Dr Guy Meadows (PhD)
Insomnia Specialist - Author - Podcaster
Does sleep feel like a nightly battle?
Do you . . .
Dread going to bed or waking during the night, fearing another difficult night?
Rely on sleeping medication, rigid routines or sleep rituals, yet long to sleep naturally again?
Find your mind racing or your body going into fight-or-flight as bedtime approaches or when you wake?
Avoid travel, bed sharing or other parts of life because you're afraid they will make your sleep worse?
Spend much of your day worrying about sleep, replaying last night and anticipating tonight?
Feel as though you've tried everything including CBT for insomnia, but nothing seems to help, or some have even made it worse?
Believe your body has forgotten how to sleep, or worry that you're simply a hopeless case?
Feel exhausted by the constant effort of trying to control, fix or force your sleep?
If you found yourself saying "yes" to several of these, you're not alone.
These are some of the most common experiences I hear from people who come to my clinic.
The good news is that recovery doesn't begin by trying harder to sleep, it begins by changing your relationship with sleep.
A different way forward
Changing your relationship with sleep changes everything.
From This…
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Trying harder every night
Monitoring every hour
Fighting your thoughts
Reliant on pills too sleep
Living life around insomnia
Judging yourself after bad nights
To This…
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→ Trusting your body again
→ Responding calmly to wakefulness
→ Letting thoughts come and go
→ Sleeping more naturally
→ Living life alongside imperfect sleep
→ Treating yourself with compassion
The goal isn’t to force sleep
It’s to reduce the struggle that keeps your brain on high alert, so sleep is given the space to return naturally.
Testimonials
“Have had long term and varied issues with sleep. Dr Guy got was able to quickly identify the issue and offer an effective plan to fix. This despite many years of other experts failing to identify the problem. My relationship with sleep had deteriorated to the point that I’d lost confidence in being able to fall asleep. I would really recommend as the approach here may be very different to previous advice.”
“I came across Dr. Guy Meadows through a podcast and after suffering insomnia for 1.5 years. After seeing sleep physicians and psychologists he was the first sleep specialist that made total sense to me. It didn’t happen overnight but I’m sleeping normally again now and feel confident that I can manage any relapses. Just wanted to say thank you.”
“So much rubbish out there to solve a sleep problem. I was told CBT-I was the gold standard treatment for sleep disorders. I discovered it left me in a worse place. I was saved by Dr Guy Meadows - it makes sense and has helped me significantly to improve sleep without drugs or rules/routines.”
“I’ve suffered from insomnia my entire adult life and tried many different solutions. Dr Guy Meadows ACT based approach is utterly different from all of them, it actually works. It not only works to help tackle insomnia it helps tackle the daytime issues that can be the cause of insomnia. I think anyone who has ever had trouble sleeping should give it a go.”
Why Work With Dr Guy Meadows
For more than 25 years, Dr Guy Meadows has helped thousands of people around the world overcome chronic insomnia and rebuild confidence in their natural ability to sleep.
More than 15,000 hours of 1-2-1 clinical practice helping people with chronic insomnia.
Author of the international bestseller The Sleep Book (Orion, 2014).
Pioneer of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Insomnia (ACT-I).
PhD in Sleep Disorders from Imperial College London.
Conducted research within the sleep laboratories at Charing Cross and Royal Brompton hospitals.
Regular sleep expert on BBC, ITV and Channel 4.
Featured in The Times, Financial Times, The Telegraph, The Guardian and many other international media outlets.
Has trained thousands of healthcare professionals in the treatment of chronic insomnia, including clinicians from the NHS, the BABCP and the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP).
