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In this episode, I break down why insomnia, anxiety, and depression aren't actually causing each other, they're coming from the same place in the body, and I walk you through my client Kerry's story to show you exactly how this plays out.

You'll learn:

• Why your body releases cortisol at night and what that has to do with feeling wired instead of sleepy

• The surprising connection between your gut and your mood

• Why neurotransmitter imbalances can look exactly like anxiety or depression

• How hormones affect sleep and mood in both men and women, not just women going through menopause

• The hidden toxin exposure that can quietly disrupt both your brain and your sleep

• Kerry's story, including years of failed treatments and what finally worked once we found what was actually going on in her body

  
  

00:00 Insomnia Not In Your Head

00:44 Kerry’s Breaking Point

01:59 The Real Root Causes

02:36 Stress Cortisol Spiral

03:49 Gut Pathogens At Night

05:01 Program And Testing Offer

05:32 Neurotransmitter Depletion

06:10 Hormones And Menopause

07:25 Toxins Mold And Liver

09:15 Kerry’s Recovery Rollercoaster

09:53 Wrap Up And Next Steps

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In this episode, I break down sleep apnea and insomnia and explains little-known health issues that could be causing both.

You'll learn:

• How to tell whether you have sleep apnea, insomnia, or both

• Why a CPAP can work perfectly and still leave you waking up through the night

• What sleep apnea and insomnia have in common beneath the surface

• Why a sleep study won't catch what's really driving your sleep problems

• What I found in one client's labs that his apnea diagnosis had never explained

• How my client went from constantly waking and struggling to fall back asleep to sleeping through the night and feeling rested during the day

00:00 Apnea or Insomnia00:58 Adam’s CPAP Mystery01:53 Apnea Warning Signs03:11 What Counts as Insomnia04:08 Can You Have Both04:29 Inflammation Root Causes05:08 Gut Bugs and Toxins06:20 Hormones and Next Steps07:33 Sleep Studies Limits08:33 Adam’s Real Fix09:13 You’re Meant to Sleep

Get the What’s Causing Your Sleep Issues Checklist at www.thesleepdetective.com/checklist

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If you've been to your doctor, run the tests, and been told everything is normal — but you still can't sleep — this episode will explain why.

Insomnia isn't a disease. It's a sign that something in your body is out of balance. And because doctors are trained to diagnose and treat disease, the real causes of chronic insomnia consistently get missed. In this episode, Martha walks through exactly why conventional medicine falls short when it comes to sleep — and what to do instead.

You'll hear from Martha's client Andrea, who spent two years going to doctors, keeping files on her symptoms, and being told everything was normal — while waking at 1, 2, 3am every night and dealing with anxiety, fatigue, and joint pain. What functional testing eventually revealed changed everything.

In this episode:

• Why insomnia is a health problem, not a medical problem — and why that distinction matters

• What doctors typically recommend for insomnia and why it doesn't get to the root cause

• Why standard blood tests aren't built to find what's causing your sleep problem

• What functional testing looks at instead

• What Martha found in Andrea's results after two years of normal bloodwork

  
  

00:00 Normal Tests No Sleep

00:38 Andrea’s Insomnia Story

01:32 Why Doctors Miss It

02:31 Why Common Fixes Fail

04:50 Why Labs Look Normal

06:09 Functional Testing Deep Dive

08:19 Test Don’t Guess

09:13 Andrea’s Real Root Causes

10:03 Results and Next Steps