psychologist janet kennedy says it's a common complaint, leaving people frustrated, angry, anxious, ruminatingrried, desperate. hot monkey brain or racing thoughts. all of those things. one cause could be cortisol. you see, the body secretes the hormone melatonin at night to help us fall asleep, and then it increases levels of the hormone cortisol in the morning to help us wake up as a part of our normal circadian rhythm. but if cortisol levels are out of whac, it could disrupt sleep and even keep us from falling back asleep. >> the waking up itself is not the problem. you wake up whether you're aware of it or not, but the problem comes in when you're unable to go back to sleep in a reasonable amount of time. >> for women, changes in estrogen and progesterone, say, around perimenopause, may upset cortisol patterns or otherwise impact sleep. talking to your doctor about hormone replacement therapy could be a starting point. other tips that kennedy gives her clients. >> the first thing you do if you're up in the middle of the night is you sit up. so our thoughts are scarier. they're harder to ma

sleep psychologist janet kennedy said it is a common complaint leaving people -- >> frustrated, angryof those things. >> one cause could be cortisol. the body secreets melatonin at night to help us fall asleep and then increases cortisol to help us wake up. it's part of our normal rhythm. but if cortisol levels are out of whack it could disrupt sleep and keep us from falling back to sleep. >> the waking up itself is not the problem. you wake up whether you're aware of it or not. the problem comes in when you're unable to go back to sleep in a reasonable amount of time. >> for women changes in estrogen may upset cortisol patterns. or otherwise impact sleep. talking to your doctor about hormone replacement therapy could be a starting point. other tips kennedy gives her clients? >> the first thing you do if you're up in the middle of the night, our thoughts are scarier, harder to manage when we're lying down. when we sit up, we get our defenses back, get our rational thought back. >> she suggests a cold pack for your forehead if you can't make monkey brain stop. >> it slows down the thou

janet) nice! (intercom) flightdeck, see you at the house warming. >>> a lawyer working with robert f. kennedynt to revoke its approval of the polio vaccine. because it ain't christmas without some tiny times. >> donald trump's pick for health and human services secretary robert f. kennedy jr. will meet with senators on capitol hill this week coming just days after senate minority leader mitch mcconnell issued a statement defending the polio vaccine. in what appears to be a warning to rfk jr. >> here we are. here we are. we've got a guy running -- that wants to run the dod. >> yeah. >> talking about taking america back to the 11th century. >> yeah. >> and starting a civil war and we've got somebody who wants to run hhs that has senators who had polio. having to defend the polio vaccine. thompson o-maer again i understand there's so many things that are incoming and it's sort of this fire hose. but you got to take one at a time. but it is very easy to take your eye if you are looking at hegseth and all the terrible things he's done. like we have not even seen rfk on the hill yet. and now, this