The Bedtime Edit
The Bedtime Edit
Podcast Description
What's keeping you up at night? Certified Sleep Consultant and Stress Management Educator Alanna McGinn is here to help! As a mom of three teenagers navigating her own messy mid-life, she knows firsthand that a good night's sleep is a fundamental piece of the puzzle.
Midlife can bring on major life transitions like career shifts, relationship changes, and don't get us started on menopause.
What if you suddenly became a full-time caregiver to a parent? What if you found yourself single after a twenty year marriage? What if you're forced to reinvent yourself because you lost a job, a loved one, or an investment?
Any midlife event CAN disrupt your sleep. But, it doesn't have to be a time of crisis. Let's think of midlife as a time of self-discovery, growth, and empowerment all while striving towards better sleep.
This podcast will cover all and any topics that keep you up at night. Let this be your midlife safe space; we'll share personal stories, speak to experts, and reroute this rollercoaster together. Let's develop a better understanding of our emotional, physical, spiritual, and mental health needs.
Through these conversations and teachable moments, we can rewrite our midlife stories and give our sleep a full edit. It's never too late to hit backspace on the bad habits, and command a more peaceful midlife chapter.
Don't sleep on this podcast! Find new episodes of The Bedtime Edit every other Monday. Follow and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you listen to podcasts.
About the Host:
Alanna McGinn is the creator of the Messy Middle Sleep Solution Program, and a media Sleep Expert with the following qualifications:
Certified Sleep Consultant by Family Sleep Institute
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Insomnia Certification, CCCLS
Good Night Sleeper Educator
Faculty Member of the Family Sleep Institute
Parent Prep Educator
Through her years of training, education, and experience she’s passionate about helping women struggling with midlife demands like raising teens, caring for aging parents, managing careers, and navigating perimenopause - all of which she too is navigating.
She’s been there too, her messy middle involves a divorce and starting over as a single mom at 45 years old. Like so many, her sleep and well-being took a hit and she is committed to making changes to better her sleep and stress.
https://alannamcginn.com/
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast covers a variety of topics pertinent to women in midlife, such as the impact of hormonal changes on sleep, handling divorce, and managing stress. Episodes include discussions on the emotional journey of divorce, the issue of waking at 3 a.m., and mental health related to sleep changes, offering practical tips and personal anecdotes to empower listeners.
What’s keeping you up at night? Certified Sleep Consultant and Stress Management Educator Alanna McGinn is here to help! As a mom of three teenagers navigating her own messy mid-life, she knows firsthand that a good night’s sleep is a fundamental piece of the puzzle.
Midlife can bring on major life transitions like career shifts, relationship changes, and don’t get us started on menopause.
What if you suddenly became a full-time caregiver to a parent? What if you found yourself single after a twenty year marriage? What if you’re forced to reinvent yourself because you lost a job, a loved one, or an investment?
Any midlife event CAN disrupt your sleep. But, it doesn’t have to be a time of crisis. Let’s think of midlife as a time of self-discovery, growth, and empowerment all while striving towards better sleep.
This podcast will cover all and any topics that keep you up at night. Let this be your midlife safe space; we’ll share personal stories, speak to experts, and reroute this rollercoaster together. Let’s develop a better understanding of our emotional, physical, spiritual, and mental health needs.
Through these conversations and teachable moments, we can rewrite our midlife stories and give our sleep a full edit. It’s never too late to hit backspace on the bad habits, and command a more peaceful midlife chapter.
Don’t sleep on this podcast! Find new episodes of The Bedtime Edit every other Monday. Follow and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you listen to podcasts.
About the Host:
Alanna McGinn is the creator of the Messy Middle Sleep Solution Program, and a media Sleep Expert with the following qualifications:
Certified Sleep Consultant by Family Sleep Institute
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Insomnia Certification, CCCLS
Good Night Sleeper Educator
Faculty Member of the Family Sleep Institute
Parent Prep Educator
Through her years of training, education, and experience she’s passionate about helping women struggling with midlife demands like raising teens, caring for aging parents, managing careers, and navigating perimenopause – all of which she too is navigating.
She’s been there too, her messy middle involves a divorce and starting over as a single mom at 45 years old. Like so many, her sleep and well-being took a hit and she is committed to making changes to better her sleep and stress.
https://alannamcginn.com/
Host Alanna McGinn invites happiness expert Kathie Donovan to help her audience explore the concept of sustainable happiness, particularly for women in midlife. They discuss the importance of embracing all emotions, the role of control and fear in women’s lives, and the significance of personal growth through challenges. They also discuss boundaries, gratitude, the role of social media in shaping self-perception, and the acceptance of imperfection in finding happiness. Kathie also provides practical strategies for letting go of control and asking for help including mindfulness and breathing techniques.
More About Kathie Donovan:
Happiness expert Kathie Donovan is a celebrated author, speaker, coach and broadcaster. She is the former co-host and co-producer of CTV Ottawa’s Regional Contact. She is the author of two self-published books: Inspiration in Action: A Woman’s Guide to Happiness and Unconform: Harnessing the Radical Power of Courage. She is also an ambassador for The Wellings and a petite model for Shepherd’s Fashions in Ottawa.
Kathie’s work is a call to action to unlearn what we think we know to be true, to stretch what’s possible, so that we can see our true potential and live a beautiful life of our own design.
Website: www.kathiedonovan.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com/kathie_donovan
Facebook: www.facebook.com/kathie.donovan
Resources:
My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist’s Personal Journey
Find out more about Alanna’s Teen Sleep Program: https://goodnightsleepsite.com/programs/kid-to-teen-sleep-program/
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