The Sleep Detective podcast: why you can't sleep and how to fix it

Some of my clients have high histamine that is contributing to their sleep issues. 

In this episode, you'll learn all about histamine: 

-how it affects sleep 

-symptoms of high histamine

-what causes excess histamine 

-what to do about high histamines

-how anti-histamines make the problem worse 

The key is to find out why your histamine levels are high and correct those things. 

It's the same with insomnia. There's not just 1 reason you aren't sleeping normally. There are multiple causes. 

Just like an old car that isn't running. Let’s say you have an old car that needs a new engine and transmission and battery and alternator! You could fix the engine and your car still won’t run. You have to fix all of them for your car to work. 

Same with our bodies. Your sleep issues are a sign that multiple systems in your body aren’t working. 

You can’t just look at one, such as hormones for example, and expect to be fixed. Because your gut and liver and your immune system still aren’t working. 

You need to fix everything at once and get your entire body back in balance. 

This is why what you’ve tried so far hasn’t worked. If you’ve gone gluten free or worked on hormones or liver detox and haven’t fully improved, it doesn’t mean that those things didn’t work or weren’t necessary. It just means that there are also other things out of balance that also need to be corrected.

Sometimes I get asked the question, "If we do everything at once, how do we know what works?" 

And the answer is, it all needs to work together. We need to get all the systems in your body working properly again to get back in balance so you can sleep normally. 

Just like the old car that needs multiple new parts to run again.

The Complete Sleep Solution program finds what’s out of whack in your body and gives you a simple plan to get back in balance with lots of love and support. 

Find out more at www.thesleepdetective.com 

Click here to sign up for the ⁠Insomnia Insight program⁠. You'll know exactly what's causing your sleep issues and have a plan to fix it in 30 days so you can sleep well, permanently and naturally.

Andrea came to me with poor sleep but also fatigue, joint pain and anxiety. 

She went to her doctor after working together for 6 months and realized she had zero health complaints! 

In her own words:

“I have a new found look on life now and I’m very lucky that I don’t have to continue with the joint pain, and the fatigue, and the anxiety, and the INSOMNIA!  I feel like a brand new woman!”

Hear her story here. 

This is what we do in the Complete Sleep Solution program. We help our clients get healthy again so they can sleep normally and feel great!

Click here to sign up for the ⁠Insomnia Insight program⁠. You'll know exactly what's causing your sleep issues and have a plan to fix it in 30 days so you can sleep well, permanently and naturally.

I've had my own experiences with cannabis that make me question if it's actually helpful, or if it could possibly hurt sleep. So I did some research and asked some questions to get to the bottom of this topic.

Click here to sign up for the ⁠Insomnia Insight program⁠. You'll know exactly what's causing your sleep issues and have a plan to fix it in 30 days so you can sleep well, permanently and naturally.

One of the most common causes of insomnia is high cortisol. 

Cortisol should be low at night so you can fall asleep easily and stay asleep all night. 

But if you can’t sleep, cortisol and other stress hormones are probably high at night. 

In this episode, you'll find out: 

The Complete Sleep Solution program helps with high cortisol at night, "dirty" genes, and all the hidden health issues that cause insomnia so you can sleep better naturally and permanently!

Click here to sign up for the ⁠Insomnia Insight program⁠. You'll know exactly what's causing your sleep issues and have a plan to fix it in 30 days so you can sleep well, permanently and naturally.

In this Sleep Breakthrough session I chatted with Joseph about his sleep struggles, what he’s tried so far, and the top 3 things that are getting in the way of good sleep for him.

He’s been doing all the “right” things to get better: going to functional medicine doctors; working on gut health, detox and hormones; and eating an anti-inflammatory diet. But his sleep hasn’t improved. 

One reason he hasn’t gotten better is that the doctors he’s worked with are looking at one part of his health at a time. They focus on gut health, then liver function, then hormones. It takes a couple of months to work on each thing and meanwhile the other things start out of balance. 

Focusing on one thing at a time doesn't usually work because everything in the body is connected. If you just focus on gut health but don’t support detox, then the liver gets even more congested when trying to kill pathogens and you don’t get better. 

The fastest and more effective way to sleep normally is to support your body’s health as a whole which involves looking at multiple systems of the body at the same time instead of one at a time.

The second reason why he hasn’t gotten any better is because he’s likely dealing with mold toxicity! I use an assessment looking at 13 symptom clusters to identify possible mold issues. He had 9 out of these 13 and studies show that having at least 8 symptoms means there's a 95% chance that someone has CIRS (Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome) which is commonly caused by mold. 

25% of people have a gene which makes it hard to detoxify mold toxins, and they get sick when they’re exposed. I see mold toxicity in about 1/3 of my clients, so it’s definitely more common than you might think!

For more info about mold toxicity and sleep, listen to Episode 37. 

Dealing with mold can be tough, especially if your home has it. But it’s necessary to address it so that your body can recover so that you can sleep normally. 

If you can’t sleep, there are hidden imbalances in your body that are keeping you awake. My team and I will find out what they are and give you a plan to fix it so you start sleeping better permanently.

Click here to sign up for the ⁠Insomnia Insight program⁠. You'll know exactly what's causing your sleep issues and have a plan to fix it in 30 days so you can sleep well, permanently and naturally.

My insomnia started in late pregnancy and didn’t go away after my son was born. So I know what triggered my sleep issues. 

But not everyone has a known trigger. 

Sleep issues can happen gradually and get worse over time. 

Or your sleep can ebb and flow and be unpredictable. 

In this episode, I explain what can trigger insomnia and how sleep issues happen even if you don’t know what triggers it.

My client Richard has doubled his sleep in the first 2 months working together.

“I am pleased to say that i have gone up fro m 1-2 hours to 3-4. 🤗 This has made a massive difference to my emotional state, and I have just been re-engaging with life the last week! I feel like starting the mold protocol is the factor that has helped.”

Mold toxicity was affecting him but what really triggered his insomnia was mold, working 70-80 hours a week, and his body breaking down over time. 

Want to get to the bottom of your insomnia and sleep better naturally and permanently?

Click here to sign up for the ⁠Insomnia Insight program⁠. You'll know exactly what's causing your sleep issues and have a plan to fix it in 30 days so you can sleep well, permanently and naturally.

Both your mind AND your body contribute to your sleep issues.

Cognitive behavioral therapy helps with the mental part. 

Doctors may try to help with the physical part but they usually end up prescribing sleeping pills or anti-anxiety medication which isn’t getting to the root of the problem.

The only way to truly get over your insomnia is to find out what's going on in both your body and your mind and correct all of those things at once.

Find exactly how in this episode!

This episode is the same as episode #1 How Your Body And Your Mind Cause Insomnia. It’s the most-played episode so I’m publishing it again!

Want to find out why you can't sleep? Take the quiz to see if your body is affecting your sleep. Or if it’s more in your mind. TheSleepDetective.com

Ready to get to the root of your sleep problems and fix them for good?

Click here to sign up for the ⁠Insomnia Insight program⁠. You'll know exactly what's causing your sleep issues and have a plan to fix it in 30 days so you can sleep well, permanently and naturally.

My awesome client Wes came to me after trying many different things.

In this episode, he shares his story:

If it’s possible for Wes, it’s possible for you, too!

Even if you’ve tried so many things. Gone to alternative practitioners and counseling. Tried so many supplements. 

The Sleep Detective program is different from anything else you’ve tried because we look at the body as a whole. It’s never just one thing that causes insomnia. It’s multiple hidden health issues.

And we help with the mental part so that stress and worry don’t ruin your sleep. 

Click here to sign up for the ⁠Insomnia Insight program⁠. You'll know exactly what's causing your sleep issues and have a plan to fix it in 30 days so you can sleep well, permanently and naturally.

If you can't sleep, you know all the sleep rules: avoid screens before bed, don't drink caffeine past 2pm, exercise every day, etc. If those things don't help, you have something deeper going on in your body that's keeping you awake at night. 

In this episode, you'll learn the top 5 hidden health issues that are disturbing your sleep and how to fix them.

Want to find out why you can't sleep? Take the quiz to see if it’s your body or your mind that’s keeping you awake. TheSleepDetective.com

Ready to sleep better naturally and permanently by getting to the root of why you can’t sleep? This is exactly what I can help you with.

Click here to sign up for the ⁠Insomnia Insight program⁠. You'll know exactly what's causing your sleep issues and have a plan to fix it in 30 days so you can sleep well, permanently and naturally.

In this Sleep Breakthrough session with Arefaine, I gave him my top 3 things to work on to improve his sleep, looking at habits, helping with thinking about sleep all the time, and what to look for in his body that could be affecting his sleep.

Listen in for all the details

Click here to sign up for the ⁠Insomnia Insight program⁠. You'll know exactly what's causing your sleep issues and have a plan to fix it in 30 days so you can sleep well, permanently and naturally.