Hi! I'm Fiona...
I’ve been where you are - now, as a Certified Sleep Coach, I can help you recover too.
I used to be the “fixer.”
The one who could do anything she set her mind to. I was the problem solver, the reliable one, the resilient one. From the outside, I looked unstoppable—ambitious, calm, and always in control.
But behind the scenes, I was unraveling.
It started with a few sleepless nights. Nothing major… until it was.
What I lost wasn’t just sleep—it was my identity. The woman who could “handle anything” was suddenly powerless in the face of something as basic as rest.
A few summers ago, after a big move, a new relationship, and launching a business, everything shifted. What should’ve been an exciting new chapter turned into a spiral of fear and sleeplessness. One disrupted night became weeks of anxiety, exhaustion, and the terrifying thought that something inside me was broken.
I tried everything:
The one who could do anything she set her mind to. I was the problem solver, the reliable one, the resilient one. From the outside, I looked unstoppable—ambitious, calm, and always in control.
But behind the scenes, I was unraveling.
It started with a few sleepless nights. Nothing major… until it was.
What I lost wasn’t just sleep—it was my identity. The woman who could “handle anything” was suddenly powerless in the face of something as basic as rest.
A few summers ago, after a big move, a new relationship, and launching a business, everything shifted. What should’ve been an exciting new chapter turned into a spiral of fear and sleeplessness. One disrupted night became weeks of anxiety, exhaustion, and the terrifying thought that something inside me was broken.
I tried everything:
- Meditation, yoga, journaling
- Melatonin, magnesium, sleeping pills (prescription and OTC)
- Saw countless doctors and therapists
- Time off work, hotel escapes, therapy, even blaming my partner
The harder I tried to fix my sleep, the worse it got.
People told me I was just stressed. “Try to relax,” they said. But this wasn’t about stress—it was about fear. Deep, obsessive fear that I might never sleep normally again.
Eventually, I discovered CBT-I. It gave me structure, but my perfectionist brain turned it into another checklist, another thing I could fail at. Relief was temporary. The real shift came when I found a sleep coach who blended CBT-I with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Slowly, I learned to stop forcing sleep, to befriend wakefulness, and to let go of the fight.
And that’s when everything changed.
Eventually, I discovered CBT-I. It gave me structure, but my perfectionist brain turned it into another checklist, another thing I could fail at. Relief was temporary. The real shift came when I found a sleep coach who blended CBT-I with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Slowly, I learned to stop forcing sleep, to befriend wakefulness, and to let go of the fight.
And that’s when everything changed.
I stopped trying to control sleep. I stopped defining myself by my nights. I started living again.
This journey didn’t just restore my sleep—it reshaped my life. It uncovered the perfectionism, the pressure, and the control I’d been carrying for years. And it’s why I now dedicate my work to helping others find freedom from insomnia.
This journey didn’t just restore my sleep—it reshaped my life. It uncovered the perfectionism, the pressure, and the control I’d been carrying for years. And it’s why I now dedicate my work to helping others find freedom from insomnia.
Because maybe you’re where I was: smart, capable, successful—and exhausted. Sleep is the one thing you can’t seem to fix.
If that’s you, I want you to know:
✨ You’re not broken.
✨ You can recover.
✨ And it’s not about trying harder—it’s about trying differently.
