Singles Going Sleepy: Sleep Tips to Embrace Restful Sanctuaries

Summary

Welcome back to Singles Going Sleepy, the series where we help you kick insomnia to the curb without turning your bed into a co-working space or a Netflix vortex. In this episode, we're throwing it back to a time when the bed was sacred, for sleep and the horizontal tango.

We’re talking boundaries, people. Your bed isn’t your office, your social feed, or your snack zone. It’s your fortress of solitude. Your velvet underground. Your place to unplug, not scroll yourself into a cortisol spiral at 2 a.m.

By ditching the doomscrolling and late-night email marathons, you train your brain to associate your bed with what it was built for: rest and intimacy, not existential dread and blue light headaches.

So tune in as we lay down the gospel of reclaiming your bed. Make it boring. Make it sexy. Just make it yours. Sleep will show up, and maybe someone else will, too.

Links

• "Thank You with Brown Noise" a short episode demonstrating the sleep tool of brown noise as background sound, partnered with the technique of reading aloud meaningless lists of words, in this case, names. Both methods are used in research-backed sleep techniques.
• "Sleep with R.E.M. Part 2" one of our regular sleep podcast episodes, incorporating several sleep techniques, including whispering, extended pauses, and low intonation
• Fan Club and Tip Jar: Support better sleep with a one time or recurring contribution to this podcast. Fan Club members get early access to every episode, all the way up to exclusive episodes only available for our dedicated fans

Take Aways

In this episode of Singles Going Sleepy, we keep fighting the good fight for better sleep: no supplements, no crystals, just solid habits and a little self-respect.

• We're diving deeper into practical, no-BS strategies to actually improve your sleep, not just talk about it while doomscrolling at 2 a.m.
• Pro tip: Pick a sleep technique, stick with it for a few weeks, and see what actually works. Instant results? That’s for infomercials.
• Your bed has one job...okay, two. Sleep and intimacy. If you’re checking work email in there, we’re staging an intervention.
• When you keep the bed sacred, your brain gets the memo: this is where we chill, not chase deadlines or swipe right.
• Think of your bed as your personal bat cave: quiet, safe, distraction-free. Capes optional.
• We wrap things up with a gentle reminder: reclaim your sleep space. It’s not a charging station for your phone; it’s one for you.

Chapters

00:32 Building Your Sleep Toolbox

01:29 Creating a Restful Space

01:45 The Sanctuary of Sleep

02:28 The Journey to Rest

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Transcript

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In this episode of Sleep with Rockstars, we continue our Singles Going Sleepy series of tips for improving your sleep. You can find our other short Singles Going Sleepy sleep tips sleepwithrockstars.com for each sleep tip we offer.

Try it consistently for several weeks before you decide if it helps you fall asleep. As you build your sleep toolbox with these techniques, you will find a combination that helps you relax and fall asleep.

And if you have a night where you struggle to sleep, you know that you have multiple methods that will help you. Your bed is not a multi tool. Reserve your bed for sleep and intimacy. Limit activities in bed to sleep and sex.

This strengthens the cognitive association between bed and sleep. Honor the purpose of your bed as you ease into stillness. Take a deep breath in and slowly exhale. Let your body begin to unwind.

Tonight we focus on creating a space that your mind and body recognize clearly and simply as a place for rest and for intimacy. Your bed is a sanctuary. Not a place for scrolling, working or worrying, but for quiet surrender, for connection, for sleep.

Each time you reserve your bed only for sleep and intimacy, you strengthen the message. This is where I rest. This is where I let go. This is where I feel connection with every night. You follow this. The connection grows deeper.

Your body learns, your mind relaxes more easily. The bed becomes a cue for calm, for quiet, for sleep. So now as you lie here, feel the safety of this space. Nothing to do, nowhere else to be.

This bed is here to support only what you need most, rest and connection. Breathe in and out. Let sleep find you here in this space made only for you. Good night.