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How I Slept

As a therapist I know how fundamental sleep is to wellbeing, and that modern life makes getting it harder. This blog is a record of my own efforts to get a good night's sleep.

28/6/2018 - THURSDAY MEDITATION NOT RECORDED

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June 28, 2018

WHY NOT??
I was in meditation for at least an hour!

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Easter Monday - Tuesday 2-3/4/2018

April 03, 2018

This is the start of an extended time away so I was interested in how it would affect my sleep. This first night was a very stark one of two halves - sleeping very well in the first half and very broken in the second. This may have been influenced by two pints of Guinness!

13/5/2018 - Wednesday meditation not recorded

June 13, 2018

Due to other distractions my meditation was only an hour today. The tracker did not pick it up, but to be fair the trance was light and heart rate did not drop to sleep level.

Saturday - Sunday 3-4/2/2018

February 03, 2018

The plan was to sleep until 07:00, but that got scuppered by a combination of dehydration, a hungry cat and a troubled mind. Like many folks in middle-age, I have things for which I am profoundly grateful and bring me joy, and scars of loss and hurt that on occasion keep me awake. So what is the therapist's prescription for himself? It is to take the time to give my sadness full periodic outward expression. Otherwise it would only go on to cause all kinds of internal mayhem. I would liken it to a poo - I really have better more enjoyable things to do with my life, but as distasteful as it is, you simply have to make time to release it. I will therefore give myself permission to be sad today, in order to sleep better tonight and generally think straight.

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