The Maternal Mental Health Sleep Protocol

If you're reading this, you already know that sleep deprivation isn't just "being tired." It's the fog that makes you question whether you're failing at everything. It's the short fuse with your partner, the inability to remember what you walked into a room for, the quiet moments where you wonder if you'll ever feel like yourself again. You love being a mom—and you're also drowning. Both things are true. This protocol is for the mom who has been told to "sleep when the baby sleeps" but can't turn off her brain. For the mom who feels guilty the second she prioritizes her own rest. For the mom who knows, deep down, that she can't pour from an empty cup—but has no idea how to fill it back up when someone always needs something from her. Here's what you're getting: a step-by-step, phase-by-phase roadmap to optimize your sleep and your baby's sleep in tandem. Not someday. Not when things calm down. Starting now. You'll learn how to identify what's stealing your rest (spoiler: it's not always the baby), how to create a realistic sleep foundation that fits your actual life, how to troubleshoot the 2 a.m. spirals and the guilt and the "am I doing this wrong?" panic. You'll get the exact timing, the concrete steps, and the honest truth about what success actually looks like when you're in the thick of early motherhood. I'm Chrissy—therapist, sleep consultant, USA Today bestselling author, and mom of four girls. I've been in the trenches of postpartum depression and anxiety. I missed my own signs even though I'm trained to spot them in others. I know what it's like to feel like you're failing everywhere. And I also know, without a doubt, that when you get good sleep, everything else becomes more manageable. Your mental health improves. Your patience returns. You start to feel human again. Let's get you there.