Sleep

Finding it hard to get to sleep or waking in the night? Check out Good Thinking's broad range of resources, including our comprehensive Sleep Workbook.

Getting a good night’s sleep has many benefits for your health and wellbeing – it helps to lower stress, improve concentration and reduce the risk of many medical conditions, including heart disease and diabetes.

Whether you can’t get to sleep, wake up in the early hours or have bad dreams, there are lots of things you can do to improve your sleep.

From NHS-approved mindfulness apps to podcasts with sleep experts, Good Thinking provides a range of resources to support you in your quest for better sleep. If you’d like more tailored advice, you can use our self-assessment tool.

Good Thinking recommends several NHS-approved apps which are free for anyone living, working or studying in London, including:

Be Mindful - a clinically proven online mindfulness course approved by the NHS, Be Mindful helps you to get better sleep through mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT).
My Possible Self - this clinically proven app can help you to understand and identify the causes of your stress so you can learn coping mechanisms and manage future situations better.
Sorted: mental health - widely used by doctors and nurses for their own benefit, the physical exercises teach solid skills that rapidly induce sleep within 2 weeks, also improving mood, reducing worry and increasing vitality.
Meditainment - Meditainment uses established guided meditation and visualisation techniques, leading you on imaginative journeys to dreamlike destinations to explore and reflect on a range of wellbeing topics.

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