I wrote two of my past sleep-focused posts with the hope that the suggestions would be helpful, or at least that my writing would put readers to sleep. That's a win either way, right? Instead, these posts revealed just how challenging and precious sleep can be to attain in the age of constant digital stimulation.

In the 4-Word Trick to Stop 3 am Overthinking, readers explored a simple cognitive behavior therapy-based reframing/grounding tool: "This Thought Can Wait."

In The Elevator Trick: A Surprising Way To Get Back To Sleep, visual imagery combined with a relaxation strategy was the key to falling back asleep.

Together, these posts (and their high visibility) reflect a widespread problem. That is, scores of people are lying in bed with their minds........

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