Genius Hacks To Fall (& Stay!) Asleep, Eliminate Morning Grogginess, Get Deep Sleep & More With Vanessa Hill

The Liz Moody Podcast

Liz Moody

Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Education, Mental Health

4.8 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2023

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

Sleep tips for shift and night workers, and the impact of blue light, white noise, blackout curtains, weighted blankets, napping, and more on sleep. exactly what to do if you’re a “bad” sleeper (and why you shouldn’t freak out!) how genetics plays into sleep & how to become a “good” sleeper the truth about sleep trackers like Oura, FitBit, WHOOP, Eight Sleep, & more a simple explanation of the different types of sleep & their functions why sleep paralysis happens + how to minimize it lifestyle hacks for getting more deep sleep how to figure out your chronotype + optimize your sleep and life based on it 2 hacks for eliminating grogginess in the morning why you feel tired even after a great night’s sleep a genius technique to get back to sleep when you wake up in the middle of the night the 2 types of insomnia + how to address both the impact of blue light, CBD, THC, white noise, blackout curtains, weighted blankets, napping, & more on sleep how to get quality sleep if you’re a night shift worker or staying up with young children the best way to combat bedtime procrastination and so much more! For more from Vanessa, find her at @nessyhill on Instagram or at www.nessyhill.com. To join the Healthier Together Podcast Club Facebook group, go to https://www.facebook.com/groups/healthiertogetherpodcast. Grab your Raunchier Together deck in time for Valentine’s Day by ordering before February 9th at healthyconvo.co and use code LOVE15 for 15% off any Healthy Convo Co games! This episode is sponsored by: Wild Health: go to wildhealth.com/liz or use code LIZ for 20% off. Levels: sign up at levels.link/HEALTHIERTOGETHER to receive an additional two free months of your Levels membership. Seed: go to seed.com/daily-synbiotic and use code LIZMOODY for 15% off your first month. AG1 by Athletic Greens: visit athleticgreens.com/healthiertogether and get your FREE year supply of Vitamin D and 5 free travel packs today. Healthier Together cover art by Zack. Healthier Together music by Alex Ruimy.

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0:00.0	Hello, friends, and welcome back to the Healthier Together podcast.
0:04.7	I'm your host, Liz Moody, and I'm a best-selling author and longtime journalist.
0:08.8	This podcast is all about helping you live your healthiest, happiest life, whether we're
0:12.5	learning the neuroscience behind manifesting the life of our dreams, getting realistic
0:16.8	tips for handling grief, or finding out how to hack our epigenetics to live longer and
0:21.8	feel better.
0:22.8	And yes, those are all real episodes, so if any of those topics end good to you, scroll
0:27.1	on back in the archives.
0:28.8	I am so excited to welcome Vanessa Hill to today's episode.
0:32.9	Vanessa is an award-winning science communicator and sleep researcher.
0:36.8	She's published tons of highly regarded papers on the science of sleep, and she's the
0:41.6	creator of the HIIT PBS series Brain Craft and the YouTube Original Special, Sleeping
0:46.4	with Friends where she shares neuroscience hacks and tips for improving your sleep.
0:51.2	I feel like a lot of episodes that I've heard on podcasts about sleep can be really scary
0:55.4	and just make me feel terrified on nights that I am not sleeping well, and I really didn't
1:00.0	want this to be that.
1:01.9	Instead, we packed it with hacks to help improve your sleep, no matter where you're starting.
1:06.5	I wanted it to be actionable and science-backed and not terrifying.
1:11.0	So we get into exactly what to do if you're a bad sleeper and why you should not freak
1:16.3	out how genetics play into sleep and how to become a good sleeper and putting these
1:20.8	in quotes because I think that the concept of like a bad sleeper and a good sleeper are
1:24.3	really overused and we get into some of the nuances around that in this episode.
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