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Sleep & Switching Off
For evenings when your body is tired but your mind has not received the message. Explore bedtime routines, worry, night waking, screens and sleep habits.
In brief
Good sleep is supported by rhythm, less pressure and a calmer transition into the night.
Many sleep problems improve with consistent habits, but persistent insomnia and other sleep disorders deserve proper assessment.
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Sleep guides
Why Can't I Switch Off at Night?
Understand why your mind can become busier at bedtime and how to create a clearer transition between daytime problem-solving and rest.
Read guide →How to Build a Calming Bedtime Routine
Create a simple bedtime routine that helps separate the active part of your day from rest without turning sleep into another project.
Read guide →Overthinking Before Sleep
Learn how to move repetitive worry out of bedtime and create a clearer boundary between thinking time and sleeping time.
Read guide →Why Do I Wake Up Worrying?
Understand why worries can appear during the night and what may help you avoid turning a brief waking into a full problem-solving session.
Read guide →How to Unwind After a Stressful Day
Create a clearer transition out of work, stress and problem-solving so the evening does not feel like an extension of the day.
Read guide →What Is Sleep Hygiene?
Understand sleep hygiene as a set of everyday habits and environmental choices that can support more consistent sleep.
Read guide →How to Get Back to Sleep After Waking Up
Practical ways to reduce pressure after waking in the night and give sleep a better chance to return naturally.
Read guide →Can Journaling Before Bed Help?
Use brief, structured journaling to offload unfinished tasks and worries without turning bedtime into another hour of analysis.
Read guide →How Screens Can Affect Sleep
Understand why screens can interfere with winding down and how to reduce stimulation without requiring a completely screen-free evening.
Read guide →Why Am I Tired but Can't Sleep?
Explore why physical tiredness and mental alertness can happen together, including stress, worry, routines and sleep pressure.
Read guide →How to Stop Checking the Clock at Night
Reduce the pressure created by repeatedly calculating how much sleep you have left.
Read guide →When to Get Help for Sleep Problems
Know when ongoing sleep problems are worth discussing with a GP and why persistent insomnia should not be treated only as a lifestyle failure.
Read guide →A simple evening reset
Give the day a clear ending.
Offload
Write down unfinished tasks.
Reduce
Lower stimulation and incoming demands.
Repeat
Use a simple, familiar wind-down routine.
Rest
Stop treating sleep as a performance test.
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