Speaking & Consulting
Book Dr. Valerie Cacho, the sleep physician for women in midlife.
Board-certified in Sleep Medicine and Integrative Medicine, Dr. Val helps audiences understand why women's sleep changes in perimenopause and beyond, and what actually helps. Evidence-based, warm, and immediately useful.
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Signature talks
Topics audiences ask for
The Sleep Gap: Exhaustion in Perimenopause and Beyond
Why sleep gets harder in midlife, how hormones, stress and overlooked sleep disorders interact, and practical, evidence-based steps women can take.
Wellness programs · Women's health events · Community groups
It's Not One Thing: The Real Reasons Women Can't Sleep After 40
The most common, and most missed, causes of midlife insomnia, from night sweats to sleep apnea in women, and how to tell which is yours.
Conferences · Employee wellness · Podcasts
Awake at 3am: What to Do in the Middle of the Night
A practical session on calming a racing mind, when to try a new habit, and when it's time to call a doctor.
Workshops · Retreats · Virtual events
Sleep Medicine for Clinicians: Seeing Women's Sleep Clearly
How sleep disorders present differently in women, and how practices can build teams and care models that serve women in midlife well.
Medical conferences · Grand rounds · Practice leaders
Talks are tailored to your audience and can run as keynotes, workshops, panels, or virtual sessions.
Consulting
Expert guidance on women's sleep
- Women's health and wellness brands developing sleep products, programs or content
- Digital health and menopause companies needing a sleep medicine advisor
- Media and publishers seeking a physician expert or medical review
- Sleep practices and health systems improving care for women
Why Dr. Val
Credibility first, warmth right behind it
Dr. Val has more than a decade of clinical sleep medicine experience. She built and directed the largest sleep medicine department in Hawaii, was voted Honolulu's top sleep doctor multiple years, and is a Castle Connolly Top Doctor. She founded Sleephoria to make high-quality sleep education accessible to every woman in midlife.
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Verywell Health
Speaking & appearances
Where Dr. Val has spoken about women's sleep
- WisePause WellnessFeatured speaker · Menopause wellness conference
- Full Plate Living: The Sleep Gap workshopWorkshop · Ardmore Institute of Health
- Woman's World: Natural remedies for sleep apneaExpert source · February 2026
- Improving Sleep During PerimenopausePodcast · Dr. Amy Brenner
- What Women Need to Understand About Sleep and Health in MidlifePodcast · The Good Life with Michele Lamoureux
- Sleep Apnea in Women: The Overlooked EpidemicPodcast · Sleep Is a Skill
- All You Need to Know About Sleep Through Perimenopause and MenopausePodcast · Holistic Health and Wellness
- Peri Menopause and SleepPodcast · The Sleep Whisperer
- Perimenopause and Sleep: What You Need to KnowPodcast · Ask the Sleep MD
- The Healing Power of RestPodcast · Inner Peace and Power
Book Dr. Val
Let's bring better sleep to your audience.
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Speaking and consulting are educational and advisory services and do not create a doctor–patient relationship.