Navigating Life With Insomnia - by Ipek Williamson

COURSE

Navigating Life With Insomnia

With Ipek Williamson

Insomnia is a reality of life that millions are dealing with daily. Or, more accurately, nightly. The first step to solving any problem, including insomnia, is to understand what might be causing it and how the root cause could be dealt with so that the outcome is alleviated. With this course, you will focus on the possible reasons for your insomnia and get guidance around simple ways to ease its presence and impact on your life. When you acquaint yourself with the challenges you face and what they stem from, making them better gets much easier. And that is what we will be doing together over the next seven days.

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Meet your Teacher

Ipek Williamson
Sarnia, Ontario, Canada

Ipek Williamson is an insight coach, listener, Ikigai coach, Ho'oponopono practitioner, meditation teacher, and blogger. Her journey as an insight Coach and meditation teacher took over her focus after working for more than two decades as an executive assistant for C-suite leaders of several multinational organizations. She perfectly blends her vast corporate experience with diversified areas of expertise as a coach, mentor, and meditation teacher. Additionally, Ipek proudly shares her recorded meditations, her workshops, and one-on-one coaching and mentoring services through the Insight Timer app. You can join her Sangha at "Ipek's Circle of Bliss" here on Insight Timer.

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7 Days

4.3k students

4.8 stars

14 min / day

Sleep

English

Lesson 1

Am I An Insomniac?

Having difficulty sleeping is a problem for most of us, at least from time to time. But when it becomes a constant nuisance, you might decide to give it a name, tell yourself and others, 'I have Insomnia.' Though are you sure what you are suffering from is not an acute (short-term) sleep disorder? You can always consult a medical professional, but in the meantime, you can start this seven-day course and, as part of the first day's lesson, see if what you experience overlaps with the symptoms of Insomnia. With this lesson, you will get acquainted with insomnia so that you can pick and choose your arms to fight it calmly and effectively.

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Lesson 2

I Am An Insomniac - Now What?

No panic! You are safe and not alone. Knowing about something is the halfway to removing uncertainty. When you know what you are dealing with, you can act on it. And this second lesson of our seven-day course will take you out of your fear and worry bubble about your lack of sleep and show you a movie where you are the spectator, watching yourself and looking at the phenomenon of Insomnia from a different perspective. What if you can see it as an opportunity rather than a curse? What would it look like? Is it possible? Come to the second lesson and find out.

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Lesson 3

What Are The Best Tools And Tips I Could Get?

The third day of the course is all about the tips and tools for you to start implementing right away. From meditation and mindfulness to essential oils and aromatherapy, many helpful tools deserve to be mentioned on that list, and rightly so. Though there are a few other very impactful ways to tackle insomnia that you might not have heard before. With this lesson, we will go over them. Fasten your seatbelts and get ready for a completely different approach to your sleepless nights.

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Lesson 4

How About Some Additional, Less-Entertained Tools?

It is time to dispel the myth that there is a certain number of sleep hours you are supposed to get. It is ingrained in us the thought of having to sleep eight hours a night. What if it is not true? What if just like there is variation in shoe sizes, there is also variation in the amount of sleep an individual requires? With this lesson, you will learn about your unique sleep pattern, look at Insomnia from a different perspective and add another important trick to your treasure chest.

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Lesson 5

What Did Our Ancestors Do About Insomnia?

There is no limit to growing your knowledge around acquiring a better sleep. After all, even people who do not deal with sleep problems or insomnia regularly have sleepless nights here and there. And with today's lesson, we will continue to explore other exciting and interesting tips and tools that will make your relationship with sleep better. We will also go over remedies and solutions that various cultures have been using for ages to alleviate insomnia and see how it is handled diversely in different parts of the world like India, China, and South America. We will hear about many interesting things like an Ayurvedic treatment that uses Brahmi oil, called Shirodhara, an important acupressure point, named Anmian, and more.

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Lesson 6

What Is My Chronotype & Why Is It Important?

In the sixth lesson of the course, you will learn a little bit more about the background of your possible sleep problems. For example, it might stem from the chronotype that you belong to. Though first, you might first want to understand what is a chronotype and how could you find out about yours? Additionally, why is it essential to know whether you are a morning or evening person?

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Lesson 7

The Insomnia Toolbox To Take Away With You

Over the last six days, I had the pleasure of sharing lots of information, tools, tips, and tricks about insomnia and other sleep problems with you. With this last lesson, we will learn about non-REM and REM sleep cycles and their importance. And then, we will wrap up all you have learned, put it together in a great toolbox created for you, and tie a big colorful bow around it so that you can take it away with you. This lesson will summarize and gather the best parts of the six previous ones.

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Ask your teacher

This course includes 30 community questions and 24 audio replies from Ipek Williamson. The community classroom and teacher audio replies are only available via the app.

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Recent Reviews

Blandina

December 17, 2025

Great course! I learned more than I expected. It was very informative and interesting. I plan to implement several tips and techniques learned for better sleep. Thank you Ipek!

Dechen

March 30, 2025

This course was a game changer. I found many new ideas and tips . I will begin at lesson one right away to be sure that I am following your lessons. Many thanks. Namaste 🙏❤️

Aleks

June 11, 2024

This was a great learning experience for me. Thank you so much. !!!!!

Ann

Ann

May 29, 2024

Refreshingly new way to understand sleep, so many useful top tips. I’m seeing insomnia from a new more helpful perspective after listening to your interesting course. Thank you 🙏🧡

Rachel

Rachel

February 28, 2024

I will have to redo the course

Kristin

Kristin

February 21, 2024

Thanks for this course. There was a lot of new info here for me and some new tips I will try! Namaste 🙏🏼

Wendy

Wendy

February 12, 2024

This was terrific. I loved the slow pace, easy to absorb and to take notes when I wanted. I’ve ended with many ideas to try, above and beyond what I had already gleaned from other sources. Thank you!

Cindy

Cindy

December 30, 2023

First few sessions were very thoughtful and encouraging with good info to act on, the remaining sessions were just information you can find in any popular news article on sleep, without any real solutions except “this is why sleep is important.” Yeah.

Nancy

Nancy

October 5, 2023

❤️

Jd

September 24, 2023

Nice

Ligia

Ligia

September 7, 2023

Lovely course! Thank you!

Marianne

Marianne

August 7, 2023

very helpful informative and sensible

Aurora

Aurora

August 5, 2023

I loved this course so much. Really appreciated the cultural diversity and different approach’s to sleep around the world. Thankyou for all the tips. Eager to try. 🙏 very grateful. Aurora

Terri

Terri

July 31, 2023

Excellent course, Ipek! I will listen again and again.. Thank you for putting this together😊

Jeannie

July 28, 2023

Interestingly Will review again. Some suggestions are new. Some suggestions didn’t click with me. Definitely worth a second look.

Bridget

Bridget

July 7, 2023

Great course.

Charo

Charo

June 30, 2023

Thank you 🌻 💕

Danielle

Danielle

June 23, 2023

Great course - thank you!

Tonia

Tonia

June 20, 2023

Compassionate and informative. Filled with content that anyone can try right away on a path to improved sleep. 🙏

Michele

Michele

May 15, 2023

A wonderful course for All here on Insight Timer. Whether you have one sleep challenged night once in a while or have chronic issues with insomnia there are tips and tricks aplenty here! Highly recommend!!!

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