How To Master Your Sleep & Be More Alert When Awake with Shawn Stevenson

Dhru Purohit Show

Dhru Purohit

Alternative Health, Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2022

⏱️ 131 minutes

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This episode is brought to you by BiOptimizers and Cozy Earth. Sleep is one of our most basic human needs, and we’re constantly learning more about how it impacts human health. We’re also learning more about ways to improve it. Light exposure is a big one. From how often and when we experience natural sunlight to the screens and other forms of artificial light we’re exposed to now more than ever, our interaction with light has a dramatic effect on our sleep quality. Today on The Dhru Purohit Podcast, Dhru talks to his friend Shawn Stevenson about the intersections of light exposure, temperature regulation, caffeine consumption, nutrition, and sleep. Shawn Stevenson is the author of the international bestselling book Sleep Smarter and his latest book, Eat Smarter, and the creator of The Model Health Show, one of the top health podcasts in the world! He is the founder of Advanced Integrative Health Alliance, a company that provides wellness services for individuals and organizations worldwide. In this episode, we dive into: -The most common misconceptions people have about sleep quality (2:25) -Night mode on electronics and blue-light-blocking glasses for negating light exposure (12:00) -How sleep quality influences sexual function (19:07) -The importance of blocking out ambient light to enhance sleep quality (20:18) -How to tackle differences in sleep routines between partners sharing a bed (31:48) -Things that are messing up our sleep quality (36:35) -Hacks for improving temperature regulation at night (42:07) -The importance of light exposure first thing in the morning (50:45) -How caffeine and alcohol impact sleep quality (1:24:10) -Supplements that can support deep, restful sleep (1:54:32) Also mentioned in this episode: -Sleep Smarter -The Model Health Show For more on Shawn Stevenson, follow him on Instagram @shawnmodel, Facebook @themodelhealthshow, Twitter @shawnmodel, YouTube @shawnstevenson, and through his website, themodelhealthshow.com. This episode is brought to you by BiOptimizers and Cozy Earth. Magnesium Breakthrough from BiOptimizers really stands out from the other magnesium supplements out there. It contains 7 different forms of magnesium, which all have different functions in the body. There isn't anything else like it on the market. BiOptimizers is offering my community 10% off, so just head over to magbreakthrough.com/dhru with code DHRU10. Cozy Earth are the most comfortable, temperature-regulating, and nontoxic sheets on the market. Right now, get 40% off your Cozy Earth sheets. Just head over to cozyearth.com and use code DHRU. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	115 million Americans are regularly sleep deprived right now. All of the ramifications that come from
0:05.7	that, the metabolic ramifications, the immunosuppressive aspects of it, the list goes on and on, it's not good.
0:12.1	Welcome to the Drew Pro at Podcast. Each week we explore the inner workings of the brain and the
0:17.2	body with one of the brightest minds and wellness medicine and mindset. This week's guest is my
0:22.4	dear friend Sean Stevenson. Sean Stevenson is the author of the International Best Selling Book,
0:28.1	Sleep Smarter and the creator of the Model Health Show, one of the top health podcasts in the world.
0:34.7	On today's episode, Sean is here to revisit the topic of sleep with us. For the last six years,
0:40.4	his international best selling book has been out and he's been hearing from people all around the
0:46.7	globe about the top things to help them sleep better. And more importantly, we kick off today's
0:52.7	interview by addressing the number one, two, three, probably four, five, and six, number one,
0:59.6	interrupters of sleep. What are the lifestyle habits that you have? Not just at night, but during the
1:04.9	day that create the circumstances are the perfect storm of circumstances that lead to bad sleep.
1:13.5	We're going to address them and we're going to talk about how to fix them. Today's episode is
1:18.0	all about sleep. If your sleep is even a little messed up, even if you think you know a lot about
1:22.8	sleep, you're still going to enjoy today's interview. Now a little bit about my friend Sean Stevenson,
1:28.7	he's a graduate of the University of Missouri in St. Louis and at this university, Sean studied
1:35.5	business, biology, and nutritional science. He went on to found advanced integrative health
1:41.8	alliance, a company that provides wellness services for individuals and organizations worldwide.
1:47.7	Sean has been featured in Forbes Fast Company, New York Times, Muscle and Fitness, ESPN, and many
1:54.0	other major media outlets. Excited and honored to call him a friend and I think you're going to get
2:00.0	a lot out of today's episode. Stay tuned. Sean Stevenson, welcome back to the podcast. A pleasure
2:08.6	to have you here in the new studio. We're talking all about sleep today and the things that consistently
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