How to Get the Sleep You Need (a Scientific Approach) | Chris Winter, MD
Good Life Project
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🗓️ 5 February 2024
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Do you ever feel like you barely slept even after a full night in bed? You're not alone. Sleep expert Dr. Christopher Winter reveals the truth about the perception gap between how we think we're sleeping and reality.
Discover science-backed techniques to get better rest, change your mindset around sleep, and stop obsessing over routines. Dr. Winter shares insights from his book The Sleep Solution and busts myths around optimal sleep needs. Learn how to ditch the anxiety around sleep and become the well-rested person you aspire to be. This candid conversation provides practical steps anyone can take to transform their relationship with sleep.
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| 0:00.0 | paying attention to sleep and valuing sleep but working on not stressing about it let's control |
| 0:05.8 | we can control be in bed by 11 o'clock be out of bed by 7 there that's what you can control |
| 0:12.2 | those are tough choices to make but that's where we've got to be. |
| 0:15.0 | And then understand that sometimes we'll go to bed and not fall asleep right away, |
| 0:19.0 | we're okay. We're normal. |
| 0:21.0 | That's fine. Like just being in bed resting can be wildly |
| 0:24.9 | restored for people. Find time to rest. And if rest turns to sleep, good for you. So have you ever stared at the ceiling in the middle of the night convinced you haven't slept at all or maybe you're not going to sleep at all? |
| 0:42.0 | Or am I the only one? Or maybe you've dozed off the second |
| 0:45.0 | your head hits the pillow only to wake up feeling like you really hadn't slept very well, if |
| 0:50.1 | at all. Apparently, not only do many of us not sleep well, but we also unwittingly tell ourselves stories |
| 0:56.1 | about the sleep that we're not getting that aren't entirely true. The way we perceive our sleep often doesn't match reality and for many people that leads to anxiety and stress that even more colors the way that they experience their sleep, even if we technically sleep soundly or more soundly than we realize we are, we may feel |
| 1:15.6 | like we're tossing and turning all night long. So how do we actually understand how much are |
| 1:19.6 | little we're sleeping and how, quote, good or bad that sleep is and more important what can we really do about all of this? |
| 1:27.2 | My guest today is Dr. Chris Winter, a leading sleep expert who has uncovered fascinating insights around this sleep |
| 1:34.3 | perception gap and so many other strategies to actually get better sleep. He's |
| 1:38.6 | practiced sleep medicine and neurology since 2004, but his fascination with sleep began way back in 1993. and books on sleep and host the chart topping podcast sleep unplugged and I wanted to |
| 1:55.3 | speak to Chris because I understand how troubling insomnia and poor sleep and all |
| 1:59.4 | the different ways that we sleep or don't sleep can feel but what I've learned is that sometimes our thoughts |
| 2:04.6 | about sleep do more harm to our actual sleep than the lost sleep itself. |
| 2:10.5 | And he offers a refreshing perspective and practical solutions to help anyone |
| 2:15.3 | struggling with anxiety around sleep. His message really provides the |
| 2:19.3 | perfect balance of inspiration and actionable advice. |
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