Sleep Is Medicine

Sustainable Minimalists

Bleav + Stephanie Seferian

Leisure, Parenting, Home & Garden, Kids & Family

4.8 • 864 Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

American culture is heavily influenced by a “rise and grind” reverence for hustling, and many of us have adopted the belief that sleep is a waste of time. When we dismiss the importance of sleep, we have more time to work harder and longer. And when we have more money in our pockets, what we are really doing is keeping our capitalist engines turning. Contrary to what you've been told, sleep is not time wasted. On today's show: The Number One way to improve your health, wellness, and quality of life without spending any money at all (ahem ... prioritizing sleep). Here's a preview: [3:00] Rise and grind culture promotes sleep deprivation! [9:00] What happens when we sleep? Hop on a metaphorical submarine and explore the Sleep Sea [15:00] A laundry list of bad sleep's deleterious health and wellness effects [21:00] In your 40s or 50s? You especially need to prioritize sleep, and here's why [29:00] 6 research-backed ways to prioritize sleep every darn night Resources mentioned: Episode #472: Breath Awareness Episode #465: Optimizing Your Walks Outlive: The Science And Art Of Longevity (by Dr. Peter Attia) Why We Sleep: Unlocking The Power Of Sleep And Dreams (by Dr. Matthew Walker) The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index This show is listener-supported. Thank you for supporting! Join our (free!) Facebook community here. Find your tribe. Sustainable Minimalists are on Facebook, Instagram + Youtube @sustainableminimalists Say hello! [email protected].

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0:00.0	It has been a summer of self-care over here. I'm talking lots of hikes, lots of beach trips with the
0:06.4	sunscreen of course, you name it, I'm fitting it in before Labor Day. Wherever you're off to this summer, know that you're taking your microbiome with you. And seeds
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0:27.0	know that I pay close attention to what I put in my body I do my d darndest, to avoid synthetic ingredients, and that's why I trust seed.
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0:58.3	code 25 sustainable.
1:00.7	Well, hello there, my friends, and welcome back.
1:05.9	My name is Stephanie Safarian, and you're listening to episode 493 of sustainable minimalists. This is a listener-supported show about eco-friendly and
1:16.0	intentional minimalists living. On today's show I am reintroducing you to the number
1:21.2	one way to improve your health, improve your wellness,
1:24.7	improve your quality of life without spending any money at all, and that of course
1:30.2	is by prioritizing sleep.
1:34.8	Historically, science has shortchanged sleep.
1:38.9	For decades, sleep was considered nothing more
1:42.2	than that period of unconsciousness in which nothing really
1:46.4	important happened. And our culture too, which is heavily influenced by that rise and grind reverence for hustling. Our culture both
1:56.9	implicitly and explicitly makes the point, the incorrect point, that sleep is a waste of time.
2:04.3	Resting is for lazy people, right?
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