2 Apr 2026 01:00
When Sleep Advice Fails
Sleep Is a PracticeWe've talked about sleep before β our PM routines, keeping it dark and cool and quiet, putting down the phone, all the adulting 101 tips that every Instagram account and bestselling book has been yelling at you for years. You know all of it.So we polled 119 members of our coaching community about their sleep. A third of them are struggling, and the comments made one thing very clear: nobody has a knowledge problem. They have a life problem. Toddlers, menopause, business anxiety, shift-working spouses, bodies that wake up at 3am to replay every unfinished task from the last decade.This episode is about what to do when you already know the basics and your life won't cooperate.Resources:
- 5 Quality Sleep Strategies to Feel Well-Rested and More Productive - Our article on the fundamentals of better sleep
- Evening Stretching Routine - Ryan's pre-bed routine to help you relax and sleep better
- Your PM Routine - Our earlier episode on building an evening routine that sets you up for the next day
- How to Practice Recovery - Our episode on autoregulation and learning to read your body's recovery needs
- Respiration - Our breathing program for managing stress, calming your nervous system, and improving recovery
- Recovery - Structured active recovery sessions with light movement, self-massage, and full-body awareness work
- Alpha Posse - Our coaching community where this sleep conversation started
Pick one thing from this episode. One. Practice it for two weeks. If it's breathing before bed, do it every night. If it's moving your phone out of the bedroom, do it every night. If it's the evening stretch routine, commit.Β
See what actually changes for you, then decide if it stays.
