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Wellness + Wisdom Podcast

Dr. Kirk Parsley: Sleep To Win

Wellness + Wisdom Podcast

Josh Trent

Self-improvement, Education

4.8913 Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2017

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

In today's fast paced society driven by the "hustle and grind" mentality, sleep is usually the first thing to go. With the demands of the modern world, what practical steps for sleep hygiene can we practice every day to get the most emotional, physical, and spiritual fulfillment we need to live life well?

Everyone knows that a good night's sleep will make us feel better, but science is showing the impacts from chronic sleep deprivation are more far-reaching than we realize. Not only will a lack of quality rest affect mood, feelings, and overall wellness, but it can also degrade our memory, decision-making abilities, life expectancy, and so much more.

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If we want to make drastic improvements to our mental and physical wellness, we get to ask ourselves an imperative question:

How can we remedy our sleep habits and lifestyle to maximize our wellness and live life to our fullest potential? 

On this episode of Wellness Force Radio, we explore this topic and much more with Dr. Kirk Parsley, author of the upcoming book "Sleep To Win." During this exclusive, in-person interview, Dr. Parsley uncovers the tools and strategies we need to receive all the benefits that come from making sleep a priority in our lives.

 

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DR. Kirk Parsley Wellness Force

Listen To Episode 125 As Dr. Parsley Uncovers:

  • How he met and developed a friendship with Robb Wolf
  • How an impromptu interview brought him into the world of podcasting
  • Learn about his journey from a Navy MD to his own wellness coaching practice
  • Why he has always had a problem with simply "following the rules"
  • How we can begin to prevent disease instead of just diagnosing and treating our ailments
  • His dietary evolution that led him to a Paleo whole-foods style of eating
  • The fact that traditional medical school focuses on diagnosing disease, and fails to teach proper strategies for nutrition, sleep, exercise, and how to optimize our health
  • Why his Navy Seal patient's health and memory started to fade at a young age
  • Why a restful night's sleep can add massive productivity to our days
  • The data that shows fewer traffic accidents occur when school starts later in the day
  • The ways our lifestyle can lead to years of sleep deprivation
  • Why children receiving more sleep reduces delinquency, drug use, emotional disturbance, and injury in sports
  • The st

Transcript

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0:00.0

Wellness Force Radio,

0:05.0

radio. Feelings are essential, but they can't dictate our actions.

0:12.0

We literally inspect each other with our emotion.

0:15.0

We came here for a special purpose.

0:16.8

Let the purpose unveil itself.

0:19.0

Knowing without doing the same thing is not knowing.

0:20.9

They're not just trackers.

0:22.2

I'm gonna wear this and it's to help me do the right thing.

0:25.0

Wellness Force Radio episode 125 with Dr. Kirk Parsley.

0:29.0

Social programming has convinced us that sleep is a form of weakness, it's a form of laziness, it's a luxury.

0:36.0

Chronic sleep deprivation takes about 16 years off your life.

0:39.0

I mean, there's very few things that take 16 years off your life.

0:42.0

It increases your risk for every disease, every kind of problem.

0:45.0

To me, I think more importantly, is what we talked about earlier,

0:48.0

it numbs you to your environment.

0:50.0

It decreases the whole purpose of being here.

0:52.0

Like, to me, this is all about squeezing as much joy out of life as I can possibly get.

0:57.0

Performance is seriously degraded if you're physiologically broken.

1:02.0

And the fastest way to physiologically break yourself is sleep deprivation.

1:06.0

What's up my friend? It's your host Josh Trent and welcome back to another episode for your weekly access to global experts in all things

1:14.1

wellness as we discover the physical and emotional intelligence we need to live life

1:18.5

well. So it has been said that we always teach the lessons we most need to learn.

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