I Can Make You Sleep: Overcome Insomnia Forever and Get the Best Rest of Your Life! Book and CD [Hardcover]

Paul McKenna (Author)

Book Description

Release date: September 15, 2009

-Would you like to sleep really well?
-Would you like to feel calm and stop your mind from racing?
-Would you like to stop the disruption of waking in the middle of the night?

 

THEN THIS BOOK AND CD ARE FOR YOU!

 

Overcome insomnia forever and get the best rest of your life! Paul McKenna's proven, trademarked system has already helped millions improve the quality of their sleep. In this worldwide bestseller, he shows you how easy exercises and simple changes in your thinking and behavior can have a significant impact on your sleep. Plus, this book comes with a hypnosis CD that resets your body's natural sleep mechanism so that you will automatically find it easier to get deep, restful sleep.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Self-help author McKenna (I Can Make You Thin) presents a number of easy-to-follow suggestions for insomniacs in this handy guide to getting a better night's sleep. While some advice is fairly self-evident (no caffeine after 2 p.m., decreasing alcohol consumption), ideas on topics like pre-sleep anxiety will surprise many chronic bed-tossers who don't realize the extent to which the sleepless cycle is self-perpetuating. Though heavy on self-help jargon, McKenna's sound ideas are clear, easy to read, and don't get bogged down in unnecessary explanation, though he does helpfully explore some of insomnia's root causes. A bundled CD also offers assistance with self-hypnosis and deeper sleep.
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About the Author

Paul McKenna, PhD is the bestselling author of I Can Make You Thin, whose books have sold over three million copies in the last three years. Recognized as one of the world’s “most important modern self-help gurus” by The Times of London, McKenna has helped millions of people lose weight, quit smoking, overcome insomnia, eliminate stress, and increase self-confidence. He has appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The View, CBS’s The Early Show, Rachael Ray, The Montel Williams Show, Fox and Friends, The Mike & Juliet Show, ABC’s Primetime Live, and 20/20. Paul McKenna’s TV shows and live appearances have been watched and attended by hundreds of millions of people in 42 countries around the world.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Sterling; Har/Cdr edition (September 15, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1402765746
• ISBN-13: 978-1402765742
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (74 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #161,230 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #83 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Diseases & Physical Ailments > Sleep Disorders

More About the Author

Over the past twenty years, Paul McKenna, Ph.D. has helped millions of people successfully lose weight, quit smoking, overcome insomnia, eliminate stress, and increase self-confidence. He is Britain's bestselling non-fiction author, having sold 3 million books in 3 years, and his TV shows and live appearances have been watched and attended by hundreds of millions of people in 42 countries around the world. Paul has famously worked his unique brand of personal transformation with Hollywood movie stars, Olympic gold medallists, rock stars, top business achievers, and royalty. He has consistently astounded his audiences and clients by proving how small changes in people's lives can yield huge results, whether it's curing someone of a lifelong phobia, an addiction or clearing up deep-seated issues in a matter of days... Now, it's your turn!

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

104 of 122 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A cut above March 27, 2009

By Persnickety one

Format:Hardcover

There are many sleep problems and no silver bullet to fix them all. This book addresses many of them and seems to be a cut above average for sleep books. The CD is excellent.

My challenge is sleeping through the night and I have tried lots of things -- books, the local sleep clinic, a CPAP (I have never felt so tired in my life as the day after I tried it: once was enough), sleeping pills and most recently this book. It is written very much in the style one would expect from a TV self help guru: lots of repeating how well it works, nearly blank pages to make it longer, some exercises and a CD. The exercises (with my rating of how they helped me) are:

Reduce your worries *
Practice feeling drowsy ***
Calming the internal voice **
Systematic relaxation ****
Changing your story
Value yourself * (good thing to do, but didn't put me to sleep)
Letting the feeling unfold *
Asking the unconscious mind to help you* (So far)
Release the day *
Tapping your natural ability to sleep *
Image streaming *
Theatre of the mind **

People with a specific sleep problem should not expect most of the exercises to be targeted to their problem -- I believe a realistic goal is a couple (three or four tops) and by that standard, the book is a success. The exercise described as best suited to my problem (waking up way too early, roaring to go) is the theatre of mind. Unfortunately, when I try to do it, all I can visualize is what I was thinking about before I started the exercise. But some of the others were helpful.

The book contains much of the same advice as other sleep books (no naps, no TV before bedtime, no clocks in the bedroom etc.). I would say that part of the program is about average for a self help book.

The best thing about the book is the CD. My wife and I have taken to listening to it at bedtime and I have done well enough getting back to sleep that I have been able to cope without taking a single sleeping pill since we started. I can complain about the stereotypical self help format, but I can't argue with the success of the CD.

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars The book is good, the CD is amazing June 5, 2012

By Jeff Kern

Format:Hardcover

I've been in a difficult situation for well over a year. My choice came down to either not sleeping at all or very little without the aid of sleeping pills, or get a good night sleep but feel like crap the entire next day. This isn't the first book I've read on sleep techniques and to be honest most of the information I read in this book was not the first place I have read it/heard it.

However, for the CD alone that came with this book, it was well worth the price. The tips in the book itself are mostly common sense things but if it is your first book of this kind, you should find benefit in some of what he says.

I have since started taking melatonin and 5htp; Melatonin 5 mg - 180 Capsules + FREE 5-HTP 100 mg - 60 Capsules. This was the ticket for me, a full night sleep and still able to wake up without feeling like a zombie.

With the aid of that sleep stack and the CD that came with this book, I have literally turned into a new person over the past month in a half. The book, eehh, its on my bookshelf, but the CD; its on my ipod, my computer, and next to my bed in my cd player.

41 of 57 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Sleep of Faith September 21, 2009

By P. Blindauer

Format:Hardcover

I was very skeptical when I started this book, but by following the advice I have become a full-fledged believer in the power of Paul McKenna and his message. I noticed a definite improvement in the amount and quality of my sleep within the first four days of using this system.

My sleep problem was waking up in the middle of the night and staying up for an hour or so before going back to bed; this was leaving me groggy and unable to stay alert throughout the day. Following the instructions in "I Can Make You Sleep," I cut out caffiene after 2 pm, made sure to have at least 3 hours between dinner and bedtime, didn't take any naps, made my bedroom darker by adding curtains to my windows, wore a nasal strip to improve my breathing, listened to the audio CD while going to sleep, and put away my laptop to eliminate middle-of-the-night work sessions.

I am now thrilled to report that I am sleeping through the night. Just this morning, I woke up and it was still dark outside; I figured that it was the middle of the night, but a quick look at the clock showed that it was actually just before dawn (which is when I actually need to get up).

Awesome book, clearly written with easy-to-follow exercises. Highly recommended to anyone who wants to sleep more, sleep better, or both.