Episode 527: Jack Dell’Accio: How Your Mattress Impacts REM Sleep, Brain Recovery and Performance

Habits and Hustle

Jen Cohen

Entrepreneurship, Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Business

4.5 • 818 Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2026

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

You can sleep eight hours, follow all the usual tips, and still feel foggy and sore. If recovery isn’t improving, the problem usually is the environment you’re ignoring at bedtime. In this episode of Habits & Hustle, I sit down with certified sleep coach Jack Dell’Accio to break down why “cooling” mattresses backfire, what actually drives REM and deep sleep, and how toxins and EMFs keep the nervous system stuck in survival mode. Jack Dell’Accio is a Certified Sleep Coach with over 20 years of experience studying restorative rest and sleep environments. He is the Founder and CEO of Essentia, a company focused on non toxic, organically made mattresses designed to support neurological and physical restoration. What’s Discussed (01:12) Why mattresses are overlooked despite being the biggest sleep exposure (07:28) REM and deep sleep as drivers of brain detox and physical recovery (08:44) How EMFs alter blood behavior and keep the brain in defense mode (15:51) Why mattress toxins stimulate the nervous system and reduce deep sleep (21:39) How sleep tracking increases pressure and backfires on performance (24:08) Why most organic mattresses still rely on coils and fall short (29:22) How “cooling” mattresses fragment sleep through constant repositioning (42:51) Sleep hygiene versus sleep environment and why people confuse the two Thank you to our sponsors: Rho Nutrition: Try Rho Nutrition today and experience the difference of Liposomal Technology. Use code JEN20for 20% OFF everything at https://rhonutrition.com/discount/jen20. Prolon: Get 30% off sitewide plus a $40 bonus gift when you subscribe to their 5-Day Program! Just visit https://prolonlife.com/JENNIFERCOHEN and use code JENNIFERCOHEN to claim your discount and your bonus gift. Therasage: Head over to therasage.com and use code Be Bold for 15% off Air Doctor: Go to airdoctorpro.com and use promo code HUSTLE40 for up to $300 off and a 3-year warranty on air purifiers. Magic Mind: Head over to www.magicmind.com/jen and use code Jen at checkout. Momentous: Shop this link and use code Jen for 20% off Manna Vitality: Visit mannavitality.com and use code JENNIFER20 for 20% off your order Amp fit is the perfect balance of tech and training, designed for people who do it all and still want to feel strong doing it. Check it out at joinamp.com/jen Find more from Jen: Website: https://jennifercohen.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/therealjencohen Books: https://jennifercohen.com/books Speaking: https://jennifercohen.com/speaking-engagement Find more from Jack Dell'Accio: Website: https://myessentia.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/jackdellacciosleep https://instagram.com/essentiaorganicmattress Youtube: https://youtube.com/@EssentiaOrganicMattress

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0:00.0	Hi, guys. It's Tony Robbins. You're listening to Habits and Hustle. Crush it.
0:07.0	Welcome to Habits and Hustle. And we have a special guest. Well, every guest is special. But this is even an extra special guest because he's Canadian. And all the Canadians have an extra specialness to them. His name is Jack Delaccio guys. And Jack is
0:23.7	a sleep coach for many high performers and athletes. And I recently met Jack because I became
0:31.4	really obsessed with something that he created, which were these mattresses, actually, of all
0:37.4	things that are like EMF protected
0:40.6	and like a high performance mattress, which I never heard of, by the way. And I thought it was
0:46.6	super interesting. So I invited him to come on and just kind of talk about sleep and to talk about
0:52.7	like true sleep hygiene that some people get wrong and or that's
0:58.0	become super trendy and maybe not necessarily true. So without further ado, here and welcome to
1:04.2	the podcast. Hello, Jack. Hello. And thank you very much for having. I'm really excited to
1:09.5	be here in person.
1:16.8	Absolutely. I've enjoyed getting to know you. We've seen each other only a few times once, was at Eudamonia.
1:20.9	Actually, that was the first time and probably the only time. He always talked on the phone.
1:26.1	And like I said, I really found you really fascinating. So I wanted to have you on.
1:28.3	And so what we do on this show, just to start off, is we take these performance shots by someone called Magic Mind. And it kind of helps us
1:33.2	keep our focus being more sharp and it has amazing ingredients. So since you're someone who's
1:39.7	interested in bio, you know, more high performance things. This is a great thing to have.
1:44.7	So we cheers.
1:45.4	Cheers.
1:45.9	And then we just take it back.
1:49.6	Good, right?
1:51.7	Great, really nice.
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