Working with Dr. Jill McGarry
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Understanding what acceptance with sleep means
Understanding what acceptance with sleep means
Understanding what acceptance with sleep means
Acceptance isn’t about giving up, it's finding a more helpful response to your situation at night
ACT
Post Video Reflection
Post Video Reflection
Notice
Where does the struggle with sleep show up in your body: your jaw, stomach, chest, shoulders, legs or somewhere else?
Where does the struggle with sleep show up in your body: your jaw, stomach, chest, shoulders, legs or somewhere else?
Try
Try
Locate the feeling in your body and explore its size, temperature and intensity for five breaths.
Locate the feeling in your body and explore its size, temperature and intensity for five breaths.
Live
Live
Once your first reaction has appeared to a sleep struggle, what choice would you like to make instead of acting automatically?
Once your first reaction has appeared to a sleep struggle, what choice would you like to make instead of acting automatically?
I've answered these (e.g. in my notebook)
Session Recap
01
Acceptance is not resignation
Accepting a difficult night does not mean deciding that poor sleep will continue forever. It means acknowledging that the present moment is difficult without immediately launching into another attempt to control it, fix it or solve it.
01
Acceptance is not resignation
Accepting a difficult night does not mean deciding that poor sleep will continue forever. It means acknowledging that the present moment is difficult without immediately launching into another attempt to control it, fix it or solve it.
02
Sleep can activate four threat responses
The familiar fight-or-flight response also includes freeze and flop. Around sleep, these might appear as battling wakefulness, escaping the bed, becoming physically rigid or withdrawing and feeling defeated.
02
Sleep can activate four threat responses
The familiar fight-or-flight response also includes freeze and flop. Around sleep, these might appear as battling wakefulness, escaping the bed, becoming physically rigid or withdrawing and feeling defeated.
03
Nighttime is not problem-solving time
The mind may insist that you must identify what has gone wrong with a problem (e.g. can't sleep) and fix it immediately. But nighttime is a time for simply being with the experience; decisions and practical problem-solving can wait until the day.
03
Nighttime is not problem-solving time
The mind may insist that you must identify what has gone wrong with a problem (e.g. can't sleep) and fix it immediately. But nighttime is a time for simply being with the experience; decisions and practical problem-solving can wait until the day.
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What matters after a hard night
What matters after a hard night
Choosing how you show up for yourself and your day, despite how you’ve slept.
Choosing how you show up for yourself and your day, despite how you’ve slept.
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