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You don’t have “insomnia.”
You have too much on your mind, too much on your plate, and a healthcare system that treats your sleep like an optional hobby.

In this episode of Ending Physician Overwhelm, we’re diving into sleep as a radical act of self-preservation for physicians. This is Week 4 of the 10-Week Recharge Challenge, and we’re getting honest about why you’re not sleeping—and what you can actually do about it.

We’ll talk about:

• 🧠 “Too-much-on-my-mind-ia” vs true insomnia
  Why most of us don’t have a broken sleep system, we have an overloaded brain, revenge bedtime procrastination, and zero wind-down time.
• 🏥 The real physician sleep blockers
  Call schedules, overnight shifts, EMR inboxes, moral injury, perimenopause, kids, partners, pets, and the culture that tells you to just “push through.”
• 🧬 What chronic sleep loss is doing under the hood
  How poor sleep shows up in your telomeres, metabolic health, inflammation, mood, and decision-making (yes, even when you think you’re “used to it”).
• 🧡 Seasons vs systems
  When sleep disruption is a season (new baby, illness, training)… and when it’s a system problem that may require rethinking your role, boundaries, or schedule.
• 🛏️ What you can control right now
  Small but powerful shifts in:
  • Bedtime behaviors (no more Epic in bed)
  • Wind-down routines (hello, Yoga Nidra)
  • Thoughts about sleep (CBT-i and MBT-i style ideas)
  • Boundary-setting with other humans in your life
• 🧘 How the Recharge habits stack together
  • Week 1: Yoga Nidra → deep rest and nervous system downshift
  • Week 2: Greens → cellular repair, telomeres, metabolic support
  • Week 3: Breath → portable calm under pressure
  • Week 4: Sleep → the foundation that makes everything else work

This episode is your invitation to stop treating sleep like a “nice-to-have” and start seeing it as clinical necessity — for your patients, your people, and your own humanity.

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