How to Determine the Hours of Sleep You Need Each Night, with Dr. Michael Breus
Change Your Brain Every Day
Dr Daniel Amen
4.7 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 22 October 2020
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
One of the common questions we get asked is about the optimal hours of sleep needed each night. Unfortunately, there's no right or wrong answer, as the amount varies from person to person. So how many hours do YOU need? In this fourth and final episode in a series with sleep doctor Michael Breus, he and the Amens give you a strategy to determine your nightly sleep target, as well as additional sleep tips to help you get the most out of your nights.
For more information on Dr. Michael Breus, visit https://thesleepdoctor.com/
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Brain Warriors Way podcast. I'm Dr. Daniel Aeman and I'm Tanna Aeman. In our podcast we provide you with the tools you need to become a warrior for the health of your brain and body. |
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| 0:49.4 | Welcome back. |
| 0:50.4 | We are still here with Dr. Michael Bruce and I mean I gotta tell you I am learning so much about |
| 0:54.8 | sleep. We are just having such a good time. This is fascinating. And in this episode we're |
| 0:59.6 | going to answer your questions. We've got some amazing questions. We asked you for them, you sent them, and so Dr |
| 1:05.7 | Michael Bruce, our expert today is going to help us answer these questions. Welcome back, Dr. |
| 1:10.0 | Bruce. |
| 1:11.0 | Thanks for having me. I'm excited to be here. |
| 1:12.0 | Absolutely. I'm just sitting here like dumbfounded with all the information I'm learning. |
| 1:16.0 | It's been amazing. So let's talk about this. The first question is what could cause patients to lose sleep during the COVID-19 pandemic? |
| 1:24.8 | I think you kind of answered that, but if there's anything more specific you want to touch on, |
| 1:29.6 | now would be the time. |
| 1:31.0 | Well, I think we talked about it, but just to in summary, I think that we've got too much media going on, and so that's causing a significant amount of stress in people. |
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