The Sleep Coach School Podcast

The Pause Button


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In this episode of Insomnia Insight, Coach Daniel explores one of the most powerful tools for ending the insomnia–anxiety loop: the pause button.

If you’ve found yourself stuck in a cycle of poor sleep, stress, and constant worry about both, this episode will bring clarity. Coach Daniel explains how insomnia and anxiety aren’t cycles by themselves—they become cycles when we respond to normal experiences (like a choppy night or a worried thought) with efforts to control, prevent, or suppress them.

And paradoxically, it’s that very effort that keeps the struggle going.

Inspired by a conversation inside the Insomnia Immunity Program, Coach Daniel breaks down:

Why a single night of poor sleep or a moment of anxiety isn’t a cycle

How our automatic attempts to fix or stop discomfort actually create the loop

What the “pause button” really is and why it changes everything

How simply observing your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors opens the door to a new option

Why non-response (acceptance, floating, befriending) allows the cycle to fade on its own

How peaceful sleep returns when effort and control fall away


If you’re new here and curious to learn more, our FREE video course, The Festival of Understanding, is the perfect place to start. Head over to https://www.thesleepcoachschool.com and click the link at the very top of the page to begin your journey.

If you're ready to leave insomnia for good, check out our coaching options. 

Head over to www.thesleepcoachschool.com and click on GET SLEEP in the menu. 

The Insomnia Immunity program is perfect if you like learning through video and want to join a group on your journey towards sleeping well.

BedTyme is ideal if you like to learn via text and have a sleep coach in your pocket. 

The 1:1 Zoom based program is for you if you like to connect one on one with someone who has been where you are now.

Do you like learning by reading? If so, here are two books that offer breakthroughs!

Tales of Courage by Daniel Erichsen 

https://www.amazon.com/Tales-Courage-Twenty-six-accounts-insomnia/dp/B09YDKJ3KX

Set it & Forget it by Daniel Erichsen 

https://www.amazon.com/Set-Forget-ready-transform-sleep/dp/B08BW8KWDJ

Would you like to become a Sleep Hero by supporting the Natto movement on Patreon? If so, that’s incredibly nice of you 😊. And here’s the link to do just that:

https://www.patreon.com/thesleepcoachschool

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