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Think Less, Sleep More: From Panic & Perfectionism to Stress-Free Sleep
A smart and sometimes counterintuitive (who cares when you go to bed?) guide that will solve listeners’ sleep anxiety once and for all! This program is read by the author.
If there’s anything worse that not getting sleep, it’s lying awake with a scare-face staring at the ceiling worrying about it. Here’s Romiszewski’s—a sleep physiologist and founder of the UK’s Sleepyhead Clinics— “This book is your guide to liberating yourself from the endless cycle of sleep anxiety and obsession. By the end, you’ll have regained control – not through perfection, but by letting go of the need to constantly manage your sleep. Sleep will start working for you, not as something to fear or fix, but as your natural ally. And best of all, it will no longer dominate your thoughts.”
THINK LESS, SLEEP MORE is a sensible take on sleep with some counterintuitive twists to current accepted dogma, such as that we all need more sleep and that segmented sleep—aka waking up in the middle of the night—is a killer. It’s a health and wellness sigh-of-relief there are some readjustments to make, both mental and physical, but a key takeaway is that whatever you’re doing now is probably better than you think.
Among other counterintuitive insights, Romiszewski
—The importance of a consistent wake-time rather than a rigid bedtime
—How to trust your body’s natural sleep drive and rhythms
—That ‘bad’ nights neither ruin the next day, nor, necessarily, your health, and that variability is normal
—That sleep isn’t fragile—it’s adaptable, resilient, and smarter than any hack you could throw at it
—The myth of eight hours
—The power of light
For an audience who found Matthew Walker’s Why We Sleep a bit daunting, Romiszewski’s is the sensible, seasoned, calming voice you want to think of a 3 a.m.
A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press Essentials
If there’s anything worse that not getting sleep, it’s lying awake with a scare-face staring at the ceiling worrying about it. Here’s Romiszewski’s—a sleep physiologist and founder of the UK’s Sleepyhead Clinics— “This book is your guide to liberating yourself from the endless cycle of sleep anxiety and obsession. By the end, you’ll have regained control – not through perfection, but by letting go of the need to constantly manage your sleep. Sleep will start working for you, not as something to fear or fix, but as your natural ally. And best of all, it will no longer dominate your thoughts.”
THINK LESS, SLEEP MORE is a sensible take on sleep with some counterintuitive twists to current accepted dogma, such as that we all need more sleep and that segmented sleep—aka waking up in the middle of the night—is a killer. It’s a health and wellness sigh-of-relief there are some readjustments to make, both mental and physical, but a key takeaway is that whatever you’re doing now is probably better than you think.
Among other counterintuitive insights, Romiszewski
—The importance of a consistent wake-time rather than a rigid bedtime
—How to trust your body’s natural sleep drive and rhythms
—That ‘bad’ nights neither ruin the next day, nor, necessarily, your health, and that variability is normal
—That sleep isn’t fragile—it’s adaptable, resilient, and smarter than any hack you could throw at it
—The myth of eight hours
—The power of light
For an audience who found Matthew Walker’s Why We Sleep a bit daunting, Romiszewski’s is the sensible, seasoned, calming voice you want to think of a 3 a.m.
A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press Essentials
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Published July 7, 2026
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March 15, 2026
This book was so good that I only read the opening third of it. While that would sound counterintuitive in a novel, it's a testament to its quality as a self-help book that it sorted out my sleep issues more or less by the end of the opening chapter.
It's even arguable that the author sorted out my sleep issues before I picked up the book. I saw her on a documentary about sleep by Denise van Outen, and what she said on that about my particular issue, which is that I wake up in the middle of the night most nights and then struggle to get back to sleep, immediately made me less concerned about the issue. Being less concerned about the issue has, in turn, led to me finding it much easier to get back to sleep when I wake up in the middle of the night.
Intrigued by the immediate effect, I Googled the author and found this book. Some of what I've learned from it and the documentary has been significant to the point of life-changing (or at least, sleep-changing). To have a sleep specialist make statements such as "thirty minutes of good sleep are better than four hours of bad sleep" is truly liberating. I received some liberation of a sort several years ago when I first discovered that it was considered the norm in the Middle Ages to sleep in two shifts with an hour of wakefulness in the middle. Even more liberating was to learn two things from the author about the nature of the second sleep: first, it is normal for it to comprise a lighter form of sleep than the first sleep; and second, that studies have shown that during periods of lighter sleep people often believe that they are awake. Perhaps more to the point, different types of sleep have different functions, and those functions are fulfilled as well by sleeping deeply for three hours and then lightly for another three, possibly so lightly that one believes oneself to be awake for a lot of it, as they are by the classic 'eight hours of unbroken sleep' (which turns out to be a myth).
There is an unintended consequence of this book. For the last decade or so I've done a significant amount of my reading when I wake up in the middle of the night - one of the major benefits of having a backlit Kindle. Since I watched the documentary, my nighttime reading has become drastically reduced because I'm finding it so easy to fall back asleep. A book so good that I didn't finish it and that it's reduced the amount I read. Go figure.
It's even arguable that the author sorted out my sleep issues before I picked up the book. I saw her on a documentary about sleep by Denise van Outen, and what she said on that about my particular issue, which is that I wake up in the middle of the night most nights and then struggle to get back to sleep, immediately made me less concerned about the issue. Being less concerned about the issue has, in turn, led to me finding it much easier to get back to sleep when I wake up in the middle of the night.
Intrigued by the immediate effect, I Googled the author and found this book. Some of what I've learned from it and the documentary has been significant to the point of life-changing (or at least, sleep-changing). To have a sleep specialist make statements such as "thirty minutes of good sleep are better than four hours of bad sleep" is truly liberating. I received some liberation of a sort several years ago when I first discovered that it was considered the norm in the Middle Ages to sleep in two shifts with an hour of wakefulness in the middle. Even more liberating was to learn two things from the author about the nature of the second sleep: first, it is normal for it to comprise a lighter form of sleep than the first sleep; and second, that studies have shown that during periods of lighter sleep people often believe that they are awake. Perhaps more to the point, different types of sleep have different functions, and those functions are fulfilled as well by sleeping deeply for three hours and then lightly for another three, possibly so lightly that one believes oneself to be awake for a lot of it, as they are by the classic 'eight hours of unbroken sleep' (which turns out to be a myth).
There is an unintended consequence of this book. For the last decade or so I've done a significant amount of my reading when I wake up in the middle of the night - one of the major benefits of having a backlit Kindle. Since I watched the documentary, my nighttime reading has become drastically reduced because I'm finding it so easy to fall back asleep. A book so good that I didn't finish it and that it's reduced the amount I read. Go figure.
Review of advance copy
O abordare foarte relaxată asupra somnului, utilă pentru cei care văd somnul o problemă și care se confruntă cu dificultăți în această zonă.
Somnul nu trebuie să fie perfect iar corpul nostru știe deja ce trebuie să facă.
Somnul nu trebuie să fie perfect iar corpul nostru știe deja ce trebuie să facă.
January 11, 2026
accessible and reassuring, writing style did grate (sounds very much like ChatGPT in parts?? so many sentences with ‘it’s not…., it’s ….’.) But content pretty helpful
Review of advance copy received from Goodreads Giveaways
has some good tidbits and good about mental health thinking.
April 30, 2026
Nu există cât îi de faină cartea asta! Efectiv a dat de pământ cu TOT ce știam despre somn!
2 dintre cele mai puternice idei:
📖 Corpul nostru este deja un “expert în somn” și nu are nevoie de ajutorul nostru. Când acumulăm o datorie de somn, corpul nostru nu compensează neapărat crescând durata totală a somnului. În schimb, realocă timpul petrecut în anumite stadii de somn pentru a acorda prioritate fazelor lipsă.
📖 Obiceiurile noastre matinale, în special orele constante de trezire și expunerea la lumină, au un impact mult mai mare decât orice rutină de seară.
Nu există urmă de îndoială, toate stelele din lume la “Gândește mai puțin, dormi mai mult” se duc 💫 Este nonficțiunea anului pentru mine 📖🤍
2 dintre cele mai puternice idei:
📖 Corpul nostru este deja un “expert în somn” și nu are nevoie de ajutorul nostru. Când acumulăm o datorie de somn, corpul nostru nu compensează neapărat crescând durata totală a somnului. În schimb, realocă timpul petrecut în anumite stadii de somn pentru a acorda prioritate fazelor lipsă.
📖 Obiceiurile noastre matinale, în special orele constante de trezire și expunerea la lumină, au un impact mult mai mare decât orice rutină de seară.
Nu există urmă de îndoială, toate stelele din lume la “Gândește mai puțin, dormi mai mult” se duc 💫 Este nonficțiunea anului pentru mine 📖🤍
May 25, 2026
The book is repetitive and could be written in a more concise manner. Basically, it conveys the message that sleep isn’t as difficult and as important as we might think. I find the stuff in the appendix useful if you are curious about the different sleep conditions out there.
July 3, 2026
An interesting read. I’ve always had a strained relationship with sleep, only made more challenging by shift work. The book had some really curious takes about how to remedy sleep issues and had suggestions I’d never heard before.
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
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Book Publishing July 7, 2026
Thanks to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for the advance listening copy of “Think Less, Sleep More: From Panic & Perfectionism to Stress-Free Sleep” in exchange for my honest review.
3.5 stars, rounded up.
This book offered some insightful and helpful tips to revolutionize how we approach and think about sleep. I will be thinking about the key takeaways from this book for a while and how they can improve my sleep quality. The main points I got from this book include:
* The more you stress about sleep, the more it will elude you.
* Aside from chronic sleep disorders, accept rough nights as a part of life, don’t ruminate on them, and move on.
* Sleep is just one piece of our overall health.
* Wake up at the same time every day. Sleeping in is counterproductive to improving sleep quality.
* If you want to improve sleep quality, focus on your morning routine rather than your evening routine.
Although the points were helpful to consider, the book felt really repetitive. Occasionally, I had to make sure my audio didn’t skip back because the author would repeat a phrase she had said recently. While the points were helpful, I didn’t need them repeated so many times in different ways.
I appreciated the appendix highlighting chronic sleep disorders that would benefit from additional medical treatment, rather than just the tips listed in this book.
Overall, this book was interesting and helpful, but I think it could have been considerably shorter since the same ideas were repeated in every chapter.
Book Publishing July 7, 2026
Thanks to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for the advance listening copy of “Think Less, Sleep More: From Panic & Perfectionism to Stress-Free Sleep” in exchange for my honest review.
3.5 stars, rounded up.
This book offered some insightful and helpful tips to revolutionize how we approach and think about sleep. I will be thinking about the key takeaways from this book for a while and how they can improve my sleep quality. The main points I got from this book include:
* The more you stress about sleep, the more it will elude you.
* Aside from chronic sleep disorders, accept rough nights as a part of life, don’t ruminate on them, and move on.
* Sleep is just one piece of our overall health.
* Wake up at the same time every day. Sleeping in is counterproductive to improving sleep quality.
* If you want to improve sleep quality, focus on your morning routine rather than your evening routine.
Although the points were helpful to consider, the book felt really repetitive. Occasionally, I had to make sure my audio didn’t skip back because the author would repeat a phrase she had said recently. While the points were helpful, I didn’t need them repeated so many times in different ways.
I appreciated the appendix highlighting chronic sleep disorders that would benefit from additional medical treatment, rather than just the tips listed in this book.
Overall, this book was interesting and helpful, but I think it could have been considerably shorter since the same ideas were repeated in every chapter.
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August 16, 2026(Note to self - I need to show this to R - I think they do have 'circadian rhythm disorder' and would likely benefit from the advice here, or at least knowing a term to bring to the doctors.)
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So far (after prologue, intro, and first section) so comforting. Most sleep is fine, even normal, so long as we don't fight what our body wants in pursuit of numbers, or of perfection. Part two is promised to be advice on how to make it easier to set ourselves up for restful sleep. Because the true measure is not how many hours, much less how many stages in each cycle, but how rested we are the next day.
"The best thing you can do for short-term sleep disruptions is absolutely nothing."
"If something so natural and essential can function across all kinds of lives and situations, From astronauts to artists, then surely it does not need to be micromanaged, feared or controlled into submission."
Sleep inertia is a thing. It's perfectly normal to feel groggy at the beginning of the day if you woke up in the middle of a deeper stage of sleep for example. Again we're promised in part two That will get advice to get help communicating with our body to wake up during lighter sleep by finding our own rhythms. (Not sure I'm saying it exactly right. But, yeah, just the term 'sleep inertia' is, imo, helpful.)
"If you've been physically exhausted or recovering from illness, your body will increase the percentage of deep sleep - even if your total sleep time stays the same. If you've been emotionally drained, stressed or mentally overworked, your body will increase R.E.M. sleep, Even condensing deep sleep slightly to make room for it...." Trust your body.
One of the author's patients reported: "Turns out I might not be a night owl. I was just inconsistent." (He woke up early for work, but had lie-ins and late nights on the weekends to try to capture what he thought he was missing on workdays.)
"People with insomnia... often sleep much more than they think they do - but because they are aware of light sleep they perceive that they haven't slept at all during this stage."
"The more broken your sleep gets, the more sensitive you become to that original trigger and other, more benign ones."
"Spending too much time in bed can actually lead to 'sleep fragmentation' - short, interrupted sleep cycles that leave us feeling unrefreshed."
"It doesn't mean I never have bad nights. It means I've taught my body when it's time to be awake. And that consistency? It actually strengthens my sleep from the ground up."
Not a perfect book. For example, more for active young people like her than geriatric patients who refuse to use an alarm. And she warns us off magnesium unless we've been diagnosed with a deficiency, but doesn't specify which kind, or what to do if we're taking it for other reasons (talk to doctor is, of course, best advice). No index. Plenty doesn't apply to me at all so I am skimming some, and skipping other, portions.
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Okay done.
(Btw, I read this in order to see if I could advise two of my loved ones. And I do have better advice for them after reading it than before... now, if I could get them to make the effort....)
And I've told you a lot in this review. Maybe more than I should have, sorry. But honestly, if you're interested, there's so much more you can benefit from if you read the whole thing yourself instead of relying on my highlights! Highly recommended, honestly.
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So far (after prologue, intro, and first section) so comforting. Most sleep is fine, even normal, so long as we don't fight what our body wants in pursuit of numbers, or of perfection. Part two is promised to be advice on how to make it easier to set ourselves up for restful sleep. Because the true measure is not how many hours, much less how many stages in each cycle, but how rested we are the next day.
"The best thing you can do for short-term sleep disruptions is absolutely nothing."
"If something so natural and essential can function across all kinds of lives and situations, From astronauts to artists, then surely it does not need to be micromanaged, feared or controlled into submission."
Sleep inertia is a thing. It's perfectly normal to feel groggy at the beginning of the day if you woke up in the middle of a deeper stage of sleep for example. Again we're promised in part two That will get advice to get help communicating with our body to wake up during lighter sleep by finding our own rhythms. (Not sure I'm saying it exactly right. But, yeah, just the term 'sleep inertia' is, imo, helpful.)
"If you've been physically exhausted or recovering from illness, your body will increase the percentage of deep sleep - even if your total sleep time stays the same. If you've been emotionally drained, stressed or mentally overworked, your body will increase R.E.M. sleep, Even condensing deep sleep slightly to make room for it...." Trust your body.
One of the author's patients reported: "Turns out I might not be a night owl. I was just inconsistent." (He woke up early for work, but had lie-ins and late nights on the weekends to try to capture what he thought he was missing on workdays.)
"People with insomnia... often sleep much more than they think they do - but because they are aware of light sleep they perceive that they haven't slept at all during this stage."
"The more broken your sleep gets, the more sensitive you become to that original trigger and other, more benign ones."
"Spending too much time in bed can actually lead to 'sleep fragmentation' - short, interrupted sleep cycles that leave us feeling unrefreshed."
"It doesn't mean I never have bad nights. It means I've taught my body when it's time to be awake. And that consistency? It actually strengthens my sleep from the ground up."
Not a perfect book. For example, more for active young people like her than geriatric patients who refuse to use an alarm. And she warns us off magnesium unless we've been diagnosed with a deficiency, but doesn't specify which kind, or what to do if we're taking it for other reasons (talk to doctor is, of course, best advice). No index. Plenty doesn't apply to me at all so I am skimming some, and skipping other, portions.
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Okay done.
(Btw, I read this in order to see if I could advise two of my loved ones. And I do have better advice for them after reading it than before... now, if I could get them to make the effort....)
And I've told you a lot in this review. Maybe more than I should have, sorry. But honestly, if you're interested, there's so much more you can benefit from if you read the whole thing yourself instead of relying on my highlights! Highly recommended, honestly.
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June 12, 2026ALC for educators from Libro.fm
I actually found this book to be very insightful. It took a very different approach to the sleep recommendations I’m used to and actually spoke down on “sleep hygiene.” The biggest focus is on taking the focus away from bad sleep, reframing and removing the anxiety around it.
The biggest behavior change recommendation was to keep a consistent wake time, regardless of other factors. That’s something I will continue to struggle with as I get up at 4am for work half of the week and I’m not going to get up at 4am on the other days, so if that’s my only option, poorer quality sleep is what I’m destined for.
Another big takeaway from this book is that unless there is an actual disorder to be diagnosed, we should trust that our body knows what it’s doing. That even though our devices tell us our sleep is bad, it actually might not be, and if it is, our body knows how to get back on track.
I actually would recommend this book, solely because it’s really made me reconsider my thinking toward sleep and really surprised me with a nuanced analysis that I haven’t heard before.
I actually found this book to be very insightful. It took a very different approach to the sleep recommendations I’m used to and actually spoke down on “sleep hygiene.” The biggest focus is on taking the focus away from bad sleep, reframing and removing the anxiety around it.
The biggest behavior change recommendation was to keep a consistent wake time, regardless of other factors. That’s something I will continue to struggle with as I get up at 4am for work half of the week and I’m not going to get up at 4am on the other days, so if that’s my only option, poorer quality sleep is what I’m destined for.
Another big takeaway from this book is that unless there is an actual disorder to be diagnosed, we should trust that our body knows what it’s doing. That even though our devices tell us our sleep is bad, it actually might not be, and if it is, our body knows how to get back on track.
I actually would recommend this book, solely because it’s really made me reconsider my thinking toward sleep and really surprised me with a nuanced analysis that I haven’t heard before.
May 18, 2026
Thank you to Net Galley and MacMillian Audio for the ALC of this title. This book had so much great information that just makes so much sense. I can’t wait to use the tricks that the author has given us in this book. There is a very interesting chapter on sleep trackers. That really made me think! Great book!
January 19, 2026
A fab book, packed full of evidence-based insights and practical guidance. All delivered with a huge amount of compassion and warmth. I’ve learned so much about sleep, and it has eased a niggle that had potential to grow into one of those pesky sleep gremlins that Steph mentions in the book.
January 30, 2026
Sound advice that is already changing the way I go about sleep. However..., all this advice could fit 50 pages of text easily. The book is full of repetitions and filler content. Feels like the author asked ChatGPT to stretch the manuscript to make it 290 pages long.
July 17, 2026
Sleep is adaptable. It’s been adjusting to our environments, our stress levels, our exhaustion levels and our needs since the very beginning—long before we had artificial light, alarm clocks and an obsession with getting right perfect hours.
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July 29, 2026I feel weird rating this one numerically as it’s a nonfiction book that’s also semi self help-ish, but here are some notes for my future self lol.. TLDR:
- it’s not when you go to sleep that matters, but when you wake up (and if you consistently do it at the same time daily)
- worrying about how long it’s taking you to fall asleep or how well your fitness watch tells you that you slept will actually negatively impact your sleep and your day WAY more than just a not great night’s sleep would
- rather than worrying, have low stimulation options for when you can’t sleep but want to wind down.
- sleep products are largely a scam, particularly if they don’t actually affect your circadian rhythms directly. BUT there’s nothing wrong with enjoying or using something that helps you relax, you just don’t want to become psychologically dependent on using it for you to be able to sleep at all.
- within 30-60 min of waking up, get natural light + MOVE
- eat your meals at consistent times daily. This + light exposure inform your body’s clock way more than the actual time!!
- consistency > striving for perfection
- you cannot bank sleep or catch up on sleep missed. If you sleep not enough one night, your body naturally adjusts your sleep to help you get the most important parts of your sleep cycle in anyway.
- BUT oversleeping, staying in bed longer on the weekends, taking naps, etc all negatively impact how solid your ‘sleep base’ is, aka how well your body will weather future sleep disruption or issues
Thank you to SMP Essentials for the gifted copy of this one! All opinions are my own.
- it’s not when you go to sleep that matters, but when you wake up (and if you consistently do it at the same time daily)
- worrying about how long it’s taking you to fall asleep or how well your fitness watch tells you that you slept will actually negatively impact your sleep and your day WAY more than just a not great night’s sleep would
- rather than worrying, have low stimulation options for when you can’t sleep but want to wind down.
- sleep products are largely a scam, particularly if they don’t actually affect your circadian rhythms directly. BUT there’s nothing wrong with enjoying or using something that helps you relax, you just don’t want to become psychologically dependent on using it for you to be able to sleep at all.
- within 30-60 min of waking up, get natural light + MOVE
- eat your meals at consistent times daily. This + light exposure inform your body’s clock way more than the actual time!!
- consistency > striving for perfection
- you cannot bank sleep or catch up on sleep missed. If you sleep not enough one night, your body naturally adjusts your sleep to help you get the most important parts of your sleep cycle in anyway.
- BUT oversleeping, staying in bed longer on the weekends, taking naps, etc all negatively impact how solid your ‘sleep base’ is, aka how well your body will weather future sleep disruption or issues
Thank you to SMP Essentials for the gifted copy of this one! All opinions are my own.
September 21, 2026
This is the best book I’ve read about sleep and I’ve read a lot. I completed 16 weeks of CBT i and assumed the book would share most of the same ideas. In some ways it did but it actually offered a lot of new ideas and really broke down the power of sleep anxiety and determining the difference between a season of bad sleep and true insomnia, which is a sleep disorder. I really like how she broke down the data around all the gimmicks out there now for sleep. I would recommend reading this before wasting time and money on most of the garbage that’s out there. She also includes a breakdown of true sleep disorders, including insomnia in the appendix so you have a checklist to know when you actually need medical intervention or not.
Four stars only because it did not need to be as long as it was! She has a nice presence on Instagram as well.
Four stars only because it did not need to be as long as it was! She has a nice presence on Instagram as well.
August 2, 2026
This gave me some good ideas on my sleep habits. I like the idea that the mornings are more important. I tend to have the nighttime gremlins messing with me so removing some of that pressure that I feel at bedtime when I want to get a certain number of hours of sleep will help.
Our bodies are built to move with the sun and with our tech we just don’t anymore. This book offers stories, studies and tips on how to improve your sleep.
This is a great book for those struggling with sleep, overthinkers, anxious sleepers and those that need a reset.
Our bodies are built to move with the sun and with our tech we just don’t anymore. This book offers stories, studies and tips on how to improve your sleep.
This is a great book for those struggling with sleep, overthinkers, anxious sleepers and those that need a reset.
July 20, 2026
Refreshing and really well written
July 7, 2026
I resisted reading this book. If you have sleep issues, you shouldn’t! Read my full review here.
Publication day is July 7.
#NetGalley #MacmillanAudio #ThinkLessSleepMore
Publication day is July 7.
#NetGalley #MacmillanAudio #ThinkLessSleepMore
September 29, 2026
Includes a few useful tidbits, but in desperate need of editorial direction. Skim-worthy is how I would recommend this.
June 24, 2026
Excellent book! I'm so grateful I found this gem. Unlike what the media, the market and even one of my health practitioners is telling me, I don't actually need to stress about creating and maintaining lengthy, rigid, complex pre-sleep rituals for optimal health.
In this future bestseller, Stephanie Romiszewski explains why anxiety around sleep is far more harmful than good. She gives a realistic approach to improve sleep habits that feel reasonable, doable and promising. Hint: she tells you how to stop focusing as much on night and start building good morning habits. She also includes descriptions of honest-to-goodness sleep disorders for those few of us who really do have a medical problem.
And bonus: Romiszewski narrates the audio version herself in her gorgeous Australian accent.
I've already recommended this book to several friends and have pre-ordered my own hard copy so I can continue to refer to this book.
My thanks to Macmillan Audio and NetGalley for the advanced digital copy. This one feels like a game-changer to me!
In this future bestseller, Stephanie Romiszewski explains why anxiety around sleep is far more harmful than good. She gives a realistic approach to improve sleep habits that feel reasonable, doable and promising. Hint: she tells you how to stop focusing as much on night and start building good morning habits. She also includes descriptions of honest-to-goodness sleep disorders for those few of us who really do have a medical problem.
And bonus: Romiszewski narrates the audio version herself in her gorgeous Australian accent.
I've already recommended this book to several friends and have pre-ordered my own hard copy so I can continue to refer to this book.
My thanks to Macmillan Audio and NetGalley for the advanced digital copy. This one feels like a game-changer to me!
June 23, 2026
Pub: 7/7/2026
Thank you NetGalley & Macmillan Audio for the ALC!
I really enjoyed this audiobook! it was very informative and I learned a lot about sleep. actually, it made me realize maybe I’m not as crazy as I thought I was when it came to my sleep!
Thank you NetGalley & Macmillan Audio for the ALC!
I really enjoyed this audiobook! it was very informative and I learned a lot about sleep. actually, it made me realize maybe I’m not as crazy as I thought I was when it came to my sleep!
June 8, 2026
Honestly the best “self help” book I’ve ever read, mostly because at its core it was just about trusting that your body knows what it’s doing when it comes to sleep, and most of us need to let go of the control we try to have over it. I feel like this genuinely made let go of irrational sleep worries I had that I didn’t even know were irrational, because some of the core beliefs most of us have about sleep these days aren’t actually accurate !
Review of advance copy received from Netgalley
Book 4.5 ⭐ | Audiobook 5 ⭐
Sleep is a struggle for a lot of neurodivergents, and since I was going through one of those difficult cycles, I grabbed this book to see if it would help. It did.
I like this book because the author is a sleep scientist, and she debunks a lot of the "expert advice" that floats out there that's complete garbage. The author starts with a cultural critique that since the industrial revolution, clocks, shiftwork, artificial light, and work culture turned sleep into a productivity problem and away from something that restores your health. The book acknowledges the role that ADHD, autism, menopause, pregnancy, chronic conditions, and other factors can play instead of asserting that everyone sleeps the same.
It points out that people are trying to optimize sleep and the more you track it, the worse it will be. So $300 watch telling you whether you slept “well” can make you distrust their own body. The book explains sleep through circadian rhythm + sleep drive, not random sleep hacks. It explains how worrying about sleep can become the thing that keeps you awake. Waking overnight is normal, not failure.
Finally, I appreciate that she focuses on keeping a consistent wake time matters more than rigid bedtime schedule and ritual.
Sleep is a struggle for a lot of neurodivergents, and since I was going through one of those difficult cycles, I grabbed this book to see if it would help. It did.
I like this book because the author is a sleep scientist, and she debunks a lot of the "expert advice" that floats out there that's complete garbage. The author starts with a cultural critique that since the industrial revolution, clocks, shiftwork, artificial light, and work culture turned sleep into a productivity problem and away from something that restores your health. The book acknowledges the role that ADHD, autism, menopause, pregnancy, chronic conditions, and other factors can play instead of asserting that everyone sleeps the same.
It points out that people are trying to optimize sleep and the more you track it, the worse it will be. So $300 watch telling you whether you slept “well” can make you distrust their own body. The book explains sleep through circadian rhythm + sleep drive, not random sleep hacks. It explains how worrying about sleep can become the thing that keeps you awake. Waking overnight is normal, not failure.
Finally, I appreciate that she focuses on keeping a consistent wake time matters more than rigid bedtime schedule and ritual.
February 24, 2026
Think Less, Sleep More by Stephanie Romiszewski
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The title immediately grabbed my attention because my sleep has not been the same since having a baby 🥲 I used to sleep through anything — now the tiniest sound wakes me up.
This book was eye-opening, practical, and full of tools I’ll genuinely be applying to my life. It completely shifted how I think about sleep.
Some key takeaways for me:
🌅 Wake up at the same time every day
🌿 Get outside and move your body
🛏️ Sleep is subjective — it’s not a perfect science
Such a helpful and reassuring read.
Perfect for:
😴 Tired moms
🧠 Overthinkers at bedtime
🌙 Anyone struggling with inconsistent sleep
📅 Releasing July 7
Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for the ARC in exchange for an honest review 🤍✨
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The title immediately grabbed my attention because my sleep has not been the same since having a baby 🥲 I used to sleep through anything — now the tiniest sound wakes me up.
This book was eye-opening, practical, and full of tools I’ll genuinely be applying to my life. It completely shifted how I think about sleep.
Some key takeaways for me:
🌅 Wake up at the same time every day
🌿 Get outside and move your body
🛏️ Sleep is subjective — it’s not a perfect science
Such a helpful and reassuring read.
Perfect for:
😴 Tired moms
🧠 Overthinkers at bedtime
🌙 Anyone struggling with inconsistent sleep
📅 Releasing July 7
Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for the ARC in exchange for an honest review 🤍✨
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
Thank you to Stephanie Romiszewski and Netgalley for this ARC in exchange for my honest feedback and review.
This book could help the average person who struggles with a good night's sleep. Unfortunately, I am a chronic fatigue syndrome sufferer who works third shift. This book was not able to help me. I can understand the author's points and advice, but it won't work for those who work third shift at all. I was hoping she would elaborate on how to help those of us who struggle to sleep when the world tells us to be awake. I could take some of her advice which was nice, but it was everything I've been hearing for years. Honestly, I got more out of one 2 min TikTok than I did from this book. I know I am a low percent of the population, but I did not find it helpful.
This book could help the average person who struggles with a good night's sleep. Unfortunately, I am a chronic fatigue syndrome sufferer who works third shift. This book was not able to help me. I can understand the author's points and advice, but it won't work for those who work third shift at all. I was hoping she would elaborate on how to help those of us who struggle to sleep when the world tells us to be awake. I could take some of her advice which was nice, but it was everything I've been hearing for years. Honestly, I got more out of one 2 min TikTok than I did from this book. I know I am a low percent of the population, but I did not find it helpful.
August 23, 2026
This book could have been a blog post. The same 3 pieces of advice repeated over and over again. No practical tips to shift workers or others who can’t possibly keep to a consistent wake up time.
Review of advance copy
I liked the idea of it- the author is clearly qualified and has an interesting and important idea to convey. But it was so repetitive, it felt like a student trying to expand their ideas to hit a word count target. I think it could have been condensed to around 30% with good editing- and it would have worked better as a blog post or a series of blog posts. As such, whilst I like the core message, I just cannot recommend this book to friends and family.
May 27, 2026
I appreciated this author’s approach and education regarding sleep issues. She shares a lot of information I had never heard before and helped ease much of my anxiety surrounding my own sleep struggles. If you struggle with sleep, this book is a great resource!
Review of advance copy
Book is good. Could be more concise, but I get that the author is trying to repeatedly hammer the important points, so I'm not that against it. Dispels popular sleep hacks and explains the foundation for good sleep. Hopefully will help me sleep👍 would give It 4.5 if that was an option.
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