EPISODE · Sep 25, 2020 · 7 MIN
TITLE: Sleepless nights - nightmares, military - yet the solution was up to me.
from Are you all in or faded in your freedom · host Branden MacKenzie
MY STORY: I continued to get up through the night - I was so tired of not getting straight sleep. I would sleep for an hour get up sleep for an hour get up. Thought this has to change. THE REALITY - TELL IT LIKE IT IS. Sleep had been a problem since I can remember. As a kid I had horrible nightmares, then in the military sleep just became a fucked cycle of always on edge. I would have these dreams of getting shot - gun to the head wake up dripping in sweat. I would deal with it by popping caffeine pills at 4 am then taking a shower with a strong pot of coffee brewing. I had a hard time getting it right... or better...nightmares as a kid, sleepless nights in the military.... THATS MY STORY - MY STORY HAD TO CHANGE The better question remained - what the hell could I do....this is what I did.... IT DOESN’T START AT NIGHT....it starts from the moment I wake up. I start my day with power - from the first step out of bed I am geared through Warrior to live by the code. One huge step in the right direction of starting my day with powerful presence is CORE 4. Check out www.warriorapp.com - 6 more actions I take that help covered in this podcast. MY QUESTION FOR YOU - What is one thing you can do to get better sleep? Don’t wait take action. Its not one night nor the 10 or 15 minutes lost you could have had a bit more peace... its years and years of it all adding up to a painful reality. Let’s flip the script and make sleep our place of power we often replace with caffeine. Here’s to your good life... better said - here’s to a good night sleep! Branden MacKenzie Proud Member of Warrior US Army Infantry Vet 2001 - 2006 A father, husband, brother, a son, a friend fighting to become the best I can be. Oh by the way.... do you want more clarity, more certainty, more ability to be present with presence? Join the Wake Up Warrior Challenge I recently experienced personally - 30 days of power presence earned in the work you will do. This challenge has giving me the ability to pivot, to learn, grow - gain clarity I could only earn within this process. I believe its not the destination - its about the journey and the man we are becoming on a day to day bases. https://wakeupwarrior.com/challenge?ref=brandenmackenzie&utm_source=brandenmackenzie
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MY STORY: I continued to get up through the night - I was so tired of not getting straight sleep. I would sleep for an hour get up sleep for an hour get up. Thought this has to change. THE REALITY - TELL IT LIKE IT IS. Sleep had been a problem since I can remember. As a kid I had horrible nightmares, then in the military sleep just became a fucked cycle of always on edge. I would have these dreams of getting shot - gun to the head wake up dripping in sweat. I would deal with it by popping caffeine pills at 4 am then taking a shower with a strong pot of coffee brewing. I had a hard time getting it right... or better...nightmares as a kid, sleepless nights in the military.... THATS MY STORY - MY STORY HAD TO CHANGE The better question remained - what the hell could I do....this is what I did.... IT DOESN’T START AT NIGHT....it starts from the moment I wake up. I start my day with power - from the first step out of bed I am geared through Warrior to live by the code. One huge step in the right direction of starting my day with powerful presence is CORE 4. Check out www.warriorapp.com - 6 more actions I take that help covered in this podcast. MY QUESTION FOR YOU - What is one thing you can do to get better sleep? Don’t wait take action. Its not one night nor the 10 or 15 minutes lost you could have had a bit more peace... its years and years of it all adding up to a painful reality. Let’s flip the script and make sleep our place of power we often replace with caffeine. Here’s to your good life... better said - here’s to a good night sleep! Branden MacKenzie Proud Member of Warrior US Army Infantry Vet 2001 - 2006 A father, husband, brother, a son, a friend fighting to become the best I can be. Oh by the way.... do you want more clarity, more certainty, more ability to be present with presence? Join the Wake Up Warrior Challenge I recently experienced personally - 30 days of power presence earned in the work you will do. This challenge has giving me the ability to pivot, to learn, grow - gain clarity I could only earn within this process. I believe its not the destination - its about the journey and the man we are becoming on a day to day bases. https://wakeupwarrior.com/challenge?ref=brandenmackenzie&utm_source=brandenmackenzie
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