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You finally get into bed after a full day, and that's exactly when your mind decides to run through everything you didn't finish today and everything that could go wrong tomorrow. Trying to just stop thinking about it almost never works, and it isn't because you're doing it wrong.
In this episode, we look at why bedtime is actually the first quiet moment your mind has had all day to run its checking list, why pushing a thought away tends to make it louder instead of quieter, and what sleep researchers found actually gets that list to stand down. It isn't willpower. It's proof that what's on your mind has been captured somewhere safe.
Today's Extra walks through exactly how to give your mind that proof in about two minutes, before you ever get into bed.
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