Dr Lindsay Browning

Dr Lindsay Browning 💤 Helping the world sleep better 📚 Best selling author 😴 International speaker 📰 TV Radio 🛌 Navigating Sleeplessness 👩🏼‍⚕️ CBT-i Sleep Therapy

Dr Lindsay Browning runs trouble sleeping offering 1-to-1 sleep therapy, corporate webinars and wellbeing retreats. She is also the author of Navigating Sleeplessness

Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃I will be making a full Thanksgiving meal (turkey, green bean casserole, sweet potato mash with mar...
27/11/2025

Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃

I will be making a full Thanksgiving meal (turkey, green bean casserole, sweet potato mash with marshmallows, cornbread and pumpkin pie) on Saturday. I can’t do it today because in the UK today isn’t a holiday!

This year I am SO thankful for the opportunity to help so many people with their sleep. I truly love my job and that I’m able to work with people to improve their lives through better sleep. I’m also hugely grateful for my health, my family and my friends 💕💕💕

The photo is a previous pumpkin pie I have made, and hopefully this year will be just as successful!

This December I’m delighted to be joining the Q&A panel for Gather, a new community created by Susie .interiordesign for...
26/11/2025

This December I’m delighted to be joining the Q&A panel for Gather, a new community created by Susie .interiordesign for those who share a love of design, creativity, and wellbeing.

Gather’s events follow the rhythm of the seasons, and this winter I’ll be joining the conversation alongside Sally and Lilly where we’ll be exploring why home (and a peaceful, welcoming bedroom!) is the missing piece of wellbeing, sharing ideas, insights, and gentle inspiration.

The event at promises to be fantastic with good food and drink and inspiring chat. Plus it’s a great way to start the magic of the Christmas season this December!

20/11/2025

Have you ever wondered why your mind suddenly feels foggy or fuzzy, even after what should have been a decent night’s sleep?

On BBC West Midlands Radio, I chatted with Ed about what brain fog actually is, why it happens, and why it can feel so frustrating when you’re trying to think clearly.

We talked about how sleep supports the brain’s overnight “cleaning system”, how hormones and vitamin deficiencies can make brain fog worse, and when it’s worth taking those symptoms seriously.

If you’ve been waking up groggy, losing your train of thought, or finding it hard to concentrate, this conversation helps explain what’s going on and what you can do to feel clearer and more focused.

Your brain really has a lot happening behind the scenes, and understanding it is the first step to feeling more like yourself again.

If you’d like to hear the full interview, listen on BBC sounds, or else comment “FOG” below or send me a quick DM and I will send you the link.

14/11/2025

Many people worry about waking up in the night and think that it’s a sign of poor quality sleep. Otten, people think that the fact they’ve woken up and realise they’ve woken up means that their sleep has gone from a solid night’s sleep to a fragmented night’s sleep. And they think this means it’s not good enough sleep.

Well, the reality is that everyone sleeps in a thing called “sleep cycles” which means approximately every hour and a half or so through the night everybody briefly wakes up or is aware of their surroundings before going back into a deeper sleep again. As long as you get back to sleep again relatively quickly and you’re not waking up many times during the night, this is really normal. Especially as we age, or go through the menopause, we are likely to become more aware that we wake up once or twice in the night. Also, we are more likely to be aware of waking during the night if we are going through a stresstul or anxious time.

When we are younger, these awakenings are often so short and brief that we don’t even realise that we have woken up, although we did. Then, when we experience them later in life, we think it’s a new phenomenon.

If you are really worried about your sleep because you’re trying to have an unbroken night’s sleep, please stop trying to have a sleep that is unrealistic. If you wake up and realise you’ve woken up in the night just tell yourself this is normal and simply relax and calmly go back to sleep again, safe in the knowledge that you will still have had a great night’s sleep.

07/11/2025

I’ve just finished filming with for . It is due to air January next year, so watch this space.

We had a really great discussion about what is insomnia, what causes it, and how you can treat it. We also talked about sleep trackers and how they can be helpful if you want to pay a little bit more attention to how you are sleeping, but how they can also cause additional stress about sleep, leading to orthosomnia.

Thank you to everyone who helped me pick my outfit and gave me advice from my previous post. I really appreciate it!

Can’t wait to see the final piece when it airs in January.



04/11/2025

I’m filming with the BBC’s The One Show about insomnia and how CBT-I can help. I would love to have some help choosing what to wear!

Please comment which outfit I should choose? 1, 2, 3 or 4

1) Blue sleeveless dress with cream wedge heel sandals
2) Black jumpsuit with very high black heels
3) Black and white leaf print shirt dress with cream shoes
4) Grey suit dress with tweed shoes

Please let me know which I should wear. Thanks!!!

30/10/2025

Yesterday in Nature Neuroscience a new study from MIT was published that looked at why we sometimes experience brain fog after a bad night sleep.

The researchers sleep deprived 26 participants and found that when they were asked to do tasks, and became distracted or slow to react, that their brain activity looked momentarily surprisingly similar to being asleep.

Although this is a very small study and we can’t draw a huge conclusions from it, it does suggest an interesting thought that if we don’t get enough sleep at night our brain might be trying to have micro sleeps during the day to get some of the benefit we missed out on at night - causing brain fog.

I will be talking to today for the World At One show about this interesting study and what it might mean for people who don’t get enough sleep.

26/10/2025

This morning I have been speaking to BBC Radio Manchester today about how the lack of sunshine in winter affects our sleep and mood.

Now that the clocks have changed and the days are getting shorter and the evenings longer you might find that you’re not getting as much natural daylight exposure as you were earlier in the year. It’s really important that you seek out sunshine both first thing in the morning and throughout the day to help boost your sleep at night and also your mood.

24/10/2025

I spoke to Connor Phillips on BBC Radio Ulster about all things sleep. 💤

A listener asked whether remembering your dreams means you’ve had better sleep.

In fact, we all dream. Everyone experiences light, deep, and REM (dreaming) sleep. You only tend to remember a dream if you wake up during or just after it. So, recalling dreams doesn’t mean your sleep was better or worse than someone who doesn’t remember theirs, it simply means you woke up from within a dream.

You can listen to this and all my media appearances on my media page via the link in my bio or directly at troublesleeping.co.uk/media-enquiries.

Today I spoke with about all things sleep for her Lifestyle Prescription podcast . As two women juggling the demands of...
24/10/2025

Today I spoke with about all things sleep for her Lifestyle Prescription podcast .

As two women juggling the demands of a career and parenting teenagers we had lots to discuss regarding women’s sleep and how to help our children when they may struggle to fall asleep easily at night.

Look out for the podcast to be released in the coming weeks.

22/10/2025

This coming weekend is when the clocks go back. It will bring an earlier sunset in the evening so you might find you start going home from work in the dark.

Although the clock change can mean an additional hour’s sleep, for some people, especially those struggling already with their sleep, it can create challenges with the sudden change in timings.

Therefore, here is some advice to help you manage the change more smoothly.

Push your bedtime later in the days leading up to the clock change so that you will end up going to bed an hour later on Saturday night and then when you wake up on Sunday morning at your normal time there will be no discernible change. You won’t gain that hour’s sleep by doing this but you will make sure that your circadian rhythm doesn’t struggle with the shift in time.

if you are usually sleeping fine then you don’t have to go to bed later and you can just enjoy an additional hour in bed where you can hopefully get an additional hour’s sleep.

The retreat has started incredibly well. We have had breathing sessions with which everyone loved, and I delivered a 2...
22/09/2025

The retreat has started incredibly well. We have had breathing sessions with which everyone loved, and I delivered a 2 hour sleep education and relaxation for sleep session this morning.

The hotel is breathtaking as it’s wholly dedicated to wellbeing. Even my room doesn’t have a TV!

The retreat group is fantastic as it’s amazing to be with so many people who value and want to improve all aspects of their health and wellbeing. It’s such a privilege to be part of it.

Also, I’m LOVING the cheese which is part of every meal! 🧀🧀🧀

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People of all ages with sleeping problems have been helped by Dr Browning at Trouble Sleeping, ranging from infants through to retirees. She offers a scientifically based assessment of your sleeping issues with recommended changes to help you overcome your sleeping problems.

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When you have trouble falling or staying asleep it can be extremely distressing. Plus, insomnia is also associated with anxiety, depression and obesity. Sleep consultancy helps children and adults improve their sleep, using scientifically based behavioural and cognitive changes.

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