Martin Reed

Martin Reed

Patient Advocate

Martin is the creator of Insomnia Coach, an eight-week course that combines online sleep education with individual sleep coaching. His course helps clients improve their sleep so they can enjoy a better life with more energy and start each day feeling happy, healthy, rested, and refreshed. Martin also runs a free sleep training course that has helped over 5,000 insomniacs. He holds a master’s degree in health and wellness education and studied clinical sleep health at the University of Delaware.

Latest Articles by Martin Reed

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Sleep Disorders

This Muscle Relaxation Trick Can Improve Sleep

Relaxation techniques are a great way to calm the mind and prepare you for sleep.

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Sleep Disorders

Could This New Treatment Cure Your Insomnia?

Sending electrical currents through the brain can affect sleep — but can they cure insomnia?

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Sleep Disorders

How Internet Addiction Harms Your Brain, Health, and Sleep

Do you find yourself browsing the internet at all hours of the day (and night)? When you get a spare moment or two, do you find yourself reaching for your phone or tablet for a quick online fix? If so, you may be suffering from internet addiction. Th...

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Sleep Disorders

8 Questions to Ask Before Taking Sleeping Pills for Insomnia

Most of us will experience short-term sleep problems at some point in our lives. This is normal. So if you’ve only been having trouble sleeping for a few nights or a couple of weeks, you shouldn’t be thinking about sleeping pills just yet. Elusive sl...

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Sleep Disorders

These Popular OTC Supplements May Cause Insomnia

Check to see if any supplements you’re using come with a hidden side effect of insomnia.

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Sleep Disorders

Why Reducing Exposure to Blue Light Improves Your Sleep

People spend anywhere from 3 to over 8 hours looking at the screens of various electronic devices, which produce blue light and disrupt sleep. Here’s how to combat this.

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Sleep Disorders

Ending the Anxiety, Insomnia, and Sexual Dysfunction Cycle

Pairing insomnia with anxiety can have harmful effects on your relationship and sex life.

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Sleep Disorders

If You Have Asthma and Sleep Issues, You Need to Read This

It goes without saying that if you suffer with asthma, you should probably not be smoking. Not only can smoking worsen asthma symptoms, it can also affect your sleep. The link between anxiety, insomnia, asthma and smoking A Norwegian study looked at ...