How to Be Awake (So You Can Sleep Through the Night) - by Heather Darwall-Smith (Paperback)

About the Book

A great night's sleep starts long before your head hits the pillow

Book Synopsis

A great night's sleep starts long before your head hits the pillow

When it comes to getting the sleep we need, we tend to focus on perfecting a bedtime routine in the hour before bed but, in doing so, we're missing the biggest factor that dictates our sleep quality: how we spend our days.

In this groundbreaking and practical guide, sought-after sleep psychotherapist Heather Darwall-Smith explores how our 'always-on' lives are wreaking havoc when the time comes to rest. In doing so, she reshapes our understanding of sleep, and the struggles that surround it, to offer powerful insights for meaningful change.

With practical exercises and expert guidance, you'll learn:

• What the stress of daily life is doing to your nervous system
• Simple ways to reset, rest and recover during the day that will transform your sleep
• The impact that environment, technology, nutrition, hormones and exercise have on you and your sleep
• How to solve your sleep issues by looking at your whole life

This book will transform your relationship with sleep and help you create the conditions for a restful night, so you can wake up to a brighter, more energised tomorrow.

Review Quotes

'A brilliant and accessible book which brings scientific rigor to the variety of sleep problems I frequently see in the therapy room. With its clear explanations and practical steps, this is my go-to recommendation for every one I see who struggles with sleep.' Dr Claire Plumbly, Clinical Psychologist and author of Burnout - How To Manage Your Nervous System Before It Manages You

'Rewrites everything we know about sleep. A must-read. Heather's deeply humane and practical advice stresses that sleep shouldn't be another thing we all start obsessing over; another area where we decide we're "not good enough or failing. Eleanor Mills, Founder of Noon

'Insightful, immensely practical and refreshingly counter-intuitive.' Ali Catterall, Influence Online

About the Author

Heather Darwall-Smith is an experienced and accredited UKCP psychotherapist and sleep specialist with a private practice based in London. She has a Master's degree in Psychotherapy and certifications in multiple therapeutic techniques, including CBTI and MBCBT.

She is the author of The Science of Sleep (published in 2021), which has been translated into multiple languages, and press include features in The Daily Mail, The Daily Mirror and Happiful, alongside various podcast and literary festival appearances.