Fast Asleep, Wide Awake

Episode 4: Finding Inner Safety – Part 4 – Choosing to Stay Why is it so hard to switch off at night even when we’re completely worn out? In this episode, I explore the link between overthinking, sleeplessness and a deeper kind of disconnection… from the body, from emotions, from safety. I share the story of a retreat that helped me understand how easily we leave ourselves and what it means to cho...

Episode 3: Finding Inner Safety - Part 3 - Rest, Sensitivity & the Nervous System - Sleeping while travelling I recorded this episode from my hotel room in Croatia, mid-way through a much-needed summer break... and yes, I’m choosing to work on holiday because I’ve felt a creative surge I just couldn’t ignore. In this episode, I explore why so many of us struggle to sleep well when we’re away f...

Have you ever noticed how hard it can be to rest when life feels noisy... both outside and within? In this episode, recorded during a deeply personal and challenging week in my childhood home in Guyana, I open up about my own journey through the four levels of inner safety. From feeling regulated and calm to being thrown into old patterns of trauma, disconnection, and survival, I share how I found...

Why did I choose to start this podcast with the topic of safety? After decades of helping people sleep, I’ve learned one thing again and again … we sleep when we feel safe. In this very first episode of Fast Asleep, Wide Awake, I share the story of how that truth first came to me, standing in front of 500 lawyers, saying something I hadn’t planned, and watching it land in the most remarkable way....

In this heartfelt introduction to Fast Asleep, Wide Awake, I share why it’s taken years to bring this podcast to life. More than sleep, it’s about living with energy, alignment and inner safety... so you can meet your day with vitality and rest deeply at night.