Anxious Thoughts? 5 Tips To Help You Sleep

Life Kit

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🗓️ 26 March 2020

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Difficulty sleeping can cause anxiety, which often leads to more trouble sleeping. Life Kit host Allison Aubrey talks to sleep experts about how cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia can bring relief for people with chronic sleep issues.

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0:00.0	Support for NPR and the following message comes from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
0:05.4	RWJF is a national philanthropy working toward a future where health is no longer a privilege but a right.
0:12.1	Learn more at RWJF.org.
0:15.4	Hi there. This is Megan Cain, Life Kit's Managing Producer.
0:18.8	Before we start this episode, I wanted to bring you a quick tip about coping in these
0:23.5	coronavirus times.
0:24.8	It's from LifeKit listener, Sharon Komer Blau, from DePlaines, Illinois.
0:28.7	My older kids, they join me on a run in the morning.
0:31.3	They have a lot of energy to burn between 10 and 13 years old.
0:35.4	So we just run stop sign to stop sign.
0:42.3	We're not at a complete mile yet, but it gives them something to look forward to.
0:44.9	It gives them a way to burn off some energy.
0:47.1	More importantly, it gives them small goals.
0:51.5	My goal is for them to run an entire mile without stopping, maybe ambitious.
0:57.5	But, hey, I have a T-shirt for them if they complete it before they go back to school.
1:00.8	We are still taking more of these.
1:06.4	So please, if you have a good tip about how you're managing right now during coronavirus, we want to hear it.
1:10.9	Leave us a voicemail at 202-216-9-823.
1:16.0	Just say your full name, where you're from, and your tip, and also a number where we can reach you.
1:19.6	Or just send us an email at LifeKit at npr.org.
1:22.1	We are looking forward to hearing more of your tips.
1:23.4	And thanks. Lots of us have been there.
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