Stress Less About Baby's Sleep

You're desperate for sleep to be better because let's face it, you're freaking exhausted. You have tried so many different strategies, read all the sleep books and follow all the sleep accounts on Instagram, but it's not really helping, is it?

Sleep is consuming so much of your mental space, that it's starting to feel like too much. Obsessive even.

You worry about naps, how bedtime will go, how many night wakings there will be. And even when your child is sound asleep, you worry about when they're going to wake up and need you again.

Maybe you're scared to leave the house for too long in case it throws off naptime. Or you feel like everything has to be just right in order to optimize the chance of your baby finally sleeping well.

And most days, you feel really upset and worried about how sleep is going.

You go between feeling hopeless and stuck, to feeling angry and impatient. Maybe you find yourself saying things that you don't feel proud of, or not showing up in the most gentle and understanding way toward your child.

And I think what's most important here is that you don't want to feel this way anymore. You don't want to be angry, anxious, and hyper-focused on sleep. But you don’t know what needs to shift. You know by now that you can't force your little one to sleep.

You go with the flow with naps without feeling like your day is ruined when things don't go to plan.

You stay calm, kind, and patient toward your baby even when sleep seems like a disaster.

You can easily focus on your baby and their needs, rather than getting consumed by what ifs, worries, and rigid rules around sleep.

You feel relaxed as night rolls around, rather than dreading the sleeplessness and interruptions that may be in store

You feel hopeful about how sleep is going, and trust that it won't feel hard forever.

You trust yourself that even on hard days, you can still be the mom you want to be.

Stress Less About Baby's Sleep is a self-paced online program to help you step back from the stress and anxiety around your child's sleep, and get back to enjoying this stage that you're in.

And no, this has absolutely nothing to do with how your child sleeps.

In fact, this is the only program of its kind that doesn't involve any tips for kids, because the way I see it, you can't actually control when, how, or if they sleep.

But you know what? You do have a massive amount of control about how it all impacts you. You just need to learn the skills to tap into that ability.

In this course, I'll teach you how to shift the focus away from what your child is or isn't doing, unhook from the endless worries and frustration that circle around sleep, and help you feel so much more calm, patient, and free.

Because that's how you truly want to feel in this season of motherhood, isn't it?

I weave in evidence-based tools that help you change the way you're relating to this issue of sleep, so that even if nothing on the outside changes, everything on the inside feels so much better.

With this approach, you'll be able to take the pressure off your baby - allowing for disappointment, frustration, anger and resentment to melt away.

And when that happens, you're able to tap back into your patience, compassion and loving way of being with your child.

I'm a perinatal mental health therapist, mom of two daughters, and founder of the Canadian Perinatal Wellness Collective.

I am the first to acknowledge that sleep is a massive part of your experience as a parent, and directly linked to your mental health. I'll never tell you that sleep doesn't matter.

I was in your shoes not too long ago. With my first baby I remember feeling like everything hinged on my kids "sleep performance" and I felt devastated when it didn't go to plan.

I dreaded nights. I couldn't fall asleep even when my baby did. I was pissed that my husband slept (snored) soundly. And the worst of it was that the longer I stayed awake night after night, the more my anxiety about sleeplessness grew. This really got in the way of me just going with the flow and enjoying the things right in front of me.

This time around, I went about sleep completely differently. It's not that my second child miraculously slept any better, but I approached the situation with a different mindset, and different tools that helped me unhook from this feeling that I was failing, my baby was failing, and that everything "should" be different.

I learned to surrender to the hard parts. To shift my focus to thing that actually made me happy rather than things that stressed me out.

I opted out of the b.s. Pressure placed on both me and my baby made me feel terrible about myself. I let go of the fight. I learned that I wasn't crazy and that nothing was wrong with me.

Through my own experience as a mom and in my career supporting parents across the globe, I learned a skill-set to manage anxiety and overwhelm about baby's sleep, and figured out how to reconnect with joy instead.

1 - It feels hard because it IS hard (14mins). Learn about why your struggles with sleep are totally valid. You're not just bad at this: it is truly a hard season.

2 - A Sleep Culture Of Worry And Stress (16mins). Explore the cultural pressure around sleep and how this exacerbates your anxiety and worry.

3 - What Sleep Anxiety Looks Like (13mins). Understand symptoms of anxiety, and how this can show up around sleep.

4 - Getting Honest With Yourself: Self-Assessment (10mins). Explore how sleep stress is impacting you life in different areas. Identify your goals.

5 - Redefine What “Normal” Looks Like (24mins). Reset expectations about sleep by learning more about normal sleep stats. You'll feel validated here!

6 - Unhelpful Thinking Patterns (15mins). Identify those thinking habits that actually keep us stuck in anxiety and stress (especially while sleep-deprived in the wee hours).

7 - Challenge Your Thinking And Mindset (20mins). Learn new thinking skills and mindset shifts that will transform how this whole sleep issue affects you.

8 - Staying Calm When Sleep Isn’t Going Well (23mins). Sometimes sleep feels so frustrating, that it's hard not to lose your cool. This lesson teaches you how to stay calm.

9 - Extra Tips To Reduce Sleep Anxiety (23mins). Learn more ideas to help you reclaim your peace, and sense of calm as you navigate these early years with your family.

Anxiety and frustration don't have to cloud these moments with your child.

Even if it's hard to imagine not feeling stressed and frustrated when sleep doesn't go as you'd hoped, there are ways to feel so much more relaxed about sleep in general so that you start enjoying the stage that you're in.

You have so much power to totally overhaul how the whole sleep picture is impacting you and your family, and this has nothing to do with your baby. Really!

You are that powerful, and I am going to help you tap into some serious mental strength (that's already in you, btw) so you can get back to feeling like yourself, and enjoying this stage of your life. Because that's really why you're here, isn't it?

Founder, Canadian Perinatal Wellness Collective
PMH-C (Perinatal Mental Health - Certificate) Postpartum Support International
RCC (Registered Clinical Counsellor) with BCACC (British Columbia Association for Clinical Counsellors)
Masters of Arts (MA) in Counselling Psychology (The University of Victoria, Canada)
Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Psychology (Whitman College, USA)
Online Counselling Certification (Therapy Online & The University of Toronto, Canada)
Maternal Mental Health Certificate (Postpartum Support International)

Stress Less About Baby's Sleep

Manage Your Anxiety, Anger, and Overwhelm About Your Child's Sleep

Stress Less About Baby's Sleep

Manage Your Anxiety, Anger, and Overwhelm About Your Child's Sleep

Imagine less anxiety, frustration, and time wasted on sleep stress, and more time spent being present with your child. It's totally possible.

Any of these sound familiar?

You're not alone if you thought that you'd be a calm, relaxed and patient parent. But the one thing that seems to tip you over the edge is sleep. Or lack thereof.

What would it be like if you didn't have so much stress about your baby's sleep? Just imagine these scenarios for a minute...

You can learn to feel calm, patient, and more at ease even when naps, nighttime and sleep routines feel chaotic.

I want to introduce you to my online program

Stress Less About Baby's Sleep:

Manage Your Anxiety, Anger, and Overwhelm About Your Child's Sleep

Here's What You'll Learn

You'll leave this program feeling so validated, hopeful, and prepared with new and effective strategies to start using right away.

WHO'S TEACHING YOU?

Hey, I'm Kate

It wasn't until specializing in perinatal mental health (and trying again with baby #2) that I could see how my own thinking patterns, expectations, and perfectionism were hurting me.

Here's What's Included In The Course

9 Audio Lessons

Worksheets + Lesson Summary

Here's A Peek At The Course Outline

You can join the course for just $57.

* Plus... a Course Bonus! *

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