Sleep

Waking at 3 a.m. feels like proof your sleep is broken. Brief wakings happen every night. What keeps you up is often the sum you do next, and that can change.

Pushing bedtime past midnight is rarely a willpower problem. Often it is the only hour of the day nobody else owns. You can keep that hour and still sleep.

Insomnia is often not a broken night. It is unfinished mental shifts. The lights stay on in an empty office of the mind, and rest waits for someone to lock the door.

Sometimes insomnia is not the problem: it is the body raising its hand on behalf of something deeper. Here is how to listen for what your sleep is saying.

You already avoid caffeine and screens before bed. So why are you still not sleeping? Here is what to look at when basic sleep hygiene falls short.