Hi, I'm Monica Packer, and you're listening to about progress, where we are about progress made practical.

I have always struggled with sleep since I was a little kid. I have prioritized doing things over getting to bed from reading to

to later on doing homework to as a mom just getting things done or being

creative or finally taking some time to myself. I've seemed to always find an

excuse to delay getting to sleep. And it was all catching up to me a few years ago from constant exhaustion to insomnia to mood shifts, but in ways I didn't really fully accept until I could not deny the

evidence right in front of my face. Literally. We got our family pictures taken by a dear friend and brilliant photographers.

She had taken her pictures the year before and they were so lovely.

And when we got our pictures back this time, I just could not get over how much older I looked than the year before.

It was such a stark contrast that nobody could deny it when I showed them my faces side to side but just a year apart with those two family photos.

So I guess my vanity finally made me prioritize working on my sleep, but I'm glad I did and I'm still working on it now.

Are you in the same boat and are you wanting to better prioritize your sleep?

Then I have the best interview for you today with Dr. Angela Holliday Bell.

She's a medical physician with a clinic that specializes in helping people get better sleep.

We will cover why sleep matters, how much sleep we actually need, and three actionable ways

to better optimize our sleep.

I've got to tell you, this has been an ongoing work and progress for me like

years in the making and I've read lots of books on sleep I've even had an adult sleep

training consultation that really helped with my insomnia and yet I still

learned new things in this interview. Dr. Angela Holliday Bell is a board

certified physician certified sleep specialist, speaker, author, and founder of The Solution

is Sleep LLC.

As someone who formerly suffered with insomnia herself, she understands the transformative power of good quality sleep, and how obtaining

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