Can’t sleep? ‘Try This.’
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The Washington Post
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🗓️ 29 December 2023
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
“Try This” from The Washington Post is a series of audio courses designed to jump-start the parts of life where we can all use a few pointers — with pithy, snackable solutions you can easily use. The first course is about how to get better sleep.
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In the first class of our course on how to sleep better, learn why worrying about not falling asleep can make things worse. There are steps you can take during the day that can help lessen the anxiety at night.
To hear more, check out “Try This” wherever you listen to podcasts.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, it's Martine. It's Friday, December 29th. I don't know about you, but this time of year, I'm thinking a lot about |
| 0:09.9 | New Year's resolutions and how to do better, how to eat better, how to exercise, how to call my mom more often. |
| 0:18.0 | But something that I think we all need in 2024 is more sleep and better sleep. So much of our mental and physical health is tied to that. |
| 0:27.0 | That's why I wanted to share the first episode of a new series from the Washington Post. |
| 0:32.0 | It's called Try This. Try This is a series of |
| 0:36.2 | audio courses designed to jumpstart different parts of your life with easy to use |
| 0:41.1 | pointers and the first one is about how to get better sleep. |
| 0:45.0 | So check out this episode here |
| 0:47.0 | and then follow, try this, |
| 0:49.0 | using the link in our show notes, |
| 0:51.0 | or by searching for it wherever you listen to podcasts. |
| 0:55.0 | Hey I'm Christina Quinn. |
| 0:59.0 | Welcome to Try This from the Washington Post. |
| 1:02.0 | Try This is to try this from the Washington Post. |
| 1:08.0 | Try this is a series of audio courses to help you take on common challenges and learn something new without having to make a big time commitment. |
| 1:12.0 | And I'll be learning with you. |
| 1:14.0 | Each course will have two to five classes or episodes. |
| 1:17.0 | This first course, which is about sleep, will have five. |
| 1:20.0 | We'll cover sleep performance anxiety, how to manage those nagging thoughts that keep you up, |
| 1:26.7 | what to do when you wake up in the middle of the night, why sleep is like pizza dough, and finally |
| 1:32.0 | the melatonin factor. |
| 1:36.0 | All right, classes in session. |
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