James Holloway | Expert Contributor at NourishDAO

How to Sleep With Anxiety: Breaking the Cycle That Keeps You Awake

You know exactly what tonight looks like. You’re tired — genuinely, physically tired. You get into bed at a reasonable […]

There’s something about making tea before bed that feels inherently hopeful. The kettle’s heat, the small ritual of choosing a

You’ve been lying here for forty minutes. You’re not on your phone. You’re not thinking about anything particularly dramatic. But

You’re in your early or mid-forties. You’ve always been a decent sleeper. And then, somewhere in the last year or

The baby is finally asleep. You’ve been waiting for this moment since 6am. You lower yourself into bed, pull the

It’s 2am, and you are exhausted in a way that feels almost cellular. Your back aches, your bladder just woke

There’s something about the ritual of it. The kettle starting to hiss, the warm mug held in both hands, the

It’s not just that you wake up at 3am. It’s that you wake up at 3am again. Night after night,

Five hours. You tell yourself it’s fine. You’ve done it before — plenty of times. You functioned. You showed up.

James Holloway / February 27, 2026

Sunday night. It’s 11:30pm and you’re not remotely tired. You know you should be asleep — you have to be