268: How to Get Sleep in Anxious Times | Dr. Donn Posner

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Dan Harris, Health & Fitness, Mindfulness, Dharma, Mental Health, Meditation

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🗓️ 27 July 2020

⏱️ 83 minutes

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I don’t know about you guys, but my sleep has suffered quite badly during the last few months. Today’s guest really got me thinking about this issue in a whole new way. First, he normalizes the sleep problems many of us are having. If you’re sleeping poorly right now, he says, don’t freak out; it is natural and normal. Second, he has a bunch of tips for how to deal with insomnia, some of which I had never heard before and am already starting to operationalize in my own life. His name is Donn Posner. He’s one of the leaders in the field of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia. His titles are: Founder and President, Sleepwell Consultants, and Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine. Not only did he answer all of my questions, but we also played him some listener voicemails. One last thing to say before we dive in: our episodes this week have a theme: primordial needs. Today we’re doing sleep; Wednesday it’s sex. So it’s a fun week here on the show. Where to find Donn Posner online: Website: https://www.sleepwellconsultants.com/ Books: https://www.sleepwellconsultants.com/publications Today is the first day of the Summer Sanity Challenge: a free 21 day meditation challenge. The goal here is to help you build resilience so that you are less buffeted by circumstances you can’t control -- and are therefore calmer, happier, and better prepared to show up the way you want to for your family and your communities. To join the challenge, you can visit tenpercent.com/challenge. Other Resources Mentioned: Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine: https://www.behavioralsleep.org/ American Academy of Sleep Medicine sponsored site to search for local accredited sleep centers: http://sleepeducation.org/find-a-facility Additional Resources: Ten Percent Happier Live: https://tenpercent.com/live Coronavirus Sanity Guide: https://www.tenpercent.com/coronavirussanityguide Free App access for Frontline Workers: https://tenpercent.com/care Full Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/podcast-episode/donn-posner-268 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Dan. As you may already know, May is mental health awareness month, and while mental health
0:05.0	is important every month, this month is an opportunity to share some resources that can really help.
0:10.9	So in that spirit, I want to tell you about some of the other podcasts I really admire and
0:15.9	respect in this space. The podcast's meditative story, a slight change of plans, last day, and on
0:24.6	being are all doing incredible work to advance mental health and explore the human condition.
0:30.1	And throughout this month, I'm going to share a little bit more about each one of those shows.
0:34.2	So this week, I want to share one of my favorite podcasts. It's called Meditative Story, and it
0:38.8	blends immersive storytelling with gentle mindfulness prompts to help you improve your inner weather.
0:44.4	As you know, my own mental health improvements really began in earnest when I found meditation
0:50.4	for myself. And since then, it's really become an invaluable tool to help me deal with anxiety
0:55.4	and depression and just the regular ups and downs of life. So the format of meditative story really
1:00.4	feels like an intuitive way to experience mindfulness. Every episode is also wrapped in a breathtaking
1:06.5	musical score, which I personally find pretty relaxing. Some of the storytellers over on meditative
1:11.2	story are people you might already know, including Sharon Salzburg, Chris DeTippet, David Duchovny,
1:17.3	and me. I actually recorded an episode with them myself not too long ago. Others are newer voices,
1:23.1	but every episode is really extremely cool. So many people who listen to the show have said that
1:28.4	it's just a crucial resource for them in supporting their own mental health, and maybe you'll end up
1:33.0	following meditative story wherever you get your podcast. Hello, I'm Hannah. And I'm Syrte.
1:38.4	And we are the hosts of A Redhanded, a weekly True Crime Podcast. Every week on Redhanded,
1:43.2	we get stuck into the most talked about cases. From Idaho student killings, the Delphi
1:47.6	murders, and our recent rundown of the Murdoch saga. Last year, we also started a second weekly show,
1:54.0	Shorthand, which is just an excuse for us to talk about anything we find interesting because
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