What is mindfulness? How is it used? How can it help with sleep? These are all questions we try to answer in this episode, with the help of Dr Antonio Fernando (Psychiatrist), Dr Allie Peters (Psychologist) and guest co-host Dr Giselle Withers (Psychologist). Mindfulness can be a great skill to help with sleep, but learning mindfulness takes time and a structured approach with guidance from an experienced teacher.

Dr Moira Junge (Health Psychologist) and Dr David Cunnington (Sleep Physician) host the monthly podcast, Sleep Talk, talking all things sleep.

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Audio Timeline:

• 00:00 - 00:56 Introduction
• 00:56 - 07:43 What's news in sleep?
  • 00:56 - 02:02 Health retreats and sleep
  • 02:02 - 3:10 Mindfulness in May / A Mindful Way
  • 03:10 - 05:16 Change of seasons
  • 05:16 - 06:10 Featuring research on the podcast
• 06:10 -  Theme - Mindfulness
  • 06:10 - 09:15 Background - Mindfulness
  • 09:15 - 15:02 Guest interview - Dr Tony Fernando
    • What is mindfulness?
    • How is it used?
  • 15:02 - 23:27 Guest interview - Dr Allie Peters
    • Why should mindfulness help sleep?
    • Research on mindfulness for insomnia
      • What did you find?
      • What did you learn from your research using mindfulness for insomnia?
  • 23:27 - 37:37 Guest interview - Dr Giselle Withers
    • What is mindfulness?
    • How does mindfulness add to cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia?
    • How can people learn mindfulness?
  • 37:37 - 40:21 Mindfulness exercise
  • 40:21 - 41:32 Where to get more information on mindfulness
• 41:32 - 42:11 Clinical tip of the month - A wandering mind is normal
• 42:11 - 44:25 Pick of the month:
  • 42:11 - 43:02 Moira - Sleep Quality and Mindfulness as Predictors of Depression, Anxiety and Stress
  • 43:02 - 44:01 David - The neural correlates of dreaming
  • 44:01 - 44:37 Giselle - Mindfulness-Based Therapy for Insomnia - Book
• 44:37 - 45:51 What's coming up in sleep?

Next episode: June 5th

Links mentioned in the podcast:

• Health Retreats and Sleep
• Golden Door Health Retreat
• Mindful in May
• A Mindful Way - Next guided course starts May 27th 2017
• Seasonal affective disorder
• Sleep and headache - research by Daniel Sullivan
• Chronic headaches and insomnia - review
• Combining mindfulness with cognitive-behavioural therapy
• Randomised controlled trial of mindfulness for insomnia
• Insomnia Severity Index - link to the questionnaire
• Wandering mind not a happy mind - Harvard research
• Melbourne Sleep Disorders Centre - group using mindfulness for insomnia
• A Mindful Way - online mindfulness course for insomnia
• Mindfulness-Based Therapy for Insomnia - Book
• Practical tips for mindfulness - SleepHub post
• Mindfulness and its role in sleep - SleepHub audio interview
• UMass Center for Mindfulness
• Full Catastrophe Living - Book
• A Mindful Way
• Sleep Quality and Mindfulness as Predictors of Depression, Anxiety and Stress
• The neural correlates of dreaming
• Dreaming - Sleep Talk podcast episode
• Mindfulness-Based Therapy for Insomnia - Book
• Sleep 2017 meeting - Boston June 3-7
• World Sleep Congress 2017 - Prague October 7-11
• Sleep Down Under 2017 meeting - Auckland Oct 27-29

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