Arianna Huffington: Revolutionizing Sleep for Creativity (… and everything else)

Beautiful Writers Podcast

Linda Sivertsen

Writing, Authors, Books, Book Deals, Writers, Arts, Bestsellers, Book Proposals, Publishing, Society & Culture

4.7 • 592 Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2016

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

You know her as the co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post—a position that’s garnered Arianna the title of “the 52nd most powerful woman in the world” (Forbes, 2014). But for the girl who once shared a one-bedroom apartment with her sister and single mother in Athens, Greece, it’s the simplest things—like the regenerative powers of a good night's sleep—that have come to matter most. It’s Arianna's crusade, in fact, to share the dangers of not getting enough pillow hours ("sleep...

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0:00.0	This is the Beautiful Writers Podcast. I'm Danielle Lipport, and I'm here with Linda Sieverts,
0:10.4	where we are chatting with some of the most amazing authors, publishing leaders, and creatives.
0:16.8	Between the two of us, Linda and I have written something like 12 books, including our co-creation, your big beautiful book plan.
0:23.9	And we're here because we love this game.
0:26.7	We love everything about the publishing industry, about getting ideas out into the world and being as creative as you possibly can.
0:35.3	This all started with us interviewing some of our favorite agents and fellow authors
0:40.2	for a membership group that we have called The Beautiful Writers Group.
0:44.5	And because we don't believe friends should let their friends write alone,
0:48.4	we are sharing the interviews with you.
0:50.4	So for the next 45 minutes, because 45 minutes is a new hour, we will be digging deep and going for the light. Thank you. So for the next 45 minutes, because 45 minutes is a new hour, we will be digging deep
0:56.0	and going for the light. Welcome. Hey, hey, everyone. It's Linda, and I want to welcome you to a very
1:08.3	special episode of our show. Today, Danielle and I are going to be
1:12.1	mixing it up here with our format a bit. Rather than focus our entire 45 minutes on one person,
1:18.5	we're going to instead focus on one topic, a topic that affects every single one of us,
1:24.1	a topic that, as you may have already found in your own life, can make or break your
1:28.7	creative pursuits. But that's only the half of it. For many, this topic is one of happiness or
1:35.0	misery, health or disease, literally life or death. You probably know I'm talking about sleep.
1:42.6	And I hope you have a chance to listen to the whole show because I think
1:45.7	it's the most important one we've ever done or could do. Forgive me for sounding dramatic,
1:51.3	but as a long time fellow sleep denier whose mantra was the famous, I can sleep when I die,
1:58.5	and whose parents did not sleep long or well and both died far too young.
2:04.1	I think you'll be amazed by some of what you're about to hear and I know you're going to love the
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