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368: How to actually fall asleep faster & stay asleep longer | Behavioral sleep doctor Shelby Harris, PsyD, DBSM

The mindbodygreen Podcast

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Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.52.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Shelby Harris, PsyD, DBSM: “We have this idea that you should have perfect sleep every single night, but a bad night here and there means that you're human.” Harris, a licensed psychologist and behavioral sleep doctor, joins mbg co-CEO, Jason Wachob, to discuss everything you need to know about getting a good night’s sleep, plus: - How to fall back asleep after waking up in the middle of the night (~12:17) - Why you should exercise 4 to 6 hours before bed (~25:56) - The link between hydration and sleep (~27:47) - How to get back on track after night of poor sleep (~29:19) - How your sleep position can affect your quality of rest (~42:09) Referenced in the episode: - Harris' book, The Women's Guide to Overcoming Insomnia. - Learn more about the Sleep-Wake Disorders Center at Montefiore Medical Center. - Read more about the American College of Physicians (ACP) recommendation for cognitive-behavioral therapy as first-line therapy for insomnia. - CBT-i Coach app - Sleepio - mbg Podcast episode #245, with James Nestor & his book Breath. - Harris' grounding exercises on Instagram. 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.

0:08.0

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0:43.6

performance is not guaranteed. Dr. Shelby Harris specializes in the use of cognitive behavioral

0:52.8

therapy, CBT, for anxiety and depression. She is board certified at behavioral sleep medicine

0:59.9

by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and treats a wide variety of sleep disorders,

1:04.6

everything from insomnia, nightmares, circadian rhythm disorders, narcolepsy,

1:09.6

apnea treatment, noncompliance, all using evidence-based, non-formological treatments.

1:16.8

Before going into private practice, Dr. Harris was the long-standing director of the behavioral

1:21.6

sleep medicine program at the Sleep Wake Disorder Center at Montefiori Medical Center.

1:27.5

So suffice to say we're going to chat about all things sleep today.

1:34.1

Shelby, welcome. Thanks for having me. I'm glad to be here. It is great to have you because

1:41.4

sleep is top of mind for everyone, including myself after having my toddler wait me up four

1:46.9

times last night. But all good, my sleep score wasn't that bad, which we'll get into later.

1:53.1

But you have an interesting specialty within sleep. You specialize in behavioral sleep medicine.

2:01.0

So can you elaborate a little bit and fill us in about what you do and what that looks like?

2:08.4

So I think so a lot of the space now is a lot of people talking about how to optimize sleep in

2:14.6

general. So if you're a healthy sleeper, how can you get the best, like you're talking about

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