Hi there, it's Matt here and welcome back to the show and welcome back to another of the guest

episodes. My guest today is the fantastic Eric Prather. Eric, a PhD, wonderful guy. He is a leading

expert in sleep science and behavioral health. He is serving as

professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the University of California, San Francisco,

just across the bay from me here at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the director of the UCSF Center for Health

and Community, and he co-directs the UCSF aging, metabolism, and emotion center. His research,

in my mind, it's significantly advanced our understanding of how sleep impacts physical health, immunity,

as well as emotional well-being, meaning that he's just one of those people who has

plurality. He just seems to be able to annoyingly do everything.

Eric's work is frequently featured in high-impact journals and media outlets like The New York Times and

NPR. His fantastic new book, The Sleep Prescription, Seven Days to Unlocking Your Best Rest. You

absolutely need to go out and check it out. It's a wonderfully informative, elegantly written in terms of

digestible bite-sized chunks, seven-day guide, and not just seven-day guide, but from morning

to evening on each one of those days guide. He has just an exceptional ability to translate

complex science into actionable strategies.

It's not just that you understand the science, you understand what to do with it.

And I think his insights have really reshaped how we view and manage sleep health in both

clinical and everyday settings.

So without further ado, Eric, welcome to the show.

And I'll first ask you maybe just give some background in addition to that.

And don't be shy.

Don't be modest as to what you do, but also just how did you get into sleep science?

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