Momsomnia and optimizing sleep postpartum with clinical psychologist and sleep expert Dr Daniella Marchetti

Are you worried that you will never sleep well again once you have a baby? 

Do you struggle to get to sleep or find yourself waking in the middle of the night and unable to get back to sleep? 

Sleep can seem evasive once we become mothers. But it doesn’t have to be that way. It is possible to get great sleep even with little kids or a baby. This doesn’t always happen automatically. Yet, with a few shifts in your mindset, environment and daily habits, it can be your normal. 

In this episode of the Wild & Well podcast, I talk with sleep expert and clinical psychologist Dr Daniella Marchetti about sleep in motherhood. Even if you are already getting decent sleep, 

Dr Daniella is a wealth of knowledge on all things sleep. If you take one thing away from this chat and implement it today, you will be on your way to a dreamer sleep for yourself and your family. 

Dr Daniella and I chat about: 

• Why sleep is so important 
• Reasons why so many of us are tired 
• Momsomnia 
• Environmental impacts on our sleep 
• Nutritional and lifestyle shifts for better sleep 
• How to get better sleep even with a newborn 
• Dispelling unhelpful myths about sleep postpartum 
• Routines to support our children’s sleep 

Daniella Marchetti is a licensed Clinical Psychologist with a specialty in Behavioral Sleep Medicine. She earned two master’s degrees and her PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Miami. She is a trained Health Psychologist with a passion for and specialty in behavioral sleep medicine. She provides care at the Miami VA, as well as in her sleep centered private practice. She helps patients attain better sleep, whether they have insomnia, nightmares, sleep apnea, or even hypersomnia conditions. She is based in Florida, where she enjoys being outside with her husband and kids.

Dr Daniella recommended the following books and podcasts: 

• A Woman’s Guide to Sleep by Joyce Walsleben
• The Pout-Pout Fish and the Can't-Sleep Blues
• Sleep Talking podcast 
• Sleep Junkies podcast 

Episode Links:

• Say hi to Dr Daniella on Instagram
• Check out her website  
• Say hello to me over on Instagram 
• Check out my books and program 

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