How To Sleep Like a Champ
How To! with Mike Pesca
Peach Fish Projects
4.3 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 23 May 2023
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Vanessa isn't a night owl. Yet, often, you can find her lying awake desperately trying to turn off her brain. When her partner stays over she often resorts to the couch just to get some rest. On this episode of How To!, co-host Carvell Wallace brings in Dr. Wendy Troxel. She is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in sleep medicine and the author of the book, Sharing the Covers: Every Couple's Guide to Better Sleep. On part one of a two part series—Dr. Troxel explains how insomnia disrupts sleep, how to avoid it, and why a good night's rest starts with your environment.
If you liked this episode, check out: "How To Beat the Dreaded Midday Slump."
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Podcast production by Derek John, Rosemary Belson, Kevin Bendis, and Jabari Butler.
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| 0:30.6 | In the past, like I would used to cry a lot when I couldn't get to sleep. |
| 0:35.8 | Just because I think we all know the importance of sleep |
| 0:39.3 | and how much that affects every single part of our lives, right? |
| 0:46.2 | Welcome to how to. I'm Carvel Wallace. If there's one thing we know, it's that sleep is important. |
| 0:53.4 | Ever since we were little kids, we've had it drilled into us that you need eight hours of sleep |
| 0:57.7 | every night. |
| 0:59.0 | But the reality of adulthood is that that's not really how it works. |
| 1:04.0 | In fact, one third of the U.S. population gets less than the recommended amount of sleep. |
| 1:09.1 | We're busy with jobs and obligations and family. |
| 1:11.9 | We stay up late, binging shows, infinitely scrolling. When I was in college, we treated lack of |
| 1:17.9 | sleep and being overworked to the point of exhaustion like it was a badge of honor, a sign that |
| 1:23.3 | you were being productive. To prioritize sleep means to deprioritize productivity. And that's |
| 1:31.1 | simply not how we collectively operate. But some of us are trying to get there. And it's |
| 1:38.7 | really frustrating when we can't. Hi, my name is Vanessa and I am a radio host and an entrepreneur. And a fun fact |
| 1:49.0 | about me, I am currently obsessed with stand-up comedy and performing. Okay, I can't wait for you to |
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