For people who have trouble sleeping, sleep can seem elusive. People can get in to a pattern of chasing sleep, trying ever harder to get everything just right in the hope of getting better sleep. However, the pathway to better sleep is often through letting go and being less careful about sleep. We discuss letting go of rules and behaviours around sleep, and are joined by Nathan Butler of Active Health Clinic who discusses a similar approach used in fatigue syndromes.

Dr Moira Junge (Health Psychologist) and Dr David Cunnington (Sleep Physician) host the monthly podcast, Sleep Talk, talking all things sleep.

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Audio Timeline:

• 00:00 - 00:29 Introduction
• 00:29 -  02:18 Vale Prof Nick Antic
• 02:18 - 05:20 What's news in sleep?
• 05:20 -  16:10 Theme - Let it Go
• 16:10 - 24:09 Guest interview - Nathan Butler: Letting go in chronic fatigue syndrome
• 24:09 - 28:55 More information on letting go / managing sleep in the holidays
• 28:55 - 34:28 Clinical tip of the month - Think about language
• 29:30 - 30:35 Tip of the month: Moira - Language around sleep is important
• 30:35 - 31:56 Pick of the month: David - Insomniac - Book
• 31:56 - 33:13 What's coming up in the next month?

Next episode (January 2nd 2017): Setting goals for health and sleep

Links mentioned in the podcast:

• Donations to Prof Nick Antic scholarship fund
• Online course for CBT-I - APS Institute
• Chronic Insomnia - British Medical Journal
• Sleep Anxiety - The Age online
• Are the brains of insomniacs wired differently? - SBS Online
• Cerêve - FDA approved device for insomnia
• Sleep hygiene
• Cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia
• Stimulus control
• Sleep restriction
• Mindfulness for sleep - audio interview
• Active Health Clinic
• FAQs about chronic fatigue syndrome
• Chronic fatigue syndrome program
• Sleep rules - letting go of rules around sleep
• Insomnia - podcast
• Cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia - podcast
• Cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia - post
• Mindfulness for sleep - video
• Insomniac - book
• Sleep Down Under 2017 - Auckland Oct 25-28
• World Sleep Congress - Prague Oct 7-11
• Sleep 2017 - Boston June 3-7