How our ever-growing obsession with sleeping well is making us too anxious to sleep

Published: Dec. 5, 2022, 6 p.m.

b'No blue light after 8pm! Chamomile tea before bed! Eight hours or more... or else!\\xa0\\nIn recent years, the world of sleep has become far less relaxed than you\\u2019d expect. Between wearable sleep trackers and an ever-growing obsession with self-optimisation, sleep has become the latest on a long list of activities you\\u2019ve done your whole life, but apparently should be doing better.\\xa0\\xa0\\nBut what if trying so hard is making sleep harder to come by?\\xa0\\xa0\\nDr Moira Junge, a registered health psychologist and the CEO of the Sleep Health Foundation, wants to set the record straight. She breaks down a listener\\u2019s sleep diary and explains the tools and tactics at play \\u2013 and why you probably don\\u2019t need to use them all, all the time!\\xa0\\n\\xa0+++\\xa0\\nIn Good Health is a VicHealth podcast, produced by Deadset Studios.\\xa0\\xa0\\nYou can find out more at\\xa0https://vichealth.vic.gov.au/podcasts\\xa0\\xa0\\nVicHealth acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land. We pay our respects to all Elders past, present and future.'