How does Carolyn Scott's approach to improving sleep quality address insomnia physiology?

Hi, I’m Carolyn Scott-Hamilton from The Healthy Voyager. I focus on insomnia as a whole‑body, nervous‑system issue, not just “trouble sleeping.”

I talk a lot about how chronic stress keeps us in fight‑or‑flight: elevated cortisol, blood sugar, and brain activity that block the brain’s normal nighttime repair cycle and can harm vessels, heart health, weight balance, and more. Quality sleep is how the body restores, detoxifies the brain, regulates hormones, and stabilizes appetite and mood.

My approach is to calm and rebalance the central nervous system so sleep physiology can normalize again. That includes things like craniosacral therapy (to support cerebrospinal fluid flow and homeostasis), plus holistic tools such as mindfulness, yoga, magnesium, and lifestyle sleep hygiene to gently reset sleep–wake rhythms.

Would you like me to focus more on craniosacral therapy or on at‑home holistic remedies?