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My Guide: Overcome Insomnia
Insomnia affects an estimated 30–50% of the population in the world and in some cultures it is believed to be even higher!
We spend about one third of our lives asleep and it is essential for survival. During sleep, the body takes the opportunity to cleanse and regenerate, actively producing hormones required for growth, recovery and healing of muscles and tissues.
Because of the importance of sleep, insomnia presents a huge challenge and carries significant consequences that can eventually affect every area of our lives. A lack of proper sleep can lead to:
• Poor concentration
• Muscle aches and pains
• Decreased alertness
• Depression
• Overemotional states such as anxiety and irritability
• Poor performance at work or other areas of life
The author, Rebecca Richmond, developed fibromyalgia – a debilitating and incurable condition – after suffering from insomnia for many years, which led to a worsening of her symptoms. She is one of the few people across the world who has recovered from this condition by developing her own techniques, including the vital step of overcoming insomnia.
This book is essential for anyone suffering from insomnia, or a therapist or trainer working with sufferers and looking to add proven techniques to their repertoire.
We spend about one third of our lives asleep and it is essential for survival. During sleep, the body takes the opportunity to cleanse and regenerate, actively producing hormones required for growth, recovery and healing of muscles and tissues.
Because of the importance of sleep, insomnia presents a huge challenge and carries significant consequences that can eventually affect every area of our lives. A lack of proper sleep can lead to:
• Poor concentration
• Muscle aches and pains
• Decreased alertness
• Depression
• Overemotional states such as anxiety and irritability
• Poor performance at work or other areas of life
The author, Rebecca Richmond, developed fibromyalgia – a debilitating and incurable condition – after suffering from insomnia for many years, which led to a worsening of her symptoms. She is one of the few people across the world who has recovered from this condition by developing her own techniques, including the vital step of overcoming insomnia.
This book is essential for anyone suffering from insomnia, or a therapist or trainer working with sufferers and looking to add proven techniques to their repertoire.
182 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 29, 2013
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December 7, 2014
There are plenty of books that address insomnia on the market already, but none hold the specific focus and discussions of My Guide: Overcome Insomnia, a clear dialogue on insomnia's origins and how to overcome it.
Sure, the science of sleep is the same and the advice on bedtime routines, diet and exercise can also be found elsewhere. And you're not looking at original research, either. What you are seeing is a talent for drawing disparate studies and approaches together under one cover, focusing on the 'secondary factors' that cause insomnia and providing a complete program addressing its underlying causes, symptoms, and how to combat sleeplessness on a nightly basis by changing lifestyle and emotional influences.
Chapters pair insights on techniques with supportive anecdotes that focus on holistic assessments of what influences different levels of sleep and how to create an environment that tips the balance towards sleep. These connections between emotional states of mind and sleep are essential to understanding the origins of insomnia, and include specific tips on busting worries and using meditation and visualization techniques to achieve optimum sleep routines.
From time management and flexibility to creating better self-esteem, My Guide: Overcome Insomnia includes considerations most books on the topic typically omit. It goes beyond theory to offer concrete routines readers can easily use to change belief systems and circumvent the habit of insomnia.
The fact that this approach embraces all stages of REM sleep patterns to works toward a unified sleep routine makes it even more effective: "...understanding the reasons for your insomnia and taking decisive positive action in order to rectify the situation makes perfect sense. In order to do so, you cannot simply sleep for fifteen hours on the weekend or sleep all day when you have a day off. So my techniques are designed to help you ensure that you can regularly get seven to eight hours of sleep that covers all the stages of non-REM sleep and REM (dreaming) sleep."
And it's very specific, step-by-step tips also set My Guide: Overcome Insomnia apart from competitors that offer theory and only a few approaches to actually curing insomnia. Here, it's all part of the 'bigger picture' which strives for overall better emotional health as a strategy for ultimately busting the habits and effects of insomnia.
Given this well-rounded and wider-ranging approach, it's a pleasure to highly recommend My Guide: Overcome Insomnia to any who suffer from regular insomnia and would consider a program to overcome it. To successfully consider this approach, one must be open to emotional change and techniques such as visualization and meditation. Those with such an interest will find My Guide: Overcome Insomnia embraces many techniques others bypass, and will find it a positive and authoritative guide.
Sure, the science of sleep is the same and the advice on bedtime routines, diet and exercise can also be found elsewhere. And you're not looking at original research, either. What you are seeing is a talent for drawing disparate studies and approaches together under one cover, focusing on the 'secondary factors' that cause insomnia and providing a complete program addressing its underlying causes, symptoms, and how to combat sleeplessness on a nightly basis by changing lifestyle and emotional influences.
Chapters pair insights on techniques with supportive anecdotes that focus on holistic assessments of what influences different levels of sleep and how to create an environment that tips the balance towards sleep. These connections between emotional states of mind and sleep are essential to understanding the origins of insomnia, and include specific tips on busting worries and using meditation and visualization techniques to achieve optimum sleep routines.
From time management and flexibility to creating better self-esteem, My Guide: Overcome Insomnia includes considerations most books on the topic typically omit. It goes beyond theory to offer concrete routines readers can easily use to change belief systems and circumvent the habit of insomnia.
The fact that this approach embraces all stages of REM sleep patterns to works toward a unified sleep routine makes it even more effective: "...understanding the reasons for your insomnia and taking decisive positive action in order to rectify the situation makes perfect sense. In order to do so, you cannot simply sleep for fifteen hours on the weekend or sleep all day when you have a day off. So my techniques are designed to help you ensure that you can regularly get seven to eight hours of sleep that covers all the stages of non-REM sleep and REM (dreaming) sleep."
And it's very specific, step-by-step tips also set My Guide: Overcome Insomnia apart from competitors that offer theory and only a few approaches to actually curing insomnia. Here, it's all part of the 'bigger picture' which strives for overall better emotional health as a strategy for ultimately busting the habits and effects of insomnia.
Given this well-rounded and wider-ranging approach, it's a pleasure to highly recommend My Guide: Overcome Insomnia to any who suffer from regular insomnia and would consider a program to overcome it. To successfully consider this approach, one must be open to emotional change and techniques such as visualization and meditation. Those with such an interest will find My Guide: Overcome Insomnia embraces many techniques others bypass, and will find it a positive and authoritative guide.
June 1, 2014
My Guide: Overcome Insomnia
How to Take Charge of Your Sleep
There are many options to help people return to a more regular sleep schedule and this guide shows that theremay not be a single solution. The best approach to returning to a state of balance is coordination of the mind and body.
In My Guide: Overcome Insomnia, the author describes problems associated with lack of sleep and the power of both the conscious and unconscious mind to overcome insomnia. What we do during the day is just asimportant as what we do when we lie down at night. Rebecca Richmond speaks from her own experience and recommends avoiding caffeine, alcohol and nicotine, which can disrupt sleep. She presents the importance of doing exercises each day and eating healthy foods. She also describes how stress and negative emotions influence the quality of life, thereby causing insomnia. This guide offers tips to reduce worrying and paceyourself, in addition to how to build true confidence and self-esteem. After reading Rebecca Richmond’s guide, readers will understand how important it is to believe in ourselves and how easy is to overcome insomnia by using integrative therapies such as yoga or mindfulness meditation, which lowers levels of cortisol (the stress hormone).
Having read Rebecca Richmond’s book, it is obvious that insomnia is connected to stress and her advice will help readers to calm their mind and body, so they can rest and build healthy sleeping habits.
My Guide: Overcome Insomnia is not only a book about insomnia, but also a coaching guide for NLP and a healthy lifestyle.
July 30, 2016
At the end of this engaging book, the author says:
"You may have been surprised by how much of this guide to getting better sleep focuses on emotional and behavioural factors, and that many of the techniques I have shared with you help you deal with stress and other negative emotions. This is because I believe that in most cases insomnia is caused by secondary factors. By dealing with these you will get the double benefit of better sleep, in addition to improvements in every area of your life."
For me, this paragraph sums the book up - Rebecca Richmond's guide helps the reader to address numerous underlying factors which are likely leading to insomniac tendencies. It offers anecdotes, analogies, tips, techniques, and suggestions to restore a holistic balance, and to help release the issues which prevent sleep - and happiness in general.
Well worth a read, even if you don't have insomnia!
"You may have been surprised by how much of this guide to getting better sleep focuses on emotional and behavioural factors, and that many of the techniques I have shared with you help you deal with stress and other negative emotions. This is because I believe that in most cases insomnia is caused by secondary factors. By dealing with these you will get the double benefit of better sleep, in addition to improvements in every area of your life."
For me, this paragraph sums the book up - Rebecca Richmond's guide helps the reader to address numerous underlying factors which are likely leading to insomniac tendencies. It offers anecdotes, analogies, tips, techniques, and suggestions to restore a holistic balance, and to help release the issues which prevent sleep - and happiness in general.
Well worth a read, even if you don't have insomnia!
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