Working with Dr. Charlie Tyack
#6
#6
Making space for difficulty at night
Making space for difficulty at night
Making space for difficulty at night
Exploring a more open way of being with difficult thoughts and feelings at night.
ACT
Post Video Reflection
Post Video Reflection
Notice
Which passenger gets loudest at 3 a.m. and what name or character could you give it? If tonight’s strongest feeling had a colour, size, texture or sound, what would it be like?
Which passenger gets loudest at 3 a.m. and what name or character could you give it? If tonight’s strongest feeling had a colour, size, texture or sound, what would it be like?
Try
Try
Could you answer an unhelpful passenger with: “Thanks, I know you’re trying to help, but I’m going this way anyway”?
Could you answer an unhelpful passenger with: “Thanks, I know you’re trying to help, but I’m going this way anyway”?
Live
Live
Where do you want to keep driving your “bus” tomorrow, even if the noisy passengers come along too?
Where do you want to keep driving your “bus” tomorrow, even if the noisy passengers come along too?
I've answered these (e.g. in my notebook)
Session Recap
01
The mind carries passengers
Thoughts, feelings and memories can behave like noisy passengers demanding attention. But their presence does not mean they must control the direction taken. Tiredness and night-time wakefulness can also make worry, frustration and self-criticism feel more intense. But the volume of an experience does not determine its authority.
01
The mind carries passengers
Thoughts, feelings and memories can behave like noisy passengers demanding attention. But their presence does not mean they must control the direction taken. Tiredness and night-time wakefulness can also make worry, frustration and self-criticism feel more intense. But the volume of an experience does not determine its authority.
02
Feelings have characteristics
A feeling can be noticed and named through its apparent size, colour, texture, sound and physical location. Describing it helps separate observation from automatic reaction.
02
Feelings have characteristics
A feeling can be noticed and named through its apparent size, colour, texture, sound and physical location. Describing it helps separate observation from automatic reaction.
03
Fighting can increase disruption
Arguing with an unwanted passenger may give it more attention and energy. Acknowledging its protective intention can reduce the need for a prolonged internal battle.
03
Fighting can increase disruption
Arguing with an unwanted passenger may give it more attention and energy. Acknowledging its protective intention can reduce the need for a prolonged internal battle.
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How we can simply just "rest" at night
How we can simply just "rest" at night
Learning to rest at night with a sense of openness, without trying to force sleep.
Learning to rest at night with a sense of openness, without trying to force 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