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I'm following Paul McKenna's program "I Can Make You Sleep." Is it as effective as he says? I will be doing all the exercises and listening to his CD every day for 2 months to find out.

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December 25, 2012

Merry Christmas everybody.

I won't be doing the usual post today, but will do as soon as I get the chance. Here's wishing us all a peaceful festive season and plenty of restful sleep.

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Value Your Self, Value Your Sleep

April 12, 2013

I don't know if parents (especially mothers) are more prone to this, or if it's something that affects everyone, but many, many, many of us do not value ourselves enough. And this affects our sleep. Undervaluing ourselves, like most of our hang-ups, starts in childhood, because it's very easy for kids to interpret adults' action as being about them. I remember many years ago my sister and her family came to visit on their way to and from somewhere else. On their outward visit my husband was away with work. I explained to my niece, then aged about 4, that he would also be away when they came back. Her face showed what she was feeling. I can't remember exactly what she asked me, but at that age the word, "Why?" would have been in it, and so I explained that it was just because of he had to go away for work and that he was very sad to be missing everybody. Instantly she was happy again. This is just one example of the way children can so easily think th...

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December 08, 2012

I have insomnia. It's not constant, but it has been a night visitor on and off most of my life. Right now it's on again and this time it's affecting my health so I would like it gone for good. Two evenings ago I dug out my copy of Paul McKenna's book, I Can Make You Sleep. I tried it to follow his suggestions before, a year ago or maybe more, but it didn't work. Or at least it didn't seem to, but at the moment I am so exhausted it seems worth another go. Rereading the book I've noticed several mistakes I made. McKenna says that most people are cured of insomnia by following his method. But some are not, so there's no guarantee. But, reading on, I discover that it turns out almost everyone who didn't get vastly improved sleep didn't follow his instructions to the letter. They missed out an exercise, or tried it a couple of times and then gave up. Just moments ago I read an article in which a journalist had tried listening to his hypnosis CD for...

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December 11, 2012

This is Day 4 of my experience of following the instructions in Paul McKenna's book I Can Make You Sleep, which I hope will soon cure me of insomnia for good. If you'd like to read some more you can scroll down to the bottom of this blog to follow my progress so far. In each post I have also included some information about the program or about sleep issues. Day/Night 4 I can't actually remember much about last night after I switched out the light. I remember doing a relaxation exercise from I Can Make You Sleep , where you focus on each part of the body in turn and allow it to relax. I don't remember getting to the end of the exercise, nor do I remember if I listened to the CD. From where my iPod was lying beside the bed in the morning, I probably listened to it at some time, either then or in the night. I did wake twice in the night. The first time was at 1.30 am, when the noisy neighbourhood dog barked. The second time was around 3 when my husband did somethi...