“[Waking up around 2 a.m.] is one factor known as ‘heart sleep,’ which is a regular, physiologic wake-up between two symmetric blocks of sleep. I used to emphasise about it, contemplating, oh no, I’m awake in the midst of the night time time; that’s going to be a nasty night time time of sleep; tomorrow goes to be a nasty day. And it appears, that narrative I was telling myself, by stirring up my stress response, grew to grow to be a self-fulfilling prophecy. Now, in its place, I reassure myself that that’s merely heart sleep. I exploit the bathroom, have a sip of water, after which leisure with my eyes closed, trusting that I’ll fall once more asleep momentarily. And I do.”

—Holistic psychiatrist Ellen Vora, M.D., in this text