Restful Insomnia: How to Get the Benefits of Sleep Even When You Can't

by Sondra Kornblatt, Teresa E. Jacobs MD (Foreword)

"Wonderfully creative solutions for the hopeless insomniac, transforming worry and sleepless nights into deep eazzzzzzze." ― Deanna Minich , PhD, CN, nutritionist and author of Chakra Foods for Optimum Health #1 Bestseller in Sleep Medicine and Healing If you are battling insomnia and telling yourself “I cannot sleep”, this book teaches you how to gain the benefits of sleep without actually sleeping.
If you’ve suffered from countless nights of sleep deprivation, then this book is essential to helping you thrive in the night.  Sondra Kornblatt highlights many techniques that help insomniacs gain the benefits of sleep without ever having to sleep. If you can’t fall asleep, then this is the book for you! 
“I cannot sleep”. There are over 70 million people in America who have trouble sleeping. Moving through everyday life without proper sleep can be frustrating and alarming but with this book learn how to properly function from your lack of sleep. If you can’t fall asleep, Sondra teaches the importance of an evening ritual to create internal rest. Instead of leaving your bed worn out by sleeplessness, leave your bed refreshed and ready to conquer the day. Restful Insomnia gives you tools to thrive while functioning on little to no sleep.
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If you enjoyed books like  Say Good Night to Insomnia , Sleep Smarter,  or  The Sleep Solution , then you’ll love  Restful Insomnia .

Genres: Nonfiction, Health

222 pages, Paperback

First published November 2, 2009

Reviews

[Becky · Rating 3 out of 5]

Insomnia sucks! Sometimes, nothing short of sleeping pills can help, but then you have side effects to deal with. Sondra Kornblatt came up with an approach that will help you live with insomnia and not hate it. You can rest even if you can't sleep. She explains how to diminish the hold of the restless mind and reconnect with the body in a way that is soothing and beneficial. Some of the techniques are new age and some are strongly backed by science. I say, it's worth a try if it could help. The book is not long, and the chapters are bite-sized.

[Debra · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very easy book to read. I really don't think I learned anything new. Most of the points had been made before but I did really enjoy the section on night yoga. That was a nice addition to ways to relax the body prior to sleep (or attempts at sleep).

[Naomi · Rating 3 out of 5]

No silver bullets or big surprises here, but a somewhat helpful set of tools (meditation, visualization etc.) to help you relax and let go of your anxiety about your insomnia, if not the actual insomnia itself. Very easy to read in the middle of the night.

[AcidGirl · Rating 2 out of 5]

Less of a real method and more of a miscellaneous collection of measures that might help when you have insomnia, from more or less scientific to new age. The unique selling point is basically that you shouldn't expect to be able to actually sleep at the end but rather rest and use the me time. Bonus point for telling people to go to the doctor if there is evidence for serious illnesses.

[Zoe · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good information, just pretty boring and hard to get into. But obviously it's a "self-help" book, so it can't be expected to be entertaining.

[Myra · Rating 2 out of 5]

I am giving this book two stars because it is a very good summary of things that have been said in many other books. That said, the book is disappointing. There is nothing new in this book other than the author 'reframing' the techniques as a way to come to acceptance with your insomnia rather than using the techniques (the exact same ones in many other books) to actually help you fall asleep. And the first two or three chapters of this are horribly confusing and jump all over the place. But I will give it two stars because if you have never read any books about dealing with insomnia, this gives a great overview of techniques and ideas.

[A · Rating 1 out of 5]

It was too new age-ish. You cannot just embrace insomnia as a friend, as something that the universe has given you to 'learn' something about yourself. It neither had any scientific explanations, nor did it have any useful practical advice. Yoga pose descriptions without any pictures is a bad idea. Very hard to follow. The author also uses really bad analogies that made me constantly roll my eyes!

[Josh · Rating 2 out of 5]

a lot of the techniques were ones that i was already familiar with from sport psychology & meditation training - just applied differently to treating / dealing w/ insomnia. some of it was flat out hokey and were things i'd never try. i don't think it's a book that i'll read again.

[Alexis]

A little touchy-feely, but I'm willing to read anything to learn more. Not sure how much I'd use these techniques, but there were some good points in here. Might revisit at a later date. I also learned that a lot of my instincts are correct.

[Sasha · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5--not great but still of some value.