Can you teach yourself to sleep? An ex-insomniac tells how she tackled her chronic problem

After years of sleepless nights, London-based journalist and author Kate Mikhail went on a quest find better kip. Liz Connor hears what she learned.

For decades, British journalist Kate Mikhail had struggled with sleepless nights in an ongoing battle with chronic insomnia. As the clock hit 3am, she would feel a knot form in her stomach while her mind was still racing, and would eventually rely on sleeping pills to feel drowsy enough to drift off.

Naturally, she would wake up feeling groggy, sleep-deprived and helpless. The lack of sleep was taking its toll on both her emotional and physical wellbeing, so she resolved to do something about it.