The Sleep Safety Map
You don’t need another “top 10 sleep hacks” list. You need a way to make sense of what your nervous system is actually doing at 3AM—when your body is bone-tired but your brain is auditioning for a haunted house.
This one-page worksheet is your no-BS companion to Episode 17: Why You Can’t Sleep When You’re Safe: The Polyvagal Paradox.
It’s minimalist, trauma-informed, and 100% designed for neurodivergent, rebellious, and beautifully tired bodies. No shame, no pressure—just honest mapping of your real sleep patterns, nervous system states, and tiny acts of bedtime rebellion.
Inside you’ll:
Map what’s really happening in your mind and body at night
Decode your survival state (are you wired, numb, “fine” but masking, or that rare unicorn: genuinely relaxed?)
List sensory cues that help (and what definitely doesn’t)
Spot old stories your body is still carrying into rest
Claim one small act of sleep rebellion that’s actually for you, not the algorithm
Download it, fill it out, scribble all over it—then let it live by your bed or in your notes app as proof:
Your struggle to rest is not proof you’re broken. It’s a sign your body is brilliantly adaptive.
Ready to reclaim rest on your own terms? Download The Sleep Safety Map below and let us know in the comments:
What’s your weirdest or most surprising sleep ritual? (Bonus points for rebellion, mess, or refusing to perform “good sleep” for anyone but yourself.)
