5 Steps To Take For A Better Sleep - Dr. Michael Breus

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Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Mental Health

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🗓️ 25 June 2021

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

In this fast-paced lecture, Dr. Michael Breus walks you through the mystery we call sleep with practical insights that will teach you EXACTLY what to do to get better rest starting tonight! You will learn the best time to go to bed, wake up, drink caffeine, drink alcohol, and even exercise based on your genetics. In addition, you will learn five tips on things to do during the day for better sleep and eight things you can do at night. He puts it all together in an easy to remember 5 step program. Dr. Michael J. Breus, Ph.D., is a Clinical Psychologist, a Diplomate of the American Board of Sleep Medicine, and a Fellow of The American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Dr. Breus is on the clinical advisory board of The Dr. Oz Show and is a regular contributor on the show (30+ times). His topic of expertise is the science of sleep and Peak Performance. He has been interviewed about: Consumer products for sleep, Sleep Disorders, including Children’s Sleep, and Sleep Hacking for Peak Performance. He is the author of GOOD NIGHT, The Power of When, and The Sleep Doctor’s Diet Plan. Listen out for: - The 2 separate systems in the brain for sleep. - Different sleep stages and what they mean. - Bedtime calculator to help you find your optimal bedtime. - How nap-a-latte helps you sleep. - The perfect time to have coffee and alcohol. - The key to getting natural magnesium. - 5 steps to get the best night’s sleep. Bonus: - Learn how to sleep like a baby and perform like a master in Dr. Michael Breus’s FREE Mindvalley Masterclass. 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/podcast_tmos - Subscribe to Mindvalley Membership to discover 30+ Mindvalley Quests, watch our podcast sessions live, interact with the guests, connect with the world’s best teachers and find your community 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/NOW Like this episode? Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Spotify, or your favorite podcasting app. Share this with your friends on Instagram or Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Alcohol is the one sleep aid that is used more than any other in the world and it's the worst.
0:05.7	Alcohol is not what we really want to be having out there.
0:08.8	So you want to limit your alcohol intake.
0:10.7	It takes that human body one hour to digest one alcoholic beverage.
0:15.1	So if you have one glass of wine, have one glass of water and wait one hour before bed,
0:20.7	two glasses of wine, two hours, and two glasses of water before bed.
0:26.6	Once you hit the third glass, problems happen.
0:30.1	I am Mission Laciani, founder of Mind Valley, the School for Human Transformation.
0:34.6	You're listening to the Mind Valley podcast where we'll be bringing you the greatest teachers
0:38.2	and thought leaders on the planet.
0:40.2	It has cast a world's most powerful ideas and personal growth for mind, body, spirit,
0:45.2	and work.
0:47.6	So welcome everybody to Sleep for Peak Performance.
0:50.7	My name is Dr. Michael Bruce, hopefully many of you know me and I'm a big fan of the
0:54.9	Mind Valley community.
0:55.9	So first of all, thank you all for having me.
0:59.1	So let's talk Sleep.
1:00.1	So here's the thing to remember is there are two separate systems in the brain for sleep.
1:04.7	One is called your sleep drive.
1:06.3	The other is called your sleep rhythm.
1:08.1	So sleep drive is a lot like being hungry.
1:10.5	So I get hungrier and hungrier and hungrier throughout the day.
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