In Person Event: Sleep Well

Join us for this in person event on the 21st January 2026 hosted by Lisa Kempster and Sleep Expert Mark Dobson. This session will help you to gain a better understanding of the science of sleep, what we need, the impact of not getting it.

Please arrive from 5pm for a 5:30pm start. Food and drink will be included. 

Learning Objectives

• Gain a better understanding of the science of sleep, what we need, the impact of not getting it.
• Discover how to create a better sleep environment, along with tips to help manage stress and relaxation.
• Learn easy strategies for implementing healthy sleep habits, including the positive and negative use of technology.
• Explore sleep nutrition, including how what and when we eat can impact sleep quality, our energy levels and food choices.
• Discover simple intervention tools, to override an active brain and get a good nights’ sleep.
• A fun and informative “myth busting” quiz, and a 10-point sleep plan to take away.

Speaker

As a commercial Airline Pilot of over twenty years, Mark saw first-hand the effects of sleep deprivation on the health, safety, performance and wellbeing of friends and colleagues in the sector. Seeing the effects of failed medical exams from sleep disorders, with no route back to work, he took the opportunity to retrain and set up his clinic ‘Sleep-Focus’.

Mark has studied with the Institute of Counselling in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Clinical and Pastoral Counselling. Having chosen to specialise in Sleep Therapy, he has been especially grateful to be allowed to study with the Sleep Consultancy in Edinburgh as an Advanced Practitioner of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Insomnia. Mark works with clients living with a broad range of sleep disorders, from insomnia, depression & anxiety,  sleep apnoea, and shift work sleep disorder.  His work has allowed him to see firsthand how the sustained benefits of good restorative sleep are life changing for both mental and physiological health.