Working with Dr. Zoe Gotts
#6
#6
Taking sleep off your to-do list
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.
ACT
Post Video Reflection
Post Video Reflection
Notice
Is there anything important in life that you have stopped doing because you were trying to protect your sleep?
Is there anything important in life that you have stopped doing because you were trying to protect your sleep?
Try
Try
If you notice yourself trying to force sleep tonight, could you say: “My job is to rest; sleep will come when it’s ready”?
If you notice yourself trying to force sleep tonight, could you say: “My job is to rest; sleep will come when it’s ready”?
Live
Live
Instead of aiming to fall asleep, what could help you have a restful and enjoyable evening?
Instead of aiming to fall asleep, what could help you have a restful and enjoyable evening?
I've answered these (e.g. in my notebook)
Session Recap
01
Rest and sleep are different
A restful evening can still be worthwhile even when sleep does or does not come. Rest does not need to be judged by whether it successfully produces sleep.
01
Rest and sleep are different
A restful evening can still be worthwhile even when sleep does or does not come. Rest does not need to be judged by whether it successfully produces sleep.
02
Protecting sleep can shrink life
Avoiding friends, hobbies, exercise and opportunities to preserve sleep can gradually make life smaller while making sleep increasingly important.
02
Protecting sleep can shrink life
Avoiding friends, hobbies, exercise and opportunities to preserve sleep can gradually make life smaller while making sleep increasingly important.
03
Behaviour is controllable; sleep is not
You can choose how to spend your evening, but you cannot directly command your body to fall asleep. Enjoyment, connection and purpose should come first in your evening plans, not perfect sleep.
03
Behaviour is controllable; sleep is not
You can choose how to spend your evening, but you cannot directly command your body to fall asleep. Enjoyment, connection and purpose should come first in your evening plans, not perfect sleep.
Next Session
Rebuilding confidence after a poor night
Rebuilding confidence after a poor night
Compare what your anxious mind predicted with what actually happened and start collecting evidence of your ability to cope.
Compare what your anxious mind predicted with what actually happened and start collecting evidence of your ability to cope.
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