Working with Dr. Jill McGarry
#12
#12
What to value beyond sleep
What to value beyond sleep
What to value beyond sleep
Why sleep isn’t the thing to value and reconnecting with what does.
ACT
Post Video Reflection
Post Video Reflection
Notice
What feels important today, despite how your sleep is, and is it still important when you look across the next year?
What feels important today, despite how your sleep is, and is it still important when you look across the next year?
Try
Try
Imagine your 80th birthday. What would you want the people who know you best to say about how you lived?
Imagine your 80th birthday. What would you want the people who know you best to say about how you lived?
Live
Live
What activity could you do next week that reflects one of your strongest values even if sleep is hard?
What activity could you do next week that reflects one of your strongest values even if sleep is hard?
I've answered these (e.g. in my notebook)
Session Recap
01
Sleep supports what matters
Sleep is rarely valuable purely for its own sake; we value the relationships, activities and experiences it helps us participate in by feeling refreshed. This shifts the focus from achieving or valuing perfect sleep to valuing living more fully.
01
Sleep supports what matters
Sleep is rarely valuable purely for its own sake; we value the relationships, activities and experiences it helps us participate in by feeling refreshed. This shifts the focus from achieving or valuing perfect sleep to valuing living more fully.
02
Poor sleep need not dominate the day
A difficult night may affect your energy and how much you feel like you can do, but it does not have to determine what the whole day is about. The actions you want to do can become smaller while their underlying purpose and value remains intact.
02
Poor sleep need not dominate the day
A difficult night may affect your energy and how much you feel like you can do, but it does not have to determine what the whole day is about. The actions you want to do can become smaller while their underlying purpose and value remains intact.
03
Values are not another checklist
You do not need to demonstrate every value every day or prove that you have done enough. Turning values into rigid demands risks recreating the same pressure that often develops around sleep. A values-led life is better judged across weeks and months than by one tired day. The useful question is whether your overall direction still includes the people, experiences and qualities that matter to you.
03
Values are not another checklist
You do not need to demonstrate every value every day or prove that you have done enough. Turning values into rigid demands risks recreating the same pressure that often develops around sleep. A values-led life is better judged across weeks and months than by one tired day. The useful question is whether your overall direction still includes the people, experiences and qualities that matter to you.
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How a more flexible approach to sleep can be helpful in the context of autism.
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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