Working with Dr. Zoe Gotts
#5
#5
Getting out of tomorrow’s worries
Getting out of tomorrow’s worries
Getting out of tomorrow’s worries
Practise simple techniques for stepping back from anxious predictions and bringing your attention back to the present.
ACT
Post Video Reflection
Post Video Reflection
Notice
Which prediction in your mind about tonight or tomorrow most often pulls you away from what is happening right now?
Which prediction in your mind about tonight or tomorrow most often pulls you away from what is happening right now?
Try
Try
When a worry appears, could you say, “I’m noticing that my mind is telling me…”?
When a worry appears, could you say, “I’m noticing that my mind is telling me…”?
Live
Live
Which grounding exercise could you practise once during the day, before you experiment with it at night?
Which grounding exercise could you practise once during the day, before you experiment with it at night?
I've answered these (e.g. in my notebook)
Session Recap
01
The anxious mind travels ahead
Sleep worries usually catastrophise and focus on what might happen tonight, tomorrow or later in the week. Meanwhile, sleep itself can only happen in the present.
01
The anxious mind travels ahead
Sleep worries usually catastrophise and focus on what might happen tonight, tomorrow or later in the week. Meanwhile, sleep itself can only happen in the present.
02
Thoughts do not need removing
Becoming present does not mean emptying your mind or deleting difficult thoughts. Tricky thoughts can remain while you gently redirect attention towards what is happening now.
02
Thoughts do not need removing
Becoming present does not mean emptying your mind or deleting difficult thoughts. Tricky thoughts can remain while you gently redirect attention towards what is happening now.
03
Grounding techniques are not about sleep
Grounding and imagery are not techniques for forcing sleep. Their purpose is to create awareness, steadiness and reconnect you with the present moment.
03
Grounding techniques are not about sleep
Grounding and imagery are not techniques for forcing sleep. Their purpose is to create awareness, steadiness and reconnect you with the present moment.
Next Session
Taking sleep off your to-do list
Taking sleep off your to-do list
Shift the aim from forcing sleep to having a restful evening and reconnect with activities you may have given up to protect your sleep.
Shift the aim from forcing sleep to having a restful evening and reconnect with activities you may have given up to protect your sleep.
An ACT & CFT based approach helping you to improve your relationship with sleep.
Sluzzle offers educational help for everyday sleep challenges and isn’t designed for medical sleep disorders.
©2026 Sluzzle - All rights reserved. Address: 3rd Floor, 86-90 Paul Street, London, EC2A 4NE
An ACT & CFT based approach helping you to improve your relationship with sleep.
Sluzzle offers educational help for everyday sleep challenges and isn’t designed for medical sleep disorders.
©2026 Sluzzle - All rights reserved. Address: 3rd Floor, 86-90 Paul Street, London, EC2A 4NE
An ACT & CFT based approach helping you to improve your relationship with sleep.
Sluzzle offers educational help for everyday sleep challenges and isn’t designed for medical sleep disorders.
©2026 Sluzzle - All rights reserved. Address: 3rd Floor, 86-90 Paul Street, London, EC2A 4NE