{"id":686,"date":"2021-09-23T16:16:16","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T15:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/?post_type=menopauselibrary&#038;p=686"},"modified":"2025-03-04T19:35:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T19:35:15","slug":"041-you-are-feeling-sleeeepy-kathryn-pinkham-dr-louise-newson","status":"publish","type":"menopauselibrary","link":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/menopause-library\/041-you-are-feeling-sleeeepy-kathryn-pinkham-dr-louise-newson\/","title":{"rendered":"You are feeling sleeeepy &#8211; Kathryn Pinkham and Dr Louise Newson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"041 You Are Feeling Sleeeepy - Kathryn Pinkham &amp; Dr Louise Newson\" height=\"150\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none;\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=v42j8-d7b99e-pb&amp;share=1&amp;download=1&amp;rtl=0&amp;fonts=Arial&amp;skin=1&amp;btn-skin=7&amp;multiple_size=315&amp;square_size=300&amp;order=episodic&amp;filter=all&amp;limit=10&amp;season=all&amp;tag=all\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>In this podcast, Dr Louise Newson is joined by Kathryn Pinkham,&nbsp;Founder of The Insomnia Clinic, the UK\u2019s largest insomnia service.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kathryn, along with her team at The Insomnia Clinic, help&nbsp;people who suffer with poor sleep and insomnia using NHS recommended techniques. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for insomnia is a structured programme which helps people to identify and change unhelpful behaviours and thoughts which maintain poor sleep.\u202f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this podcast, Dr Newson and Kathryn discuss:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Why sleep is important but how putting too much pressure on sleep can cause us to get even less&nbsp;<\/li><li>How sleep hygiene can make a sleep issue worse for poor sleepers&nbsp;<\/li><li>The cycle of insomnia and how to break it<\/li><li>Tips to strengthen your sleep drive to fall asleep faster and wake less but also how to improve quality of sleep&nbsp;<\/li><li>The importance of managing anxiety in boosting energy levels&nbsp;<\/li><li>Techniques to manage anxiety&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Kathryn Pinkham&#8217;s Three Take Home Tips to Aid Sleep:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>&nbsp;Shorten your time in bed &#8211; go to bed later and get up earlier. Even if it&#8217;s just by half an hour.<\/li><li>Set your alarm and then turn it over. When you wake up in the night, resist the urge to look at the clock.<\/li><li>Spend time managing your worries and anxieties instead of focusing on your lack of sleep. If you focus on lowering your stress levels then your sleep should improve too.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/theinsomniaclinic\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/theinsomniaclinic<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Louise Newson chats with Kathryn Pinkham, founder of The Insomnia Clinic<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6780,"template":"","subject":[52,25],"content-type":[17],"library-format":[14],"library-author":[],"class_list":["post-686","menopauselibrary","type-menopauselibrary","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","subject-insomnia","subject-wellbeing","content-type-podcast","library-format-listen"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/menopauselibrary\/686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/menopauselibrary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/menopauselibrary"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=686"},{"taxonomy":"content-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-type?post=686"},{"taxonomy":"library-format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/library-format?post=686"},{"taxonomy":"library-author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/library-author?post=686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}