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The Wellness Mama Podcast

347: The Neuroscience of Calm During Stressful Times With Dr. David Rabin

The Wellness Mama Podcast

Katie Wells

Parenting, Education, Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Motherhood, Mom Life, Wellness, Kids & Family, Organic, Health, Natural Living, Self-improvement

4.73.9K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2020

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

In a time when we all probably feel more stress and uncertainty than usual, I invited Dr. David Rabin back for a second episode. Dr. Rabin has made a science of developing simple, non-invasive measures to better handle common emotional states like anxiety, stress, isolation, and overwhelm. During his research at the University of Pittsburgh, …

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0:00.0

Welcome to my Bobby's Podcast!

0:05.0

This podcast is sponsored by Blue Blocks.

0:07.8

That's BLUBLOX, which is an advanced light filtering eyewear company.

0:12.7

You've probably seen pictures of me on social media wearing orange glasses of various

0:16.5

types at night.

0:17.8

And here's why.

0:19.3

In nature, we aren't exposed to certain types of light after dark, specifically blue

0:24.3

light because that type of light signals the body that is daytime.

0:29.1

That in turn suppresses melatonin and can interfere with sleep.

0:33.6

This is the reason that a really dramatic study found that camping for seven days straight

0:37.6

with no artificial light at all could actually completely reset and heal circadian rhythm

0:43.0

and help a lot of light related problems like seasonal effective disorder.

0:47.1

This is also the reason that eyewear orange glasses after dark to block these types of

0:50.8

light and protect my sleep, which I am adamant about protecting.

0:55.0

I also wear certain types of yellow glasses and anti-fatigue glasses during the day if

0:59.0

I'm on a computer to reduce eye fatigue.

1:01.8

Blue Blocks has orange glasses and yellow glasses.

1:04.9

Their orange glasses for nighttime wear are designed to block 100% of the wavelengths

1:09.7

between 400 nanometers and 550 nanometers, which are the ones that are studied to interfere

1:15.0

with sleep and tonal production and circadian rhythm.

1:18.0

My kids also wear these kinds of glasses at night, and I noticed a difference in their

1:21.8

sleep as well, which is a huge win for a mom.

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