Do you fall asleep just fine… but then bolt awake at 2 or 3 AM with your heart racing, your mind spiraling, and your body convinced something is wrong?

You are not alone — and there’s a real reason this keeps happening.

In today’s episode, we’re breaking down the surprising neuroscience, hormones, and nervous system patterns behind those middle-of-the-night wakeups. You’ll learn what your body is actually trying to tell you, why your brain loves drama at 2 AM, and the simple, doable habits that help you sleep deeper, longer, and calmer.

We’ll walk through:

✨ The “How Tired Are You Really?” quiz
✨ Why your cortisol spikes at the wrong time
✨ Why your logical brain turns off while your fear brain turns ON
✨ The 2–3 AM anxious wakeup cycle explained
✨ What actually helps
✨ Why we know what helps… and still do the cookie-dough-at-10-PM thing
✨ The ONE keystone habit to try this week
✨ What to do when you still wake up (the step-by-step guide)
✨ The warm-shower trick (yes, it works!)
✨ The Middle-of-the-Night Peeing PSA — with dignity
✨ And the spiritual truth that reshapes the whole narrative

If you’ve been waking up tired, overwhelmed, wired-but-exhausted, or stuck in the 2 AM spiral… this episode will feel like a deep breath.

And if you want access to the grounding Love Moves, sleepy-time resets, and nervous-system-soothing tools mentioned in this episode — they’re all inside The Brim, your peaceful library of mind-body-spirit rhythms.

→ Step into The Brim — your peaceful library of Love Moves, resets, and rhythms that help your mind, body, and spirit exhale. Start HERE.

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→ Loved this topic? Catch the Snow Globe Episode — and learn why tiny movements create big peace. Listen HERE

You’re not broken. You’re just tired — and tired is treatable.

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