Goodnight Mind: Turn Off Your Noisy Thoughts and Get a Good Night's Sleep

I recommend this book to everyone that has insomnia. My psychologist who specializes in CTB-insomnia recommended it. My treatment consisted of the practices within this book and it actually worked! Within a few months I was sleeping longer and sometimes not waking up at all during the night! It was a miracle after having insomnia for over a decade.

I've read a lot of books on sleep. This one actually explained some concepts in a way that made something click for me, that sleep should be effortless. And that the body has a built-in mechanism called sleep drive that makes it possible for you to get quality sleep on a regular basis. It is worthwhile to do the 14-day sleep diary, even though it does seem a little confusing to try to track your sleep when you're losing consciousness at some random hour in the early morning! If you can get a general notion of how much sleep your body can get, then you can set up a schedule that works for you. What I really like is the focus on quality of sleep versus quantity. Even though it seems counter-intuitive to someone who struggles to sleep and has insomnia, spending a shorter amount of time in bed and getting up when you wake up even if it's at 4 AM in the morning does retrain your body to a more regular sleep schedule. It does take time and you do need to keep working on it, but this book was helpful and concise in a way that made a difference for me. If you have chronic insomnia, you may never be a good sleeper, but at least this book provides a structure and some tools that can help you sleep better over time. At any rate, any time you have a bad night, you can console yourself with the thought that you are building up an incredible sleep drive for the next night. :)

I love this book! I am a family medicine doctor and I talk to people frequently about sleep problems. I have started now referring them to read this book because it encapsulates all the important advice about getting a good nights sleep.

Was an ok read but no help for my busy mind

This little book was recommended by my sleep psychologist. It has some great tips and I Have found it very helpful.

I started reading this book, I have had major problems trying to sleep. But this book provides a very good base to start with simple changes, and suggestions, I haven't gotten past the self assm't but I'm really sleeping much better overall with only 1-2 sleepless nights a month max vs my usual before reading this book at least 2-3 nights a week. I also appreciate that I am not the only one out there who can't sleep, for some crazy reason I didn't realize there are a lot of people out there with the same issues.

Read the book at the suggestion of my sleep apnea doctor, also have insomnia and this book was very helpful in changing my approach to insomnia.

I related to so much of what this book discussed. It is full of many tools to help with the sleepless nights I’ve been experiencing for over a year.

Excellent and easy-to-read format, with some unique and extremely helpful tips for increasing sleep quality. I have recommended this book to several friends, and they agreed with me as to its helpfulness. It's a quick read, with easy-to-apply suggestions and a very reassuring tone.

Can get on top of your sleep concerns by being a little less hard on yourselfEach time a thought enters your heart treat it as an honored guest, your worth is shown by the thoughts you entertain. Rumi

Some of this is straightforward, some of it is meditation based, but all of it is useful. I can't say I did all the exercises but I did benefit from it. Some of the comments hit home with my particular issues with sporadic insomnia. Worth a read.

This book was recommended. I didn't like it.

I recommend this book to everyone. It's easy to read and covers all the bases in terms of empirically supported strategies.