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

My client Jesse came to me after struggling to sleep for 6 years. It started during a stressful time in his life but he still was waking up and not feeling rested even though he was in a good place mentally. He tried trazadone and many natural remedies. He didn't want to be on drugs and the supplements never worked for long.

As an entrepreneur, his lack of sleep was affecting his work and life and he wanted to be mentally sharper.

Through the lab testing, I found many imbalances in his body that were contributing to his insomnia:

We worked together for 6 months correcting these imbalances and getting him to a healthy state. Now he's sleeping better than he has in years. He still wakes up in the night occasionally but way less often. And he's feeling much more rested most days. And his improved sleep has continued even with travel, the holidays and eating the foods he loves.

He recently wrote, "I'm sleeping better than I have in years. I'm grateful to be her client!"

This is possible for you, too!

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.

The medical system can’t help you with insomnia.

This is because insomnia is caused by imbalances in your body. Your body isn’t totally healthy if you can’t sleep normally. (Even if you eat well and exercise and care about your health.)

Building health and fixing disease are two different things.

In this week’s episode of The Insomnia Fix, I explain why the medical system can’t solve your insomnia AND what can!

If you’re ready to get over your insomnia for good by finding the root cause, we can help.

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 team member Deb suffered from mold toxicity and spent many frustrating nights awake and exhausted because of it. She healed herself and her family after becoming trained in functional lab testing and health coaching.

During her journey, she learned some exercises that made a huge difference in her health. In fact, at a recent checkup her doctor kept checking her heart and she was scared that something was wrong!

Instead, he was amazed that her heart rate was 10-15 beats less on her exhale. This means that she is in a calm state and responds to stress very well. She knew that she was feeling calmer and less reactive, but she was amazed that her doctor noticed physical improvements as well.

Her doctor didn’t know what was responsible for her calm state until she told him-it was the exercise Deb and I talk about in this episode!

If you’ve tried what seems like everything and you still can’t sleep, that’s because there are imbalances in the body that are keeping you awake. The Complete Sleep Solution program uses lab testing to find what those imbalances are and gives you a plan to correct them so you can sleep normally. It’s the only way to permanently restore your health so you can sleep well.

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.

Each one of us has a different body clock or circadian rhythm that’s based on genetics. While the 10pm-6am sleep schedule is most common, it’s true that there are night owls and early birds who are wired with different circadian rhythms.

Many of my clients have a messed up circadian rhythm which means their body clock is off. They feel sleepy during the day or in the early afternoon. But then when it’s time to go to bed, they’re wide awake even though they’re exhausted.

In this video, you'll learn:

-the 2 reasons your body clock is messed up

how to use light therapy to reset your body clock

-how cortisol affects your circadian rhythm

-why cortisol is high at night, affecting your sleep

My team and I at the Complete Sleep Solution can help you reset your circadian rhythm so you can sleep normally. We use functional lab testing to find out what’s causing stress and inflammation in your body. (Functional lab testing shows how the different systems in your body are working so we know what to fix, kind of like how a car mechanic plugs your engine into the diagnostic machine to see what’s wrong.) Then we give you a plan to reduce that stress and inflammation so you can fall asleep easily and stay asleep all night.

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.

Many people tell me that they can’t sleep because of anxiety. Their anxiety is what’s keeping them awake at night.

And some you have been told by your doctors/psychiatrists that your insomnia and anxiety are all in your head.

I disagree.

I think that what’s causing your anxiety is also causing your insomnia. It’s not all in your head.

In this episode, you'll learn:

At the Complete Sleep Solution, my team and I will help you get to the root of your anxiety and insomnia. We do functional lab testing to find what’s causing anxiety in your body and your mind.

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 client Maura came to me when she was struggling to fall asleep and would go days without sleeping if she wasn’t taking a sleeping pill. She was taking Seroquel and Lexapro to sleep and feel calm. She had to take a leave from teaching because she wasn’t sleeping.

Her goal was to sleep 7 hours a night, get off meds, and not feel anxious about sleep. By the end of our time working together, she achieved all of these goals!

She says in the episode, "In 2 months I weaned off Trazadone. On average I’m sleeping 7-8 hours a night and feeling a lot better.”

Maura was 100% committed to the process and because of that, she had great success!

In this episode, you can hear her story firsthand.

If she can get better, you can, too!

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.

Our thoughts actually affect how our genes are expressed.

To sleep better and be healthy, you want to rewire your brain to think positive thoughts about sleep and life in general.

In this episode, you'll learn:

If you want to learn more about the Thought Model, check out the Life Coach School podcast by Brooke Castillo.

https://thelifecoachschool.com/podcast/

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 could have a parasite that is contributing to your insomnia. About ⅓ of my clients do!

However, it's not just the parasite itself that affects your sleep. It's the many different ways that the parasite wreaks havoc in your body that are also affecting your sleep.

In this episode, I explain all the effects a parasite has on the different systems in your body and why it's going to take more than getting rid of the parasite to sleep better.

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 client Peter is an amazing example of someone who loves science and will use the data to do whatever it takes to get healthy. He had been sleeping poorly for years and was taking sleeping pills at night and a stimulant in the morning to feel alert.

Within a few months, he was sleeping better. He started exercising again. Now, he's sleeping well and not having to eat in the middle of the night anymore to go back to sleep. He's lost 30 pounds without trying. Most importantly for him, his brain is functioning better and he feels clear headed. Now he can focus on his life mission which is helping people understand the science of what's really causing climate change.

Peter shows that you don't have to accept poor sleep at any age and that when you're determined to get better, you get better!

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.

To sleep well, you need to be in a calm and relaxed state.

Many people with insomnia get stuck in the stress response. Their body is constantly releasing cortisol and so they get stuck in fight or flight or that sympathetic state.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

The key to sleeping well is to lower mental and physical stress as much as possible so your body and mind can be calm and relaxed. This is what we help you with in the Complete Sleep Solution program.

We use functional lab tests to find hidden physical stressors.

And we help with mental stress and anxiety about sleep so that your mind doesn’t keep you awake.

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.