A Women's Guide To Overcoming Insomnia. With Dr. Shelby Harris

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Health & Fitness

4.3 • 822 Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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This week, we’re airing a few of our favorite encore sleep episodes. If it’s dark and cold where you are, cozy up and have a listen. And if you’ve ever felt groggy after what you thought was a good nite sleep, it might be that your deep sleep quality wasn’t great.

Muse is addressing this with its brain sensing headband and Deep Sleep Boost, a new feature that uses EEG-timed sound cues to help sustain slow-wave sleep, the brain’s most restorative stage. Check it out at choosemuse.com. It’s built into the Muse S Athena Sleep headband. Use code Untangle 15 for your discount.

Shelby is a Clinical Psychologist, Board Certified in Behavioural Sleep Disorders, and is a leading expert in the field of Behavioral Sleep Medicine (BSM). Behavioral Sleep Medicine (BSM) is a branch of clinical sleep medicine and health psychology that focuses on identifying the cognitive and behavioral factors that contribute to sleep disorders. Although commonly thought of for only insomnia, these treatments encompass many different areas of sleep disorders.

The book we discussed in this episode is called The Women’s Guide to Overcoming Insomnia — Get a Good Night Sleep Without Relying on Medication. Shelby covers the nuts and bolts of a good night's sleep, how our hormones affect our sleep, and how we can change certain habits, thoughts, and behaviors so we can stomp out insomnia for good.

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0:00.0	Welcome back to Untangle. This week, we're airing a few of our favorite sleep episodes. If it's dark and cold where you are, cozy up and have a listen. And if you've ever felt groggy after what you thought was a good night's sleep, it might be that your deep sleep quality wasn't that great. Mus is addressing this with its brain sensing headband and deep sleep boost, a new feature
0:26.1	that uses EEG times sound cues to help sustain slow wave sleep, the brain's most
0:33.7	restorative stage. Check it out at choose muse.com. It's built into the Muse S. Athena Sleephead Band.
0:40.8	Use code Untangle 15 for your discount.
0:43.9	Today's encore guest is Shelby Harris.
0:46.5	She is a clinical psychologist, board certified in behavioral sleep disorders,
0:52.1	and is a leading expert in the field of behavioral sleep medicine,
0:56.0	which is a branch of clinical sleep medicine and health psychology that focuses on identifying
1:03.0	the cognitive and behavioral factors that contribute to sleep disorders.
1:08.0	Although commonly thought of only for insomnia, these treatments encompass many different areas of sleep disorders. Although commonly thought of only for insomnia, these treatments encompass
1:12.2	many different areas of sleep disorders. The book we discussed in this episode is called
1:17.2	The Women's Guide to Overcoming Insomnia, Get a Good Night's Sleep without relying on medication.
1:22.8	Shelby covers the nuts and bolts of a good night's sleep, how our hormones affect our sleep,
1:28.3	and how we can change certain habits, thoughts, and behavior so we can stamp out insomnia for good.
1:34.4	Now, here's Shelby.
1:38.7	Shelby, it is such a pleasure to have you back on Untangle.
1:43.0	Thank you so much for being here. Thank you for
1:45.7	having me, Patricia. I love talking with you. Yeah, you were one of our first meditation teachers,
1:51.7	a sleep expert, and you did our sleep basics course on meditation studio. And now you've just
2:00.0	come out with your first book called The Women's Guide to
2:02.8	Overcoming Insomnia. First of all, I'm so proud of you. Thank you so much for writing this book.
2:09.4	We need it. That's for sure. And let's start with this question. Why did you decide to write this book?
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