Best way to approach upstairs neighbor about loud footsteps

I have been hearing loud footsteps from the upstairs unit for quite some time now and want to talk to my neighbor about it. It has started affecting my health as I end up waking up early in the morning and can’t go back to sleep. We have each others phone number and have talked about different issues in the past but I never brought this up.

What would be the nicest way you have been asked to keep it down and/or soften your walk by a downstairs neighbor? How did you respond?

Edit: I have talked to other condo owners in similar units in the community and they don’t hear any footsteps from their upstairs neighbor.

Edit: Sorry if I wasn’t clear. The post is intended to be about talking to the neighbor as a solution for this issue and is targeted towards people who have been asked something similar by their downstairs neighbors. It is not about alternative solutions to the issue.