What is sleep divorce and is it what you need?
What is sleep divorce and is it what you need?
Sleep divorce is often what is recommended to couples who have trouble sleeping together. If you haven’t yet heard about sleep divorce then this video will help you understand it better and decide if it is the best solution to your long term sleep problem.
What is sleep divorce? It’s when a couple decides to sleep in separate bedrooms to help both of them to sleep better.
Sleeping in separate bedrooms has its benefits just as much as its disadvantages depending on the couple. I’ve seen various examples when sleep divorce actually really didn’t work for either party and didn’t help to overcome sleep problems or insomnia either. If a couple sleeping in separate beds starts to cause a lack of intimacy in the relationship, it can be a very negative sleep dynamic.
The truth about sleep divorce is that you have to take into account a couple of things that I talk about in this video. If you’re having trouble sleeping together, this video will help you break down how to approach this and make the best decision for your own situation.
But the impact of sleeping separately can be just as much of a problem as insomnia or sleep problems in a couple dynamic. Sleeping together has many benefits to how couples build their relationship and communication skills, so sleeping apart can impact their ability to work through problems like insomnia or other sleep problems.
My suggestions in this video are really about learning the necessary and practical sleep skills in order to be able to peacefully sleep together no matter what happens. This way sleep divorce is not the only option you have.
And just remember, sleep problems and insomnia doesn’t have to rule your life. Unless you have a medical disorder that stops you from sleeping well, it’s completely possible to finally sleep well consistently again even when you have some problems sleeping together at the moment.
Beatrix
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Beatrix A Schmidt
Sleep Coach, Professional Speaker and Author of The Sleep Deep Method®. Having struggled with insomnia and burning myself out in my mid-twenties, I spent the last 10 years researching sleep and learning that in order for us to sleep well at night, we need to look much deeper than just how tired we are and the number of hours we sleep. I believe that sleeping well at night is a skill that we can all develop. (The only exception is if you have a medical disorder that causes those sleep problems.)
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What's the Sleep Skills For Life Programme about?
I remember the time when I struggled with insomnia and would regularly wake up in the middle of the night with nose bleeds (yes, that's how exhausted my body was), and thinking 'I wish there was a way that I can finally sleep well again'...
So many of my clients, just like you have these types of questions, looking for solutions but nothing seems to work for them.
This is where the last 12 years of my personal research come into the picture.
What I learned is that developing what I call 'sleep skills' is completely possible, no matter how long you've struggled with sleep problems. (The only exception is if you have a sleep disorder - but we'll talk about those too).
So the difference with this group sleep coaching programme, compared to other things you might have seen online is that we'll focus on the practical tools, techniques to help you develop those sleep skills. None of the quick fixes, potions and lotions, or even expensive gadgets!