360: Sneaky energy drainers, sleep hacks & how to exercise for your body type | board-certified sleep specialist Michael J. Breus, Ph.D.

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🗓️ 17 December 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Michael J. Breus. Ph.D.: “Within 30 minutes of waking up, if you can go outside and get 15 minutes of sun, you are doing yourself a huge favor.” Breus, a clinical psychologist and board-certified sleep specialist, joins mbg co-CEO, Jason Wachob, to discuss why we're all so drained and how to supercharge your energy, plus: - Why being "too exhausted" can actually make your sleep suffer (~07:54) - How to know if your energy is in a good place (~08:57) - The best exercises for your body type & energy levels (~16:52) - How to keep your circadian rhythm in check when it's dark & cold outside (~24:26) - Why you should laugh at least once a day (~27:54) Referenced in the episode: - Breus' book, Energize!: Go from Dragging Ass to Kicking It in 30 Days - mbg Podcast episode #273, with Breus. - Breus' previous book, The Power Of When. - Chronotype quiz. - An mbg article explaining the link between vitmain D & COVID outcomes. Enjoy this episode! Whether it's an article or podcast, we want to know what we can do to help here at mindbodygreen. Let us know at: podcast@mindbodygreen.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the MyBuddyGreen podcast. I'm Jason Wachib, founder and co-CEO of MyBuddyGreen and your host.
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0:48.4	Dr. Michael Bruce is a clinical psychologist and both a diplomat of the American
0:52.8	Board of Seat Medicine and a fellow of the American Academy of Seat Medicine. He is one of only
0:58.6	168 psychologists in the world to have passed the Seat Medical specialty board without going to
1:05.2	medical school. He's the author of numerous bestselling books and here today to talk about his
1:10.6	latest must-read titled, Energy Eyes. Go from dragging ass to kicking it in 30 days.
1:16.5	Michael is literally the sleep doctor, so I am beyond excited to have him back on the show to talk all
1:24.0	things sleep and energy. Michael, welcome back. Thanks for having me, Jake. Love the new book. It's called
1:34.4	Energize and like great books and great stories and wellness. It often starts with a powerful
1:42.5	personal story where there was a health event and you had a pretty serious health event.
1:47.4	So can you start there? Sure, I'd be happy to. So first of all, thanks for reading. I appreciate
1:52.9	the fact that you actually got into the story of it. So it was really interesting. My co-author,
1:58.0	Stacey Griffith and I both ended up with cardiac events. I had a physical cardiac event. She had
2:04.2	a love breakup cardiac event and so that was the wake-up call for her. But the wake-up call for me
2:09.5	was a bit different being a physical event. So I was at a restaurant and returned from the
2:15.2	restroom and all of the sudden nothing felt right. You know, remember Charlie Brown and the teacher
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