Five Steps to Sweet Sleep: A Bedtime Book for Sleepless People

By Jean Birckhead

Five Steps to Sweet Sleep is a unique approach to a problem that plagues millions of Americans. Designed for nightly reading, the five steps will bring the reader a change in perspective and attitude that can allow restful sleep to follow. The more this book is used, the more effective it becomes. The use of this book with senior adults who suffer from chronic pain or dementia can provide a comforting bedtime routine.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Oct 7, 2016
• ISBN: 9781512752045

Jean Birckhead

After the recent death of her husband, the author gained a personal and unique perspective on the grief process. Using her specialized training in grief, loss, and trauma she provides insight with five primary keys that will help others move through the tsunamis of life into the new normal that awaits them. Lessons learned through this and other traumatic life events have been the catalyst for a ministry that includes working one on one as well as with groups of bereaved people. Her conviction that there is purpose after loss and your best days are still ahead of you has resonated with many who have benefited from her help. Birckhead is a life coach and owner of Hope for All Seasons Life Coaching (www.hopeforallseasons.org). She earned a Master’s Degree from Liberty University, has been a business woman for many years, and finds joy in new undertakings in her senior years. She is the author of Five Steps to Sweet Sleep, A Bedtime Book for Sleepless Adults, published in 2016 by Westbow Press and available on Amazon.com.

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Contents

Step 1 Notes Remember Who You Are

Step 1 Exercise Remember Who You Are

Step 2 Notes Let Go!

Step #2 Exercise Let Go!

Step 3 Notes Choose Peace

Step #3 Exercise Wrap Your Heart In Peace

Step 4 Notes Turn On Your Security System

Step #4 Exercise Turn On Your Security System

Step 5 Notes Claim God’s Promises

Step #5 Exercise Claim God’s Promises

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