09/02/2026
I'll be the first one to call myself out on this.
Night after night, I'd get into bed ready to wind down and tell myself I'm only going to look at my phone for a few minutes. Then BAM — an hour passed, then another thirty minutes. I'd be so mad at myself because I knew I was setting myself up for a hard day ahead. One where I needed a second or third cup of coffee. One where I didn't have the energy to workout. One where my fuse would be so short I'd snap at my kids or my husband or both.
It wasn't until I was working with a client who was sharing her sleep issues that it all started to become clear where her problem started: scrolling through social media on her phone at bedtime and getting less than five hours of sleep.
She put her phone away an hour before bed and replaced it with something fun to read instead. After one week, she was sleeping better and her days were getting better.
Then I caught myself literally on my phone scrolling in bed and felt the proverbial knock on my head telling me to wake up.
That night, I put my phone in my closet, grabbed a book, and committed to trying this for two weeks.
It's been almost three years since I made that change and overall my sleep is great.
Parent yourself in the loving way you parent your children and see what happens.
Send this to the mom who is always complaining about her sleep problems, but maybe sleep is not her problem.
