What is mindfulness? How is it used? How can it help with sleep? These are all questions we try to answer in this episode, with the help of Dr Antonio Fernando (Psychiatrist), Dr Allie Peters (Psychologist) and guest co-host Dr Giselle Withers (Psychologist). Mindfulness can be a great skill to help with sleep, but learning mindfulness takes time and a structured approach with guidance from an experienced teacher.
Dr Moira Junge (Health Psychologist) and Dr David Cunnington (Sleep Physician) host the monthly podcast, Sleep Talk, talking all things sleep.
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Audio Timeline:
00:00 - 00:56 Introduction
00:56 - 07:43 What's news in sleep?
00:56 - 02:02 Health retreats and sleep
02:02 - 3:10 Mindfulness in May / A Mindful Way
03:10 - 05:16 Change of seasons
05:16 - 06:10 Featuring research on the podcast
06:10 - Theme - Mindfulness
06:10 - 09:15 Background - Mindfulness
09:15 - 15:02 Guest interview - Dr Tony Fernando
What is mindfulness?
How is it used?
15:02 - 23:27 Guest interview - Dr Allie Peters
Why should mindfulness help sleep?
Research on mindfulness for insomnia
What did you find?
What did you learn from your research using mindfulness for insomnia?
23:27 - 37:37 Guest interview - Dr Giselle Withers
What is mindfulness?
How does mindfulness add to cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia?
How can people learn mindfulness?
37:37 - 40:21 Mindfulness exercise
40:21 - 41:32 Where to get more information on mindfulness
41:32 - 42:11 Clinical tip of the month - A wandering mind is normal
42:11 - 44:25 Pick of the month:
42:11 - 43:02 Moira - Sleep Quality and Mindfulness as Predictors of Depression, Anxiety and Stress
43:02 - 44:01 David - The neural correlates of dreaming
44:01 - 44:37 Giselle - Mindfulness-Based Therapy for Insomnia - Book
44:37 - 45:51 What's coming up in sleep?
Next episode: June 5th
Links mentioned in the podcast:
Health Retreats and Sleep
Golden Door Health Retreat
Mindful in May
A Mindful Way - Next guided course starts May 27th 2017
Seasonal affective disorder
Sleep and headache - research by Daniel Sullivan
Chronic headaches and insomnia - review
Combining mindfulness with cognitive-behavioural therapy
Randomised controlled trial of mindfulness for insomnia
Insomnia Severity Index - link to the questionnaire
Wandering mind not a happy mind - Harvard research
Melbourne Sleep Disorders Centre - group using mindfulness for insomnia
A Mindful Way - online mindfulness course for insomnia
Mindfulness-Based Therapy for Insomnia - Book
Practical tips for mindfulness - SleepHub post
Mindfulness and its role in sleep - SleepHub audio interview
UMass Center for Mindfulness
Full Catastrophe Living - Book
A Mindful Way
Sleep Quality and Mindfulness as Predictors of Depression, Anxiety and Stress
The neural correlates of dreaming
Dreaming - Sleep Talk podcast episode
Mindfulness-Based Therapy for Insomnia - Book
Sleep 2017 meeting - Boston June 3-7
World Sleep Congress 2017 - Prague October 7-11
Sleep Down Under 2017 meeting - Auckland Oct 27-29
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