Working with Dr. Jill McGarry
#11
#11
Understanding how sleep cycles affect you
Understanding how sleep cycles affect you
Understanding how sleep cycles affect you
How sleep unfolds across the night, and why it doesn’t need to be perfect.
ACT
Post Video Reflection
Post Video Reflection
Notice
Does knowing, that waking during the night can mark the end of a normal sleep cycle, change how you interpret it as not a sign that anything's gone wrong?
Does knowing, that waking during the night can mark the end of a normal sleep cycle, change how you interpret it as not a sign that anything's gone wrong?
Try
Try
At your next waking, picture the seal reaching the surface before beginning another dive. Instead of counting cycles or hours, could you remind yourself: “My body has already rested and moved through sleep”
At your next waking, picture the seal reaching the surface before beginning another dive. Instead of counting cycles or hours, could you remind yourself: “My body has already rested and moved through sleep”
Live
Live
How might tomorrow or the night feel different if sleep did not need to arrive in one perfect, unbroken block?
How might tomorrow or the night feel different if sleep did not need to arrive in one perfect, unbroken block?
I've answered these (e.g. in my notebook)
Session Recap
01
Light sleep still counts
During lighter sleep, you may remain somewhat aware of sounds, smells or sensations around you. That does not necessarily mean you have been fully awake or that the sleep was worthless.
01
Light sleep still counts
During lighter sleep, you may remain somewhat aware of sounds, smells or sensations around you. That does not necessarily mean you have been fully awake or that the sleep was worthless.
02
REM sleep increases later
REM periods generally become longer as the night progresses and are associated with dreaming and emotional processing. A night does not need to consist mainly of deep sleep to be restorative.
02
REM sleep increases later
REM periods generally become longer as the night progresses and are associated with dreaming and emotional processing. A night does not need to consist mainly of deep sleep to be restorative.
03
Sleep trackers only provide estimates
Consumer watches infer sleep stages from signals such as movement and heart rate; they do not directly measure brain activity like clinical sleep equipment. Treating their stage totals as precise recordings can create unnecessary anxiety about otherwise normal sleep.
03
Sleep trackers only provide estimates
Consumer watches infer sleep stages from signals such as movement and heart rate; they do not directly measure brain activity like clinical sleep equipment. Treating their stage totals as precise recordings can create unnecessary anxiety about otherwise normal sleep.
Next Session
What to value beyond sleep
What to value beyond sleep
Why sleep isn’t the thing to value and reconnecting with what does.
Why sleep isn’t the thing to value and reconnecting with what does.
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