The Sleep Detective podcast: what causes insomnia and how to fix it

Do you have trouble losing weight even if you restrict calories, eat well and exercise?

Have you ever noticed you’re hungrier and crave unhealthy foods when you don’t get enough sleep? There’s a reason for this and I explain it in this episode!

You’ll also learn:

• How sleep deprivation affects your hunger hormones

• What cortisol does when you’re sleep deprived

• How high cortisol causes poor sleep

• How cortisol affects the thyroid which leads to weight loss resistance

I don’t help people specifically with weight loss. But some of my clients have struggled to lose weight and by helping them lower cortisol and sleep better, the weight naturally comes off.

As my client Jaipal said after working with me for two months, "I realized I had dropped 15 lbs of extra weight!"

If you’re sick of not sleeping well and being unhealthy, my team and I can help. In the Complete Sleep Solution program, we address both the body and the mind and how they affect cortisol and sabotage your sleep. 

Mineral imbalance, hormones, neurotransmitters and more can also cause insomnia. We look at all of these possibilities to find the root cause of your insomnia.

When I suddenly couldn’t sleep in late pregnancy, I made a lot of mistakes that made my sleep even worse. I struggled for 2 years before I finally started sleeping better. And then it took me a couple more years to consistently sleep 8+ hours a night. 

In this episode, I tell you the mistakes I made so that hopefully you don’t make the same ones! I could have gotten better so much quicker if I knew then what I know now.

The way to sleep better is to find the imbalances in your body that are keeping you awake. This was the missing piece for me for 2 years and it’s likely the missing piece for you, too!

In the Insomnia Insight program, my team and I use 4 functional lab tests to find the imbalances in your body that are keeping you awake. 

The tests look at gut health, liver function, hormone balance, cortisol, heavy metals, minerals, neurotransmitters and more to find exactly what’s causing your insomnia. 

No more feeling out of control and helpless because you don’t know why you can’t sleep!

Then we give you a holistic plan (diet, lifestyle, and supplements)  to correct those imbalances so that you don’t have to guess at supplements or resort to sleeping pills. 

You also get a 30 minute private session with a sleep coach to get any questions answered so you know the steps to take to sleep better soon.

Experiencing emotions is part of being human. But we can have trouble feeling emotions, especially ones that society has told us are bad, such as feeling sad or angry. 

When you try to ignore or suppress your feelings, they don’t go away. They get stuck in your body and cause unhealthy patterns and cycles that can be hard to break. They can also bottle up and come out when you don’t want them to. 

In this episode, I talk about:

• Why you want to feel your feelings

• How to feel your feelings in only 10 minutes with 4 simple steps

• A tool called the 5 minute rule to help move past negative emotions quickly

In the Complete Sleep Solution program, we use functional lab testing to find the imbalances in your body that are sabotaging your sleep. 

And, as you can see from this episode, we also help with mental stress so it doesn’t keep you awake.

It’s a body and mind approach that will make sure you get 7+ hours of uninterrupted sleep in 6 months or less. 

You don’t have to see a therapist for the mental part and a health practitioner for the physical part. You can get support for both in the Complete Sleep Solution program from a coach who understands what it’s like to not be able to sleep. 

After my client Brad got sick in 2022, with what he thinks was COVID, insomnia started. Some nights he only slept 1-2 hours! But now he’s able to fall asleep pretty quickly and get about 7 hours of deep sleep. 

Brad said: “I feel like I got my life back. Maybe this will get me another 30 or 40 years beyond what I was already going to get!”

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• What Brad tried to get a good night’s rest (before he worked with us)

• Why he signed up for the Complete Sleep Solution program

• The results of his functional lab tests 

• Changes he made that helped him sleep well again and improve his digestion

Brad’s story is inspiring and filled with practical advice that you can use to fix your insomnia too.

If you think you have adrenal fatigue, you want to listen to this episode! 

Especially if you have these symptoms:

• fatigue, especially when you wake up, with “crashes” throughout the day

• poor stress response and mood regulation

• “brain fog”

• increased energy levels in the evenings

• cravings for salty and sweet foods

• overuse of caffeine and other stimulants

• a compromised immune system

• insomnia

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why adrenal fatigue is a misnomer

• What’s really going on in your body that’s causing your symptoms

• How to “fix” your cortisol so you can sleep 7+ hours uninterrupted a night

• My client Rachel’s sleep journey

Because both mental and physical stressors affect the body, in the Complete Sleep Solution program my team and I help our clients address both so they can restore their health and sleep like a normal person. 

We use functional lab testing to get the big picture of what’s going on in your body so we know what to work on. 

And we also use cognitive behavioral techniques and life coaching skills to help with your sleep anxiety and stress in general.

The Complete Sleep Solution will help you consistently sleep at least 7 hours a night and wake up feeling rested and full of energy. 

No more lying on the couch hoping your kids don’t need you. Or canceling your hiking or dinner plans because you’re too tired.

You’ll have energy to play with your kids and enjoy your hobbies!

If you can't sleep 7+ hours a night without interruption, your gut isn't healthy. And doing a stool test such as the GI Map will give a lot of insight into what's causing your insomnia. 

In this episode, you'll learn: 

• how the GI Map looks at gut health and shows why you can't sleep. 
• the 3 top gut issues that impact sleep. 
• how an unhealthy gut leads to other imbalances in the body that sabotage sleep. 

Emmanuel just started the Insomnia Insight program and he's already sleeping better! 

“When I saw I have H Pylori, a lot of things started to make sense. Believe it or not, many functional medicine doctors I visited in the past didn't detect it using the other tests they use. I quickly started reading about what HP does and how it results in decreased absorption, inflammation, etc. It now makes sense why none of the other treatments I tried in the past had any effect. I have been taking the supplements for a week. For the first time in years, I had 3 nights in a week where I slept 7 hours straight. So something right is definitely happening. I learned not to raise my hopes too fast but I feel something is changing in my gut.” 

Many women start not sleeping well during perimenopause. But perimenopause does not have to mean insomnia!

In this episode, I explain:

• what happens to hormones during perimenopause that affect sleep.

• why there’s more going on than just hormones.

• How to get 7+ hours of uninterrupted sleep even during perimenopause and menopause.

It's NOT normal to wake up to pee multiple times a night! This means that your body isn't getting enough deep sleep.

In this episode I tell you 4 possible reasons why you're peeing in the middle of the night. And what to do about it.

Chakras are energy centers or vortexes of energy, and your body is made of 7 main chakras. When they are out of balance, they can directly affect your quality of sleep. 

Listen to this podcast episode as I talk with Deidre Norman, Master Sattva Yoga teacher and Medical Intuitive, about all things chakras and sleep. 

In this episode you’ll learn:

• What the chakras are

• Why it’s important for chakras to be in balance for good sleep

• How stress and a busy lifestyle can affect the root chakra and your sleep

• Ways you can reduce your stress to ground your root chakra to get a good night’s rest 

• How to reduce nightmares when you’re sleeping at night 

• Bedtime routine tips to help you with digestion and unprocessed anger, so you can center your third chakra and sleep well

Can you imagine lying in bed wide awake most nights, not being able to sleep?! That was my client Jamie’s reality when she first started working with me and my team.

She visited 6 traditional doctors, 1 naturopath doctor, and 1 herbalist before she found my program. 

Listen to this podcast episode to hear Jamie’s story from barely sleeping and visiting 6+ doctors to finally sleeping well again.

You’ll learn:

• What tests her doctors ran on her that didn’t help

• The functional lab tests we ran on her and the imbalances they uncovered

• Details about Jamie’s personalized sleep plan 

• How her sleep coach and the videos in the program helped her make the recommended changes

• Her sleep transformation that has resulted in good sleep, reduction of hair loss, and natural weight loss 

The sleep advice you read everywhere doesn’t work for chronic insomnia. 

You know this - that’s why you’re here listening to this podcast!

However, there are 3 essential things to look at first if you aren’t sleeping well. We start here with all of our clients, even though we’re doing lab testing in some of our programs, and 100% of them need to address at least 1 of these essentials. 

In this episode, I’m going to explain these 3 key pieces and how to address them. 

If you’re ready to take the FIRST STEPS to better sleep, you want to sign up for my Sleep Essentials program. Your habits, diet and blood sugar balance are crucial to a good night's sleep. The Sleep Essentials program covers everything you need to know to optimize your diet, stabilize your blood sugar and have smart sleep habits so you can sleep well. 

This program EMPOWERS you to take control of your sleep habits through EDUCATION so you can sleep well on your own!

The Sleep Essentials program has 4 modules:

MODULE 1: What really causes sleep issues (Valued at $27)

MODULE 2: How to optimize your diet for your best sleep (Valued at $97)

MODULE 3: How to balance your blood sugar for deep sleep (Valued at $97)

MODULE 4: Understand your testing options for sleep issues (Valued at $17)

And 5 bonuses:

BONUS 1: What you need to know about sleep and sleeping pills so you understand how sleep works and how to get off sleep aids (Valued at $17)

BONUS 2: Bedroom and bedtime routine recommendations so your habits don't sabotage your sleep (Valued at $27)

BONUS 3: What to do when you can't sleep at bedtime or in the middle of the night so you fall asleep fast (Valued at $97)

BONUS 4: How to nap without ruining your sleep at night (Valued at $17)

BONUS 5: How to calm your nervous system so you can relax for better sleep (Valued at $27)

The total value is $423, but…the cost is only $37!

If you’re an entrepreneur or high achiever like I am, you have different reasons for not sleeping than others. 

It’s also critical that you get good sleep so you can be motivated, productive and achieve your goals. 

In this episode, I talk about the unique sleep challenges for entrepreneurs and the reasons why it’s so important for you to rest and play to be successful. 

85% of our insomnia clients have H. pylori, a bacteria that lives in the stomach. 

In this episode, you’ll find out everything you need to know about H. pylori and sleep: 

• How H. pylori affects different parts of the body

• Symptoms of H. pylori infection

• How to “treat” H. pylori

• The best test for H. pylori 

I’ve worked with dozens of male clients and I’ve noticed that many of them have similar imbalances that are affecting their sleep.

Even though most of the men I work with are health-conscious and eat healthy and exercise and take supplements, their bodies aren’t totally healthy or else they’d be sleeping normally. 

In this episode, you'll learn the 6 most common underlying health issues I tend to see in men AND how to fix them. 

Ready to get to the bottom of your insomnia so you can sleep well, have energy and be able to focus and be productive?

If you wake up in the middle of the night and can't go back to sleep, you want to listen to this episode!

The #1 cause of waking up at 3am is having a pathogen such as a parasite. About 1/4 of my clients have a parasite.

In this episode, you'll learn all about parasites:

• what they are

• where you get them

• what they do to your body

• how they affect sleep

• how to test 

• what to do about them

The quality of your breathing directly impacts your quality of sleep. You take about 23,000 breaths per day and most of them are unconscious. 

In this episode, I interviewed Sachin Patel to talk about how to improve the quality of your breathing, and therefore the quality of your sleep. 

Sachin Patel is a father, husband, philanthropist, functional medicine practice success coach, international speaker, and best-selling author. His philosophy is that “The doctor of the future is the patient” and he is actively doing whatever it takes to keep people out of the medical system by empowering them through education, self-care, and remapping their mindset.

We have the same mission, the same certification, and he’s someone I greatly admire and look up to in the functional medicine and wellness business coaching space. Sachin is genuine and deeply cares about people. I’m so grateful to have interviewed him. 

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Interesting facts about breathing

• Why ‘how we breathe’ is so important

• Why Sachin Patel started doing this work

• The connection between breathing and the nervous system

• How to breathe so you can sleep and optimize your health 

• The cause of peeing in night and how mouth taping can help

You won’t want to miss this episode. Hit play now! 

If you aren’t sleeping normally, your body is trying to tell you that something is out of whack! 

It can be hard to know if it’s all in your head. Or if there’s something deeper going on in your body that’s affecting your sleep. 

In this episode, you’ll find out:

• What your body is trying to tell you

• How to tell if it’s your body or your mind that’s sabotaging your sleep

• What needs to change for you to sleep better

I know it's frustrating to not be able to sleep and not know WHY, especially when you're doing all the "right" things. 

In this episode, I explain:

• all the factors that could be affecting your sleep.

• which ones affect everyone and which ones only affect certain people.

• why everything you've tried so far hasn't helped.

• how to put all the pieces of this mystery together so you can sleep better permanently.

I call myself The Sleep Detective because I use lab testing and assessments to find the clues that that explain why you can't sleep.

The The most common clues I see are:

🔎 high cortisol at night

🔎 sex hormone imbalance

🔎 inflammation

🔎 an unhealthy gut

🔎 food sensitivities

🔎 liver detox issues

🔎 blood sugar issues

🔎 mold toxicity

🔎 mineral imbalances

🔎 heavy metals

🔎 neurotransmitter imbalances

We also help make sure your mind isn't affecting your sleep by helping you:

🧠 Rewire your brain to change your relationship with sleep

🧠 Eliminate sleep anxiety

🧠 How to calm your nervous system

🧠 Tools to manage stress

🧠 Address trauma

And we use the clues to recommend the right:

🧬 Diet

🧬 Proper exercise

🧬 Reduce toxins 

🧬 Supplements

🧬 Habits

for YOUR body!

Your sleep can get worse over the holidays if you aren’t careful! Here are some tips to help you stay healthy and sleep better this holiday season. 

You’ll learn:

• How to stay calm during the holidays

• How to stabilize blood sugar

• What to eat for optimal sleep

• Tips for drinking alcohol without it ruining your sleep

With the holidays approaching, you may be traveling to see family and friends. Here are some tips to help you sleep better when traveling so you can be more rested and enjoy your trip!

In this episode, you’ll get tips for:

• Flying

• Staying in hotels

• International travel

Ready to sleep better permanently and naturally?

I was recently a guest on The Redefining Health Podcast with Victoria Yates where we talked about sleep deprivation, cortisol, and hunger. Listen to our in-depth conversation on this week’s episode of The Sleep Detective.

In this episode, Victoria and I talk about:

• Why you need sleep in the first place

• The connection between sleep deprivation and cravings for fast foods

• Hidden imbalances in the body that are common reasons people struggle with sleep

• Why it’s important for your blood sugar levels to be steady throughout the day

• How your blood sugar levels and cortisol levels can contribute to sleep issues

• How poor gut health can cause inflammation inside your body and directly affect your overall health and sleep

• Hormone imbalances in your body can cause sleep issues, regardless of what stage of life you’re currently in

• Best practices for getting your body back in balance so you can sleep restfully for the rest of your life 

You are meant to sleep well and I can help you inside The Complete Sleep Solution program, where my team and I use functional lab tests and assessments to find everything in your body that’s causing insomnia. 

Many of my clients are taking benzodiazepines, and unfortunately many of them have a hard time getting off these drugs.

I’m not judging anyone who’s taking benzos. I want to warn you if you’re taking them or if you’re considering taking them so you know the risks.

Your doctor may not tell you about the side effects or about how hard it can be to stop taking them.

In this episode, I talk about:

• The side effects of benzodiazepines

• How they affect the brain

• Why they’re so addictive

• How to get off benzos (don’t stop cold turkey!)

• How to approach getting off benzos for insomnia

• What support you need when tapering from benzos

If you’re on benzos for insomnia, the first step is to uncover the imbalances in your body that are keeping you awake. Then you can wean off medication when your body is in a healthier state that is more likely to be able to sleep. 

This is what we help you with in the Complete Sleep Solution program. We find out what’s causing your insomnia. Then we give you a plan to fix those things so you can sleep normally in 6 months or less.

Burnout can cause insomnia and sleep issues. 

Listen to this podcast episode as Martha interviews Mindset and Strategy Coach Julie Lamb who specializes in helping executives and entrepreneurs with burnout. 

You’ll want to listen to this episode regardless of your chosen career, because you’ll find out:

• The difference between burnout, stress, and depression 

• How burnout affects your cortisol, sleep, and productivity 

• Tips to prevent burnout from happening in the first place 

• Why it’s important to talk to your boss or manager (if you have one) about what you’re experiencing 

• Ways you can recover from burnout if you’re experiencing it now 

Many people who are on their way to burnout or experiencing it now will also have insomnia and sleep issues. That’s why it’s important to deal with the burnout at its core in order to get better and sleep well permanently. 

In addition to the functional lab tests we do inside The Complete Sleep Solution program, we also provide you with the mindset tools you need to manage your daily stress and prevent burnout. 

Toxins could be sabotaging your sleep.

The average person is exposed to more than 700,000 toxic chemicals a day! Before the Industrial Revolution, there weren’t as many toxins in the environment.

But there are other ways you’re exposed to toxins that you need to know about, too.

In this episode you’ll find out:

• How toxins sabotage sleep

• Where these toxins come from

• Hidden sources of toxins

• What lab tests look for toxins

Listen to episode 28 to find out how to minimize toxins so you can sleep better soon. https://thesleepdetective.com/post/28-11-ways-to-minimize-toxins-to-sleep-better

The Complete Sleep Solution program uses functional lab tests and assessments to find everything in your body that’s causing stress and inflammation, including toxins. Then we give you a plan to lower inflammation from all sources so you get healthier and can sleep normally.

EMFs (electromagnetic frequencies) are everywhere in modern life. However, our bodies haven't evolved to deal with man-made EMFs and so they can sabotage our health and sleep. 

In this episode I interview fellow FDN (Functional Diagnostic Nutrition practitioner) and EMF expert Chris Henderson. 

We talk about: 

• What EMFs are 

• Chris' health story and how he became interested in EMFs 

• How EMFs affect sleep and health according to research 

• Ways to minimize EMFs 

• What he thinks about EMFs from sleep and fitness trackers and products that claim to block EMFs

Laurie dealt with insomnia for over 20 years. The previous 3 years were the worst, because she was averaging only 17 hours of sleep per week.

Over the years, she tried over-the-counter sleep supplements, prescription medication from her doctor, a weighted blanket, a grounding mat, hypnosis, yoga, meditation, red light therapy, and sleep hygiene protocols - but nothing worked. 

Laurie searched for a podcast that would help her with insomnia, and found The Sleep Detective podcast. Soon after finding the podcast, she signed up to work with us in The Complete Sleep Solution program. 

The Complete Sleep Solution program uses functional lab tests and assessments to find everything in your body that’s causing insomnia. Then we give you a customized plan to fix what’s happening inside your body, so you get healthier and can sleep normally.

Testing showed exactly what was going on inside Laurie’s body, including several imbalances and dietary issues. 

After working together for 6 months and making positive changes in her life, Laurie’s body is now back in balance and she is sleeping well. Now that she’s feeling better, she’s able to sleep in bed with her husband again, and she feels like her entire life is back to normal.

Your partner tells you that you overreact. 

You’re irritable and short-tempered. 

You know that spilling milk shouldn’t be a big deal but you can’t help but get upset every time.

I want to tell you that you’re not crazy and this isn’t your fault.

Your body doesn’t have the resources it needs to deal with stress.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Signs of an unhealthy stress response

• What causes cortisol to become depleted

• How low cortisol can lead to sleep issues

• My client Rachel’s story

• How to lower stress so you can sleep normally!

The Complete Sleep Solution program uses functional lab testing to find out what's going on in their body that is out of whack and stressful.

And we also use life coaching and cognitive behavioral therapy techniques to help with mental stress. 

Other sleep programs or doctors only look at the body OR the mind-no one else looks at both. This is why the Complete Sleep Solution program is so effective.

Andrea came to me with poor sleep but also fatigue, joint pain and anxiety. 

She went to her doctor after working together for 6 months and realized she had zero health complaints! 

In her own words:

“I have a new found look on life now and I’m very lucky that I don’t have to continue with the joint pain, and the fatigue, and the anxiety, and the INSOMNIA!  I feel like a brand new woman!”

Hear her story here. 

One of the most common causes of insomnia is high cortisol. 

Cortisol should be low at night so you can fall asleep easily and stay asleep all night. 

But if you can’t sleep, cortisol and other stress hormones are probably high at night. 

In this episode, you'll find out: 

• what hidden health imbalances can make your body release cortisol at night 

• which tests identify what's causing high cortisol in your body 

• what genes cause your body to hold onto stress hormones at night 

• how to know if you have these genes and how to deal with them

The Complete Sleep Solution program helps with high cortisol at night, "dirty" genes, and all the hidden health issues that cause insomnia so you can sleep better naturally and permanently!

In this Sleep Breakthrough session I chatted with Joseph about his sleep struggles, what he’s tried so far, and the top 3 things that are getting in the way of good sleep for him.

He’s been doing all the “right” things to get better: going to functional medicine doctors; working on gut health, detox and hormones; and eating an anti-inflammatory diet. But his sleep hasn’t improved. 

One reason he hasn’t gotten better is that the doctors he’s worked with are looking at one part of his health at a time. They focus on gut health, then liver function, then hormones. It takes a couple of months to work on each thing and meanwhile the other things start out of balance. 

Focusing on one thing at a time doesn't usually work because everything in the body is connected. If you just focus on gut health but don’t support detox, then the liver gets even more congested when trying to kill pathogens and you don’t get better. 

The fastest and more effective way to sleep normally is to support your body’s health as a whole which involves looking at multiple systems of the body at the same time instead of one at a time.

My insomnia started in late pregnancy and didn’t go away after my son was born. So I know what triggered my sleep issues. 

But not everyone has a known trigger. 

Sleep issues can happen gradually and get worse over time. 

Or your sleep can ebb and flow and be unpredictable. 

In this episode, I explain what can trigger insomnia and how sleep issues happen even if you don’t know what triggers it.

My client Richard has doubled his sleep in the first 2 months working together.

“I am pleased to say that i have gone up fro m 1-2 hours to 3-4. 🤗 This has made a massive difference to my emotional state, and I have just been re-engaging with life the last week! I feel like starting the mold protocol is the factor that has helped.”

Mold toxicity was affecting him but what really triggered his insomnia was mold, working 70-80 hours a week, and his body breaking down over time. 

Both your mind AND your body contribute to your sleep issues.

Cognitive behavioral therapy helps with the mental part. 

Doctors may try to help with the physical part but they usually end up prescribing sleeping pills or anti-anxiety medication which isn’t getting to the root of the problem.

The only way to truly get over your insomnia is to find out what's going on in both your body and your mind and correct all of those things at once.

Find exactly how in this episode!

This episode is the same as episode #1 How Your Body And Your Mind Cause Insomnia. It’s the most-played episode so I’m publishing it again!

Want to find out why you can't sleep? Take the quiz to see if your body is affecting your sleep. Or if it’s more in your mind. TheSleepDetective.com

My awesome client Wes came to me after trying many different things.

In this episode, he shares his story:

• How he was sleeping before

• All the things he tried

• What his test results showed

• The changes he made

• What he learned on his journey to better sleep and health!

If it’s possible for Wes, it’s possible for you, too!

Even if you’ve tried so many things. Gone to alternative practitioners and counseling. Tried so many supplements. 

The Sleep Detective program is different from anything else you’ve tried because we look at the body as a whole. It’s never just one thing that causes insomnia. It’s multiple hidden health issues.

And we help with the mental part so that stress and worry don’t ruin your sleep. 

If you can't sleep, you know all the sleep rules: avoid screens before bed, don't drink caffeine past 2pm, exercise every day, etc. If those things don't help, you have something deeper going on in your body that's keeping you awake at night. 

In this episode, you'll learn the top 5 hidden health issues that are disturbing your sleep and how to fix them.

In this Sleep Breakthrough session with Arefaine, I gave him my top 3 things to work on to improve his sleep, looking at habits, helping with thinking about sleep all the time, and what to look for in his body that could be affecting his sleep.

Listen in for all the details and

If you can't sleep, your brain isn’t healthy. 

For a healthy brain, sleep is effortless. A healthy brain remembers things, thinks clearly and is excited about life. When there’s inflammation in your brain, it doesn’t function as it should. And you can't sleep. normally. 

In this episode, you'll learn: 

-symptoms of inflammation in the brain 

-what causes poor brain health 

-what part of the brain controls sleep and signs that it isn't working correctly 

-how to improve brain health so you can sleep normally 

When inflammation goes down and your gut is healthy, you’ll start sleeping normally and you’ll feel much better! 

This is possible for you even if you’ve been struggling to sleep for years, even if you’ve tried all kinds of other supplements, meds, and modalities and nothing has worked, even if you’ve worked with a doctor, psychiatrist, or naturopath. I know because it’s helped me personally and over a hundred of my clients.

Everything you do during the day determines how you'll sleep at night. 

If you're having trouble sleeping, either falling asleep or staying asleep, make sure you're doing all the right things to support a good night's rest. 

I'm giving you 10 tips (plus 5 extra bonuses) to do during the day so you sleep better tonight.

The worst part of not sleeping is how you feel the next day! 

In this episode, I give you some tips to take care of yourself after a bad night of sleep so that you set yourself up for better sleep the next night. 

Other episodes mentioned: 

The Insomnia Fix is now The Sleep Detective podcast!

If you can’t sleep, your body is in chaos! 

Your body wants to be in balance, but when it can’t handle all the stress it’s under, it gets completely out of balance and all the systems stop working optimally. 

In this episode, I explain the concept of "metabolic chaos" and why it is the sole, overarching reason why you can't sleep. 

You'll learn: 

• what metabolic chaos means

• what causes metabolic chaos

• how metabolic chaos can lead to insomnia

• the problem with treating symptoms instead the root cause

• how to get out of metabolic chaos so you can sleep normally

To celebrate the new name of the podcast, I’m offering a new program that looks at gut health to pinpoint at least one reason why you can’t sleep.   

It’s called the Sleep Better Jumpstart program and it includes:

• 1 GI Map that looks at overall gut health

• A customized supplement and lifestyle plan

• 6 weeks of support 

• A 30 minute session to go over your test results 

• 10% off supplements through Fullscript

• Credit for the Complete Sleep Solution program

• 6 bonuses about diet, blood sugar, liver detox and more

If you can't sleep, your gut isn't healthy. None of my clients I've worked with have a healthy gut, even if they don't have digestive symptoms. So looking at gut health is an important part of solving your insomnia. 

This Jumpstart program will give unique insight to help us pinpoint at least 1 component that is affecting your sleep. 

The Sleep Better Jumpstart program is a 6-week dive into optimizing gut health to improve your sleep and overall health. 

I explain everything about the program in this episode.

The program includes: 

• 1 GI Map test that looks at overall gut health 

• A customized supplement and lifestyle plan 

• 6 weeks of support 

• A 30 minute session to go over your test results 

• 10% off supplements through Fullscript 

• Credit for the Complete Sleep Solution program 

• 6 bonuses about diet, blood sugar, liver detox and more 

The program cost is $999 through Labor Day (regularly $1500). 

I know how hard it is when you've been sleeping better and then, BAM, you have a night of poor sleep. This still happens to me every once in a while. 

In this episode I tell you what you can do so that one or a few nights of bad sleep doesn't turn into weeks and months of insomnia. 

This is a bonus episode celebrating the new name of the podcast. The Insomnia Fix is now The Sleep Detective podcast! 

This is a bonus episode celebrating the new name of the podcast. The Insomnia Fix is now The Sleep Detective podcast! 

Nutrition information is so confusing and contradictory! It's hard to know what we should be eating. 

As a nutritionist and functional health coach, I've figured out a simple way to find the diet that works best for each of my clients. It's based on my masters in nutrition, my understanding of Dr. Weston A Price's findings in the 1930's, and my experience working on an organic, biodynamic farm. 

In this episode, you'll learn: 

-a simple approach to diet and nutrition that isn't confusing.

 -what foods to focus on for good sleep and health.

 -if a plant-based or animal-based diet is right for you. 

-how traditional diets show us how we should eat today. 

Your blood sugar could be affecting your sleep!

Even if you are a healthy weight and eat healthy. Keeping my blood sugar levels steady was a big piece of the puzzle for me. And it is for many of my clients, too.