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The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

Moment 50 - The Most Common Misconceptions About Sleep: Stephanie Romiszewski

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

FlightStory

Society & Culture, Business, Education

4.613.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2022

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

In these ‘Moment’ episodes of my podcast, I’ll be selecting my favourite moments from previous episodes of The Diary Of A CEO. This week, I want to bring back to you a section from this incredible conversation I had with Stephanie Romiszewski, an experienced sleep physiologist and expert in developing bespoke treatment plans for sleep problems. Here we discuss the common misconceptions many people have about sleep, including the much perceived importance of getting those 7 or 8 hours of sleep a night. Her main piece of advice denotes that perfection is the enemy of the good; dictating our bedtime is the worst thing we can do to ourselves, and instead we should focus on the quality over the quantity of sleep and never expect to get that solid 8 hours that we have all been told to get. Finding a reasonable sleep routine, and maintaining it will allow our bodies to regulate and rest, which will eventually train the brain to use our sleep window as a sleep opportunity. Such an overload of misconceptions can go wrong, and cause even more panic for people who have become crippled by their sleep patterns. We often forget how efficient our bodies are, so we need to stop worrying about sleep debt and instead focus on a good routine.Listen to the full episode here - https://g2ul0.app.link/OrX6sjtZEob Stephanie- https://twitter.com/sleepyclinic https://sleepyheadclinic.co.uk/stephanie-romiszewski-sleep-expert/ Watch the Episodes On Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/c/TheDiaryOfACEO/videos

Transcript

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0:00.0

You're an expert in this field.

0:03.6

So you must, as you can I spoke to there, you must get pretty, I can feel it when you're

0:07.7

speaking, get pretty pissed off when you see unhelpful information being pushed on, I don't

0:13.3

know, social media or online or through books, these sort of simplified narratives.

0:17.3

What are some of the most common misconceptions that you speak to your patients about?

0:22.5

You mentioned one there about this like eight hours of sleep being the optimal.

0:26.3

Yeah.

0:27.3

Put out on my Instagram earlier, what are the key questions you want to ask?

0:30.6

I'm speaking to a sleep therapist expert today.

0:33.6

I'd say the vast majority, or at least the medium question was, do I need to get exactly

0:39.5

seven or eight hours sleep?

0:41.2

Every single night.

0:42.2

Yeah.

0:43.2

Yeah, so that is definitely the biggest one we get.

0:45.5

You do not, the perfection is the enemy of the good who you've ever heard that time

0:49.2

because at the end of the day it's true.

0:51.4

Yes, your body loves consistency and regulation, but that does not mean you have to get eight

0:56.6

hours of sleep every night.

0:58.8

Think about it differently.

0:59.6

Think about it over a month, for example.

1:01.7

We love this idea of the way we look at time is slightly different to the way your body

1:05.8

looks at time.

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