Moving Beyond the First Pancake to Sleep Better

One of the most common traps when getting sleep on track is stopping after the first try.

I often see this when teens are setting up their cozy nook or a bedtime routine.

If the first version doesn’t work, it’s common to believe that it will never work. The strategy is abandoned and they miss out on a powerful intervention.

When making pancakes, the first pancake often burns or looks a little wonky, but we keep going, we learn from our mistakes, and the last pancake often looks pretty perfect.

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You can apply this idea to any new thing your teen is trying to implement, whether it's setting up a bedtime routine, setting up a morning routine, setting up a cozy nook, creating a plan to avoid naps, adopting a more helpful mindset regarding sleep, combating morning grogginess, or tackling a busy mind.

See if there's anything to loop back to with this idea of the first pancake in mind.