The Messy Middle Sleep Solution: Sleep Your Way Through Midlife

The Messy Middle Sleep Solution

Sleep Your Way Through Midlife

The Messy Middle Sleep Solution is a self-led online course that will help you manage your stress, improve your sleep, and find the confidence to take the steps you need for better rest all while in the throes of midlife!

This sleep and stress management program is for midlife women, ages 35-55+, who are going through major life transitions, such as:

Changing or ending careers
Experiencing empty nests
Caregiving
Ending of relationships
Menopause

While lifestyle changes can benefit overall health, each midlife transition presents unique challenges. To improve our well-being, we must address both sleep and stress.

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IF YOU’RE:

FRUSTRATED because you feel like you’ve tried everything to sleep better and nothing is working.
BURNT OUT and your day-to-day motivation, productivity, and energy feels zapped. Making any type of decision, even the smallest decisions seem impossible.
Feeling HELPLESS, HOPELESS, and RESENTFUL and that that nothing will be under control again.
STRUGGLING to go about a “normal” day but you put on a happy face and go through the motions, only to come home and sit in a functional freeze, finding it difficult to move your body, eat well, and muster up any sort of zest and enthusiasm towards your work or your personal life.
DONE feeling like a stranger in your own body and you just want to feel like you again!
Experiencing the MESSY MIDDLE and going through a midlife transition that has increased your stress to the max, keeping you up at night, and you are ready to put a sleep and stress management plan in place that will actually work, that is built by sleep science, healthy cognitive improvements, and behavioural lifestyle changes then this midlife sleep program is for you!

You’re not alone.

It happened to Me

At 45 I was navigating the legalities of divorce, major financial changes, making sure I was being the best mom to my 3 teens to help them through the process, dealing with the fears and anxieties of the unknown future, all while continuing to live with my ex.

Talk about stressful!

Let’s add in a sprinkle of perimenopause as well! As a certified sleep coach for over 16 years my sleep took a hit and my stress levels were at an all-time high. While I couldn’t change what I was going through I had to learn to better manage my stress, prioritize healthy sleep, and make the appropriate changes to my lifestyle.

Make the time

Women in midlife are not going through a crisis, but rather a period of self-discovery and growth. There’s a difference. And we need to be well-rested to grow to the max!

This midlife sleep program – The Messy Middle Sleep Solution is about you. It’s about putting you first for a change.

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Your sleep session was like none we’ve ever experienced. This was the highest attendance and engagement to date for any Lunch and Learn we’ve offered our Association. Thank you!

Just Think…

Recharge your team. Sleep, Stress & Wellbeing Programs:

You’ll no longer dread bedtime and instead bedtime will be something you look forward to that brings you calm and peace.
You’ll say goodbye to those 3am wakings and sleep soundly throughout the night.
You’ll feel more confident with your overall sleep health and your ability to sleep well.
You’ll wake up feeling rested and have more energy to take on the day ahead.
You’ll have a midlife sleep and stress management plan in place with tools that you can actually use and are customized to your specific stressors.
You’ll make time for yourself bettering your body, mind, and soul, which benefits all of those around you.
You’ll finally keep your stress levels in check helping you quiet your mind at night and sleep more restfully throughout the night.
Menopause and sleep will no longer be such a scary and uncertain experience for you.
YOU will become your own midlife sleep and stress expert! With loads of guidance along the way.

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Hi Alanna, Thanks so much! We’ve received nothing but positive feedback. The team really enjoyed the session. You were super engaging, knowledgeable, and attentive to everyone’s questions. Thank you for that!

It’s about putting you first for a change.

When you aren’t getting the healthy sleep you need and stress levels are at an all-time high it can show up physically and mentally, and functioning normally and living the quality of life that you want may seem impossible. But it doesn’t have to be that way. As wives, mother’s, business owners or employees, we get to midlife without making our own physical and mental wellness a priority.

That needs to stop.

It’s time to put your health needs first and bettering your sleep and learning to manage your stress levels can lead to a stronger immune system, a better mood, and better decision-making skills.

The Messy Middle Sleep Solution focuses on your midlife sleep health and also your midlife stress load. This is a self-paced midlife sleep program with a strong focus on stress management that you can download today and start sleeping better tonight! Your lifetime personal membership portal will hold each downloadable lesson and resource for you to take on at your own pace. I developed this midlife sleep program after working with women just like you for over 16 years. Also, I am you! After going through a huge life transition at 45 years of age my sleep was rocked and my stress was out of control. The Messy Middle Sleep Solution was created based on my experience as well. I am in the midlife trenches with you and together we can get you sleeping again!

I KNOW. YOU’VE TRIED IT ALL AND NOTHING HAS WORKED.

Let Me Ask You This

You wake up feeling exhausted and you’re struggling to get out of bed to fake fine for another day.
Your sleep health anxiety is high and not sleeping is making sleeping more difficult.
Your bedroom doesn’t bring you the relaxing environment and feel that you want.
Your energy and productivity is non-existent.
You’ve caught yourself staring out the window once again in a functional freeze and your constant to-do list is getting larger and larger with nothing crossed off.

You feel constant guilt for all the tasks and responsibilities you’re unable to achieve because your struggling more and more to remain motivated.
Your moods are scattered and inconsistent.
Your nights are met with a racing mind, night sweats, frustration, and low libido.
You feel like a stranger in your own body and just want to feel like you again.
You know you are going through a major midlife transition, or multiple at the same time, and you need sleep help.

If you said yes to 2 or more checks The Messy Middle Sleep Solution is the midlife sleep program for you!

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While my Messy Middle was a divorce at 45, this midlife sleep program isn’t just for women going through divorce.

We women experience so many things during our midlife. Like me, relationships end. We become caregivers as we’re rearing teens and sandwiched by our aging parents. We may be entering the workforce for the first time in a long time or going through a major career change. Our bodies are changing by entering perimenopause and menopause. While a major life transition may not be part of your story your stress levels may be at an all-time high due to financial, physical, and mental midlife struggles that are common to experience.

I created The Messy Middle Sleep Solution because I understand that during midlife when you aren’t sleeping well the issue is likely more than swapping out your phone for a book at bedtime. The issue is STRESS and getting a handle on your midlife stress is going to help you move forward to better midlife sleep. I want you to feel confident in your sleep health. I want to look your stressors in the eye and feel empowered to successfully work through what you need to in order to get a good night of sleep.

My mission is that when you are done this midlife sleep program you feel educated, sure of yourself, and equipped to manage your stress, and sleep restfully throughout the night.

My midlife meant a divorce, large household financial change, and trying to be all I needed to be to my family, friends, and business. I’m also on the perimenopause ride with you and what a trip it is!

As a certified sleep and stress management coach I started Good Night Sleep Site as a leading sleep resource, and program and support system. My team and I have worked with families, individuals, and major corporations like Warner Bros, Bayer, IKEA, linktree, dermalogica, Air Miles, and Unilever overcome their sleep challenges for over 16 years.

Through our self-led, 1:1 sleep programs, events and masterminds, podcast (This Girl Loves Sleep), and my sleep advice as the resident sleep expert on shows like Cityline and Breakfast Television, and national publications like Forbes, Maclean’s, and Prevention, nobody loves sleep more than me and since 2007 I’ve been coaching the sleepless to sleeping through the night.

I am a mother of three wonderful teens (1 + twins!) and at 45 I went through a very hard divorce, all while still living with my ex for 1.5 years. Not something I recommend but unfortunately something very common throughout the divorce process! My sleep was non-existent and my stress levels were through the roof. I was on the fast track to burnout. On top of that I was so foggy and distracted with my dumpster-fire of a life I wasn’t aware that I was also going through perimenopause. But alas, the symptoms were there and at the time I’m writing this I’m 47 and yup – perimenopause has arrived!

I needed to make some serious changes and after speaking to so many clients, friends, and midlife women I could recognize I wasn’t alone in my struggles. Not necessarily my divorce struggles, but we were all going through it, and midlife was kicking our ass. Through my training, years of education, and my own life experience, I had a great sleep foundation and a stress management toolbox of resources and education to create The Messy Middle Sleep Solution. THE midlife sleep and stress program to help midlife women worldwide sleep better.

I have been there. I know life gets hard and sleep takes a hit. I know you are feeling frustrated, defeated, and done. Done trying ALL the things and still staring at the clock at 3am. I have done all the hard work for you. I have compiled the best resources and education for a self-led sleep plan that will work. That will help you sleep soundly throughout the night and wakeup well rested in the morning. I have shared the best stress management tools to help you learn to cope with life’s stressors and sleep better at night.

I got you! We are all in this together and it’s time to put YOU first.

Alanna

Why is this sleep program different?

While sleep hygiene is an important component to your healthy sleep plan, if you have been struggling with sleep for a long time, especially if you are experiencing midlife struggles, changing your bedtime and buying new sheets probably isn’t the only answer to help you sleep better.

Women’s stress levels during midlife are at an ultimate high for numerous reasons. Higher than usual stress levels, means cortisol levels, our stress hormone, are also higher than usual when you go to sleep. This suppresses melatonin, our sleep hormone, and that can make your sleep lighter and more easily disturbed. And it can make you more prone to fully wake up as you transition throughout cycles during the night.

What does this mean?

While changing our sleep behaviours and our relationship with sleep is important, learning better stress management tools go hand in hand. Getting a handle on your stress and anxiety equals better sleep. Better sleep makes it easier to alleviate stress you may be experiencing at this time in your life.

It’s time

It’s time to put a plan in motion to help you manage your stress better and in turn sleep better in midlife. Just by being here you have taken an amazing step towards healthy sleep, and our sleep and stress management program was developed as a result of our trained education and years of experience working with thousands of individuals just like you! In each lesson, you’ll find digital downloads to guide you through the specific lesson.

Let’s talk about the plan for a second

When we create a workout plan, or nutritional plan, we know we’re not going to see results in just one day. You can’t spend one hour at the gym and eat one healthy meal and see the results you want. Unfortunately! You have to commit to those plans and stay consistent with them to see results. The same goes for the wellness plan you create through this program. If you are struggling to manage your stress and sleep better it’s important to understand that whether you use all the tools we provide for you or you pick and choose what would work best, you have to be patient. Commit to the plan that you create and give it time. You will see results provided you set realistic expectations of the progress.

We need to work on our sleep like we work on eating well and moving our body.

Whether it’s been a week of bad sleep, a month, or even years, you are not alone in your struggles. Stress, anxiety, and worrisome thoughts affect our sleep. We know that sleep is important to our overall health and wellbeing but when we’re already not sleeping due to stress and anxiety, hearing that we NEED to be sleeping well, when we’re NOT sleeping well, may only heighten the issues surrounding our poor sleep.

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With The Messy Middle Sleep Solution You Get:

100+ page The Messy Middle Sleep Solution – Sleep Your Way Through Midlife handbook to help you through your self-led midlife sleep program.
Access to your own Membership Site Login giving you lifetime access to your guidebook, bonus, and resources.
All the info, education and resources you need to help you sleep better and stress less including printable information on sleep diaries, mindfulness activities, and bedtime breathing.
BONUS: How Menopause Affects Sleep and Its Relationship to Stress, Nutrition, Your Morning and Afternoon Routines: How it Helps You Sleep, How Sheets and Blankets Help You Sleep Better
The option to purchase 1:1 additional support if desired/required. You can purchase an additional 60-minute call with Alanna McGinn once you have started your self-led program. During this 1:1 sleep support consultation Alanna will walk through the program with you, whether it’s to guide you through the entire program, or go in depth with one lesson, Alanna and her team can give you that added support so you can be successful with your Messy Middle Sleep Fix.