Ep 51-Living with sleep anxiety and practical tips to manage it

About this episode

In this episode, Georgina shares her personal experiences with sleep anxiety and offers practical tips for managing it.

Do you feel anxious as bedtime approaches? Does your stomach drop when your child wakes up after 30 minutes from a nap? Do you get overwhelmed as you spend ages getting your child TO sleep and back to sleep? This episode is for you! Mumma, you are not alone. I was you. In this episode I share my personal story of anxiety, PTSD, baby loss, parental loss and how all of these traumas led to excessive anxiety around my child's sleep. No village, unable to sleep myself,...

People in this episode

Host: Georgina Windebank

Topics covered

• sleep anxiety
• parenting
• child sleep
• personal story
• trauma
• mental health

Keywords

• sleep anxiety
• bedtime
• parental anxiety
• child sleep issues
• PTSD
• baby loss
• parental loss

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