What was your primary motivation for purchasing this course?
Other
“This is a poorly structured course on a subject essential for modern life. It is in serious need of a revision, both in structure and in discourse.
Problems with it:
- Too long; the introduction is too long, each lesson is too long. The whole course can be compressed to 30% or less.
- There is too much focus on how "bad" the current situation is. Each lesson or even larger piece of information starts with how you, the listener, misunderstand, misplace, misread the reality or how badly you currently behave. I don't know how many times I had to listen to "... but in reality ...". It's like we are all seeing or believing something, "but in reality" what we see or believe is completely wrong.
What's worse, these "negative" introductions are very long, to the point that the exposition loses momentum before the useful information is being put forth.
- Personifications that have no place in a serious discourse. Asking the listener to imagine "a gremlin" which allegedly is not letting the poor insomniac sleep is too much. The audience is formed of adults; tell me what to do so that I can sleep, don't treat me like a child and don't invite me to self-deceive myself.
- Addressing non-existent problems (for part of the audience, at least). Too much emphasis on "panic" (I am not panicking, I just want to have a good quality sleep), too many mentions on "anxiety" (if I have this much anxiety, I don't need BBC Maestro, I need a shrink), too numerous "but I promise you" (you don't have to promise, I believe you, that's why I follow your course on BBC Maestro).
The good parts of the course (and that's why I will recommend it, with caveats):
- The topic is really important. Despite all other chaff in the course, there is also really useful grain in it
- The course comes with notes and those notes are better structured than the spoken material. The useful information appears nicely and it is easy to follow, understand, and retain
- The course notes come with a 2-week plan
- The best part is: it dispels some myths regarding sleep. It puts order and empowers the listener that he/she CAN control their sleep patterns - and if they can't, then they need medical help
My advice regarding this course: re-do it. Shorten it. Start with the plan and build from there. Finally, don't use metaphors or personifications that are in dissonance with a simple, effective, empowering, and inspiring message.
After all, if I get something from this course, it's that sleep management is much simpler than it may seem. I don't see why this course has to be this complicated.”
Hi Marius,
Thank you for your feedback and we’re sorry to hear you’re underwhelmed with this course. We value every BBC Maestro customer and want you to get the best out of your BBC Maestro subscription.
With a subscription, you have access to all of our amazing courses across 8 categories, so we're sure you'll find something you like. You can browse all of our courses here: https://www.bbcmaestro.com/courses
Best,
Zoe
What was your primary motivation for purchasing this course?
Other
“A wonderful course delivered in a compassionate and realistic manner. Thank you, Stephanie, for acknowledging we’re all only human and that sleep can be easier or more difficult to come by in different phases of our lives. Lots of useful, practical tips which I’ll be doing my best to put into practice.”
What was your primary motivation for purchasing this course?
Learn a new skill
“I have found this absolutely perfect. It was clear, practical and delivered in a friendly realistic way. I loved the way she reinforced her main points (who doesn't need that?) so I could relax knowing that the important points would be in my head by the end. So delighted to have found bbc Maestro.”
What was your primary motivation for purchasing this course?
Learn a new skill
“The course was well presented and able me to look at my sleep anxiety more cognitively. Good sleep doesn’t mean a good day and bad sleep also doesn’t give a bad day.”
What was your primary motivation for purchasing this course?
Learn a new skill
“I really enjoyed the course, very informative and well delivered. I have learn a lot of new topics and good tips to improve my sleep, which I will definitely use. The only downside for me is the repetition of information in some of the lessons, which could have been condensed or only mentioned once. This could also be due to the fact that I have listened the course in a row, without many breaks and therefore the topics were still very fresh in my memory.
I would say very good and useful.”
