Resources for Unrefreshing Sleep

Refreshing Sleep is the
Cornerstone of Good Health

Learn how to improve your sleep with Dr. Stein’s
online self-learning courses, mentorship, and materials.

Wake up refreshed and hopeful.

What is Unrefreshing Sleep?

Unrefreshing sleep is a universal symptom in all the diseases discussed on this website—ME, CFS, FM, ES, long COVID and chronic pain.

The brain and body need good quality sleep to recover and repair properly.
Insufficient sleep is associated with many health problems, including problems with memory and thinking, metabolism and obesity, immune function, physical function and fertility.
Sleep is critical to having the energy and motivation to learn and try strategies to improve your health.
That means improving sleep early on will enable other health strategies to work better.
Sleep problems include trouble getting to and staying asleep, waking too early and waking unrefreshed.

The good news is that there are research-proven strategies to improve sleep quality and daytime refreshment.

Online Courses

Self-Study Course
Pathway 3: Sleep

Better sleep means less pain and more comfort. Wake more refreshed and have more energy to enjoy life by learning proven self-management strategies for more effective sleep.

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Self-Study Course
Pathways to Improvement

Sleep is an important pillar of getting and staying better; sleep is where you heal. Learn to take charge of your health to help you feel and live better. Self-management works!

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Membership to Live Sessions
Live! with Dr. Stein

Evidence-based presentations and Q&A with Dr. Stein. Credible, science-based and cutting edge information about how to live longer and healthier.

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Webinars (recordings)

Imagine Sleeping Soundly Without Even Trying

Dr. Daniel Erichsen explains what to do when sleep hygiene and cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia don't work, what the common misguided beliefs around insomnia are and how to get a 'good' night's sleep in simple ways you would not expect.

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Sleep Testing & Treatment in Complex Chronic Conditions

Dr. Charles Samuels discusses how to measure sleep, the types of sleep studies available, the pros and cons of sleep medications, wearable trackers, and the most effective treatments for people with complex chronic diseases.

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Books

Let Your Light Shine Through, Second Edition
In this manual, Dr. Stein shares the strategies she has found to be the most successful for patients in her 35-year medical practice working with ME, CFS, FM, ES, chronic pain and long COVID. Readers are guided through a 286-page, 4-month program specific to these conditions. Let Your Light Shine Through is filled with practical, no-to-low-cost management suggestions, tools and resources.

The second edition has updated disease definitions, research updates, online resources, peer-reviewed references, and a bonus chapter, New and Future Directions, with new strategies to leverage the body's innate ability to heal.

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More Light

Building upon Let Your Let Shine Through, More Light contains up-to-date, science-based information, clinical approaches, and affordable interventions that you can do on your own. Currently, only individual chapters are available at affordable prices. Choose the subjects tailored specifically to your health needs. Current topics are Self-management, Diagnosis, Biology of Change, Sleep, and Energy and Activity.

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The Dr. Eleanor Stein Podcast

Episode 19: Why You Can't Sleep And The Surprising Way To Fix It with guest Dr. Daniel Erichsen

These are the most current Podcasts on the topic of sleep.
For all Podcasts, click here.

How to Get Restorative Sleep

Presented by Dr. Eleanor Stein
October 10, 2024.

This webinar was presented in partnership with Munira Jiwa, a Qigong Master who teaches how to achieve calm using the ancient art of Qigong. In this webinar, Dr. Stein presented tips and techniques for getting better sleep. The live webinar was very well attended, and there were many questions in the Q&A that are included in the recording.