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Something You Should Know

Bonus: SYSK TRENDING - The Science of Sleeping, Breathing, and Hydration

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

Science, Self-improvement, Social Sciences, Health & Fitness, Education

4.54.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2026

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Why would anyone need to be taught how to sleep, breathe, or drink water? Those are things you already do every day. And yet, it turns out most of us are doing them just wrong enough to undermine our health. In this SYSK Trending episode, I talk with Michael Breus, one of the world’s leading sleep experts, about how small adjustments to when and how you sleep, breathe, and hydrate can produce outsized benefits for your energy, immunity, metabolism, and long-term health. Dr. Breus is a double-board-certified clinical psychologist and sleep specialist, and the author of Sleep Drink Breathe: Simple Daily Habits for Profound Long-Term Health (https://amzn.to/3ZposzW). His research shows that better health doesn’t always require doing more—it often comes from doing the basics correctly. This is simple advice, but it’s powerful—and it may change how you think about your daily habits. You can also take the Chrono Quiz Dr. Breus discusses here: https://sleepdoctor.com/pages/sleep-quiz PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS QUINCE: Refresh your wardrobe with Quince! Go to ⁠https://Quince.dom/sysk ⁠for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada, too! HIMS: For simple, online access to personalized and affordable care for Hair Loss, ED, Weight Loss, and more, visit ⁠https://Hims.com/SOMETHING⁠ for your free online visit!  SHOPIFY: Sign up for your $1 per month trail and start selling today at ⁠⁠https://Shopify.com/sysk⁠⁠ DELL: Dell Tech Days are here. Enjoy huge deals on PCs like the Dell 14 Plus with Intel® Core™ Ultra processors. Visit ⁠https://Dell.com/deals⁠ PLANET VISIONARIES: We love the Planet Visionaries podcast, so listen on Apple, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you're listening to this podcast! In partnership with The Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

You hear a lot about sleep and health, but it's rarely as simple as,

0:07.7

just get more sleep and you'll be fine.

0:10.1

There's a lot more to it than that, which is why today's S-Y-S-K trending topic is how to sleep,

0:16.5

breathe, and hydrate your way to better health.

0:19.3

Most health advice tells you to do more, more exercise,

0:23.2

more vegetables, more willpower. But what if some of the biggest gains come from doing things

0:29.1

you already do just differently? Today we're talking about three things you do every day,

0:35.6

sleeping, breathing, and drinking. Small changes in how you do

0:39.3

each one can have big effects on your energy, stress, health, and even longevity. To put this in

0:46.1

perspective, my conversation with Dr. Michael Bruce explains how getting sleep, breathing, and hydration

0:52.3

right can dramatically improve how your body functions.

0:56.4

And we'll get to that right after this.

1:01.7

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1:07.6

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1:37.8

Eight natural ingredients in every sip, one night of winding down in every drop, your moment of serenity, brought to you by twining sleep, twinings. Alive in every drop. Three things you do every day. Sleep, drink, and breathe. You can't not do them. You have to do them. And maybe you could do them a little better, according to my guest,

1:45.9

Dr. Michael Bruce. Michael's name has popped up on other episodes of something you should know.

1:51.7

He's been a guest, but even other guests have referenced him or quoted him. He's considered

1:56.8

one of the top experts on sleep anywhere. And he is about to explain how small improvements in how you sleep, breathe, and hydrate

2:05.7

yourself can have extraordinary results.

2:09.6

Michael is a double board certified clinical psychologist and clinical sleep specialist.

2:15.4

He's the author of numerous best-selling books, and his latest is called

2:18.7

Sleep, Drink, Breathe, Simple Daily Habits for Profound Long-Term Health. Hi, Michael, welcome to something

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