Insomnia in Women Across the Lifespan Mon, 01 Jun 2026 04:16:36 -0400 en-gb © 2026 Insomnia in Women Across the Lifespan yes 4238e184-559d-5cd9-8467-7a14dd269df1 ESRS episodic false The Insomnia in Women Across the Lifespan podcast series explores how sleep health and insomnia are shaped by biological, psychological, and reproductive transitions throughout different stages of a woman’s life. From adolescence and menarche to postpartum changes and menopause, the series aims to highlight why insomnia in women deserves greater clinical and research attention, and why this focus is particularly timely. Through moderated conversations with invited experts, each episode will address key challenges, emerging perspectives, and implications for both research and clinical practice, to foster greater awareness and interdisciplinary dialogue around sleep health in women. 

]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) ESRS https://storage.buzzsprout.com/skjt1efrsj9lxk5uwlscxegl6h27?.jpg Insomnia in Women Across the Lifespan Are We Born to Sleep Differently? The Science of Female Sleep Are We Born to Sleep Differently? The Science of Female Sleep Sleep is not one-size-fits-all, and for women, the evidence is increasingly clear that biology plays a central role in how, when, and how well we sleep. Yet the mechanisms underlying sex differences in sleep are only beginning to be fully understood, and women have historically been underrepresented in sleep research.

In this first joint episode between the European Sleep Research Society (ESRS) and the European Insomnia Network(EIN), Dr. Laura Palagini, psychiatrist and sleep medicine expert at the Psychiatric Clinic, University Hospital of Pisa interviews Dr. Tarja Stenberg, senior researcher and leader of Sleep Team Helsinki at the University of Helsinki, whose landmark research helped establish adenosine as a key molecule in the regulation of sleep homeostasis. Together, they explore the science of female sleep across the lifespan, from the circadian and homeostatic forces that govern our sleep drive, to how hormonal shifts at puberty, across the menstrual cycle, during pregnancy, and at menopause reshape sleep architecture and vulnerability to insomnia.

Why do women report poorer sleep quality despite often sleeping longer than men? How does the body's homeostatic drive to sleep differ between the sexes, and what does that mean for how we understand and treat insomnia in women? These questions, and more, are explored in a conversation grounded in decades of sleep neuroscience.

]]> Sleep is not one-size-fits-all, and for women, the evidence is increasingly clear that biology plays a central role in how, when, and how well we sleep. Yet the mechanisms underlying sex differences in sleep are only beginning to be fully understood, and women have historically been underrepresented in sleep research.

In this first joint episode between the European Sleep Research Society (ESRS) and the European Insomnia Network(EIN), Dr. Laura Palagini, psychiatrist and sleep medicine expert at the Psychiatric Clinic, University Hospital of Pisa interviews Dr. Tarja Stenberg, senior researcher and leader of Sleep Team Helsinki at the University of Helsinki, whose landmark research helped establish adenosine as a key molecule in the regulation of sleep homeostasis. Together, they explore the science of female sleep across the lifespan, from the circadian and homeostatic forces that govern our sleep drive, to how hormonal shifts at puberty, across the menstrual cycle, during pregnancy, and at menopause reshape sleep architecture and vulnerability to insomnia.

Why do women report poorer sleep quality despite often sleeping longer than men? How does the body's homeostatic drive to sleep differ between the sexes, and what does that mean for how we understand and treat insomnia in women? These questions, and more, are explored in a conversation grounded in decades of sleep neuroscience.

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