Why does my mind race the moment I lie down?
Tossing, turning and waking up with a racing mind can leave you drained before the day even begins. Cognitive Pattern Reprogramming is designed to help you notice mental chatter and support calmer sleep habits. Individual experiences vary.
Insomnia is more than missing sleep. It can drain your energy, cloud your thinking and make each day feel harder than the last. Cognitive Pattern Reprogramming is designed to help you work with the mental loops that fuel restlessness and overthinking. It is aimed at the emotional strain behind sleepless nights, and is designed to help you build a more settled relationship with rest. People respond differently, and no fixed timeframe is promised.
What is Cognitive Pattern Reprogramming?
Cognitive Pattern Reprogramming is the structured process within the Mindshift Method, created by Rob Edmonds and delivered through Mindshift Mentors. It works with the patterns of thinking, feeling and reacting that keep repeating. Three disciplines inform it: Strategic Psychotherapy provides the therapeutic strategy, Clinical Hypnosis creates the highly focused state of attention, and Neuro-Linguistic Programming techniques run through the sessions to help interrupt established patterns and support new responses. You are not asked to relive anything or talk through your history. While listening, you remain aware and in control, able to hear what is being said and respond if you choose. Do not listen while driving or operating machinery.
You listen privately to a recorded session created by Rob Edmonds, so there is no live session and no therapist in the room. Each session is built around a specific recurring pattern. People respond differently, and the time it takes to notice a change varies from person to person.
Which sleep problems does it cover?
The sleep pathway includes a session for each of the patterns below. You can start with whichever one sounds most like you.
Where to get help
These are session topics, not treatments. Cognitive Pattern Reprogramming does not diagnose, treat, cure or prevent insomnia, narcolepsy, restless legs syndrome, bruxism, TMJ disorder or any other condition, and it is designed to work alongside appropriate professional care. If you suspect a sleep disorder, start with your GP, who can refer you to a sleep specialist, dentist or psychologist.
If you are in immediate danger or at risk of harming yourself, contact emergency services immediately. Australia: Lifeline 13 11 14 | Emergency 000. USA: 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline | Emergency 911. UK: Samaritans 116 123 | Emergency 999.
What does a session actually sound like?
Listen to the full 10 minute Calm Reset, guided by Rob Edmonds. Experience how Cognitive Pattern Reprogramming, delivered as guided audio, drawing on Clinical Hypnosis, Strategic Psychotherapy and Neuro-Linguistic Programming, is designed to help calm the mind and support change.
What are the sessions designed to support?
Gentle guidance is designed to help quiet a busy mind and relax the body, so sleep may come more easily. The sessions are designed to support calmer evenings, less bedtime anxiety and a steadier sleep rhythm. People respond differently, and no result is promised.
How soon will I notice a difference?
People respond differently, and the time it takes to notice a change varies from person to person. Results depend on stress levels, lifestyle habits and how long sleep problems have been affecting your routine. The sessions are designed to be repeated, and there is no fixed timeframe.
Who created these sessions?
Rob Edmonds created the Mindshift Method and Cognitive Pattern Reprogramming. He holds a Diploma of Clinical Hypnosis and Strategic Psychotherapy and is a Certified Neuro-Linguistic Programming Practitioner. It is guided audio designed to help you work with the patterns around sleep. Individual experiences vary.
More on sleep: the Sleep and Recovery pathway and what helps for better sleep.
Frequently Asked Questions
It is designed to help you settle and slow mental overactivity, which may make it easier to fall asleep. It is aimed at the emotional and behavioural patterns around sleep. It does not diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any sleep disorder. Individual experiences vary.
The pathway covers overall sleep, bedtime readiness and the mental patterns that keep a mind busy at night, with separate sessions for insomnia, restless legs, teeth grinding and more. People respond differently, and it does not diagnose or treat insomnia or any other sleep disorder.
It is designed to help you settle if you wake, and to support calmer thoughts at night. It does not treat night waking or sleep disorders, and individual experiences vary. If waking is frequent, or you snore loudly or gasp in your sleep, speak with your GP.
You might, and that is fine for the sleep sessions. People respond differently. While listening, you remain aware and in control, able to hear what is being said and respond if you choose. Do not listen while driving or operating machinery.
People respond differently, and the time it takes to notice a change varies from person to person. Stress levels, lifestyle habits and how long sleep problems have been affecting your routine all play a part. The sessions are designed to be repeated, and there is no fixed timeframe.
It is designed to help people whose minds stay busy at night to slow their thoughts and ease tension before sleep. Individual experiences vary, and it does not treat anxiety. If anxiety is significant or persistent, speak with your GP or a psychologist.
No. It is designed to work alongside medical advice, including any sleep medication your doctor has prescribed, and does not replace it. Do not change medication without your doctor's advice.
You listen privately to a recorded session created by Rob Edmonds. Each session is built around a specific recurring pattern, in this case the pattern that keeps the mind busy at night. While listening, you remain aware and in control, able to hear what is being said and respond if you choose. Do not listen while driving or operating machinery.
Many people in demanding roles find it hard to switch off. The sessions are designed to support the shift from work mode to rest mode. Individual experiences vary.
People respond differently. Some may notice changes quickly and others more gradually, and no fixed timeframe is promised. Regular listening and healthy sleep routines may help.
If sleep problems have lasted for weeks, or come with loud snoring, gasping, restless legs, low mood or sleepiness that affects your driving, speak with your GP. Cognitive Pattern Reprogramming does not diagnose or treat sleep disorders.