Sleep Is Getting Easier? What We Took from Dr. Breus (and What’s Actually Working) (The Edge)
Velvet's Edge with Kelly Henderson
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4.5 • 927 Ratings
🗓️ 8 May 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
After Kelly’s conversation with sleep expert Dr. Michael J. Breus, she and Chip break down the biggest takeaways from his approach—and how they’ve already started applying them to their own sleep.
They get into the patterns they didn’t realize were keeping them stuck, the simple shifts that made an immediate difference, and why Dr. Breus’ way of looking at sleep feels so much more realistic than the usual advice. From understanding your own rhythms to taking the pressure off “doing it perfectly,” this is about making sleep feel easier—not more complicated.
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| 1:19.8 | Thank you. Hello Chip. Hi, happy Friday. Oh, you just like tucked your hair into your hat so sassy. No, I had an itch on the back. I had an itch on the back of my ear. He was like, |
| 1:23.5 | happy Friday. Sassy tucking his hair in his hat. Oh, yeah.. How you doing? Good. How are you? I'm good. How'd you sleep last night? You know, I've been sleeping pretty well. I figured it out for myself, finally. With your chili pad? Chili pad and sleep happening of PAP. Oh, right's not cute but i sleep i'm curious about when |
| 1:49.2 | you start dating again how that's going to go never getting late again it's fine i'm not to stay at his |
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