It's hard to have a full conversation about insomnia without bringing up the topic of anxiety, the most common psychiatric diagnosis in the world.  Treating insomnia often means addressing anxiety. In this episode, we will:Introduce the concept and history of anxiety and sleepList the factors that along with anxiety, often influence sleepThink about the underlying mechanisms that relate sleep to anxietyDissect the bidirectional relationship between sleep quality and anxietyReview the initial sleep interventionsExplore the use of novel mechanisms for refractory anxiety/insomniaProduced by: Maeve WinterMore Twitter: @drchriswinter IG: @drchriwinter Threads: @drchriswinter Bluesky: @drchriswinter The Sleep Solution and The Rested Child Thanks for listening and sleep well!