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Welcome to Feel Better Live More bite size, your weekly dose of positivity and optimism to get you ready for the weekend.

Today's clip is from episode 147 of the podcast with world leading sleep researcher, Professor Matthew Walker.

Sleep is not just important for our physical health, but for our mental and emotional health

as well. In this clip, Matthew explains why sleep can be emotional first aid and shares some

of his top tips for better sleep.

For much of the past 20 or 30 years, despite the science changing, people still believe that when we sleep, our bodies simply are resting and our brain is dormant.

And there couldn't be anything further from the truth. All of your major physiological systems in your body undergo a dramatic

overhaul during sleep. And every operation of the mind, all of the networks of the brain

are being augmented. Memories are being saved. Memories are being shifted from short term

to long term. Your emotional networks of your

brain are being recalibrated and retuned. Some parts of your brain are getting reconnected

that have been degraded across the day, particularly with your prefrontal cortex, so you're

better able to make decisions and be more rational as an individual. In fact, some parts of your brain are up to 30% more

active than when you're awake when you're in certain stages of sleep. But we still have this

belief that sleep because it's a quote-unquote dormant state, well, then it's a waste of time.

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