This is the last article in the series of four articles explaining how chronic insomnia develops and what you can do to get relief from it. In this final article, we explain how the skill of mindfulness can be brought into play to help tackle insomnia and sleep difficulties. When learned in conjunction with cognitive-behavioural therapy, mindfulness exercises can be a powerful tool for managing anxious thoughts about sleep, empowering individuals to defy insomnia and keep it at bay in the long term.

This is the third in a series of four articles explaining how chronic insomnia develops and what you can do to get relief from it. In this third article, we unpack and explain the elements of cognitive-behavioural therapy for insomnia, the recommended approach for tackling this problem.

This is the first in a series of four articles explaining how chronic insomnia develops and what you can do to get relief from it. In this article, we will begin by exploring an important question: how much control do we have over sleep? As it turns out, the answer is often an important insight to many insomnia sufferers who spend a lot of effort "trying" to sleep.

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