Join Dr. Sian Williams, a prominent UK TV news presenter and qualified psychologist, in conversation with Sophie. They delve into the significance of achieving balance in life, the benefits of napping when fatigue sets in, and Sian's personal experiences juggling a high-pressure career at BBC Breakfast with family life and sufficient sleep.

Dr. Sian also opens up about her courageous journey after being diagnosed with cancer at 50, sharing how she chronicled the challenging moments in her book, "RISE." This episode offers valuable insights into maintaining well-being amidst a demanding career and personal life, while also highlighting the importance of sleep and resilience in the face of adversity.

You can also hear Sian on BBC Radio 3 Unwind, presenting her show Classical Unwind -

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live/bbc_radio_three_unwind

Do you have trouble with nightmares? Dr Justin Havens is a Psychological Therapist, specialising in PTSD and nightmares helping people to resolve psychological trauma quickly, and safely. In this fascinating episode, he joins Dr. Sophie Bostock to help you sleep without fear and end your nightmares.

Dr Havens completed a PhD with the Veterans and Families Institute at Anglia Ruskin University, where he developed and tested the Dream Completion Technique which is designed to resolve traumatic nightmares. It’s a wonderfully simple technique which can help both adults and children. Listen to learn all about how it works and how you can try it.

Find out more about Dr Justin Havens and his work here:

https://stopnightmares.org/

Sleep On Series 3 is brought to you by the Sleep Charity and sponsored by Lumie.

Hypnosis specialist and host of the Sleep Magic podcast, Jessica Porter joins Dr. Sophie Bostock to bust some myths and talk about what hypnosis actually is as well as sharing how hypnosis and self talk can help insomnia or sleep anxiety.

Jessica has been a practicing hypnotherapist for 25 years and her podcast gets over 800k downloads a month. Her voice is incredibly soothing. Jessica specialises in helping people overcome their personal obstacles, whether that be insomnia, recovery from trauma, anxiety, and other challenges. Stick around till the end of the episode as Jessica also takes you on a short 6 minute guided hypnosis.

Find out more about Jessica and listen to Sleep Magic here:

https://jessicaporterhypnotherapy.com/podcasts

Sleep On Series 3 is brought to you by the Sleep Charity and sponsored by Lumie.