Dr. Michael Breus, aka The Sleep Doctor, is a clinical psychologist, board-certified sleep specialist, and author of three bestselling books: Good Night: The Sleep Doctor's 4-Week Program to Better Sleep and Better Health, The Sleep Doctor's Diet Plan: Lose Weight Through Better Sleep, and The Power of When: Discover Your Chronotype—and the Best Time to Eat Lunch, Ask for a Raise, Have Sex, Write a Novel, Take Your Meds, and More.
What you'll learn from this episode:
What a chronotype is, and how knowing yours can help you optimize your schedule to get the most out of the day (and night).
Bears, lions, wolves, and dolphins: the genetic, evolutionary reasons that different chronotypes exist, and why—try as you might—you may just not be wired as a morning person.
How hormones like cortisol, melatonin, and interleukin-6 affect your quality and quantity of sleep.
What we know about the stages of sleep and how they benefit us.
How Michael coaches people to get the highest quality of sleep in order to perform optimally on lower quantities of sleep.
And so much more!
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Resources from this episode:
The Sleep Doctor's Diet Plan: Lose Weight Through Better Sleep by Michael Breus, PhD
Chronotype Quiz | The Sleep Doctor
New Science for Melatonin and Sleep? | The Sleep Doctor
Here’s the Perfect Daily Schedule That Corresponds to Your Chronotype | Bright Side
The Effects of Cortisol on Your Sleep | Psychology Today
Michael Breus: Learn the Perfect Hormonal Time to Sleep, Eat and Have Sex | TEDxManhattanBeach
Know the Link Between Sleep and Inflammation | MultipleSclerosis.net
Sleep 101 Basics: REM, NREM, Sleep Stages, & More | Cleveland Clinic
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