Working with Dr. Zoe Gotts
#2
#2
Why trying harder can keep you alert
Why trying harder can keep you alert
Why trying harder can keep you alert
Explore how effort, complicated routines and focusing on physical symptoms can increase alertness and make sleep feel more difficult.
ACT
Post Video Reflection
Post Video Reflection
Notice
What things do you do to help yourself sleep that have gradually started to feel like rules or another job?
What things do you do to help yourself sleep that have gradually started to feel like rules or another job?
Try
Try
When you notice an uncomfortable sensation, could you stay with it for just one more breath without trying to remove it?
When you notice an uncomfortable sensation, could you stay with it for just one more breath without trying to remove it?
Live
Live
What is one sleep task you currently do in the evenings that you could drop to make room for something you actually enjoy doing?
What is one sleep task you currently do in the evenings that you could drop to make room for something you actually enjoy doing?
I've answered these (e.g. in my notebook)
Session Recap
01
Winding down can be simple
An evening routine only needs to help your body transition from a busy day. It does not need to become a complicated programme or another job.
01
Winding down can be simple
An evening routine only needs to help your body transition from a busy day. It does not need to become a complicated programme or another job.
02
Sleep cannot be forced
Sleep is an unconscious process, which happens to you. Like remembering a forgotten name, it often arrives more naturally once you stop actively searching for it.
02
Sleep cannot be forced
Sleep is an unconscious process, which happens to you. Like remembering a forgotten name, it often arrives more naturally once you stop actively searching for it.
03
Helpful habits can become unhelpful rules
Sensible sleep habits can create pressure when they become strict requirements that you believe must be completed perfectly.
03
Helpful habits can become unhelpful rules
Sensible sleep habits can create pressure when they become strict requirements that you believe must be completed perfectly.
Next Session
What you can do after a poor night
What you can do after a poor night
Challenge the assumption that a difficult night will ruin the following day and recognise the evidence that you can still cope.
Challenge the assumption that a difficult night will ruin the following day and recognise the evidence that you can still 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