sharon shares her own experience with years of disrupted sleep, brain fog, memory changes, and the fear that can build when sleep starts to feel unpredictable. We also talk about one of the biggest ironies of insomnia: the harder you try to force sleep, the more alert and frustrated you can beco
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