You’ve switched off the lights, put down your phone and climbed into bed. Your body wants sleep, but your brain has other plans. Suddenly you’re replaying the day, planning tomorrow and solving problems that felt far less urgent at lunchtime. So how do you stop a racing mind without making sleep another thing you have to work at? Fitness presenter, wellness correspondent and burnout & mental fitness coach Liezel van der Westhuizen joins Africa Melane on CapeTalk and 702 to unpack cognitive shuffling, a mental technique that uses unrelated words and brief visual images to redirect attention away from bedtime rumination. Liezel explores why the technique may help some people with occasional overthinking, how it differs from simply counting sheep, what the evidence actually says, and why CBT-I remains the evidence-based first-line treatment for chronic insomnia.

<p>You&rsquo;ve switched off the lights, put down your phone and climbed into bed. Your body wants sleep, but your brain has other plans. Suddenly you&rsquo;re replaying the day, planning tomorrow and solving problems that felt far less urgent at lunchtime. So how do you stop a racing mind without making sleep another thing you have to work at? Fitness presenter, wellness correspondent and burnout &amp; mental fitness coach Liezel van der Westhuizen joins Africa Melane on CapeTalk and 702 to unpack cognitive shuffling, a mental technique that uses unrelated words and brief visual images to redirect attention away from bedtime rumination. Liezel explores why the technique may help some people with occasional overthinking, how it differs from simply counting sheep, what the evidence actually says, and why CBT-I remains the evidence-based first-line treatment for chronic insomnia.</p>

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Fitness: Can’t switch your brain off at night? This simple sleep trick could quiet a racing mind

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