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Just One Thing - with Michael Mosley

Sleep Well - Ep 4: Warm up to cool down

Just One Thing - with Michael Mosley

BBC

Health & Fitness, Science

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2022

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Get comfortable, let go of the cares of the day and take a sonic journey with Dr Michael Mosley. In this new sound-filled podcast series, designed to help you drift off, each episode focuses on a scientifically proven sleep technique and takes a deep dive through some incredible sleep-related bodily mechanisms.

Discover a simple hack for the temperature-related, sleep-preparing systems of the body. Plus dilating blood vessels, shapeshifting and taking a hot bath.

Guest: Anna Wirz-Justice, Emeritus Professor at the Centre for Chronobiology at the University of Basel, Switzerland.

Producer and Sound Design: Richard Ward Assistant Producer: Gulnar Mimaroglu Editor: Zoe Heron A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4.

Transcript

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0:00.0

If you could have a conversation with your younger self, what would you tell them?

0:06.0

Anonymity is our most valuable gift.

0:09.0

I'm Kristi Young, and in Young again, I'll be asking my guests what honest advice they would give their past self.

0:16.0

Believe it when they say that loving yourself is the answer.

0:20.0

Among those joining me will be Jamie Oliver, Jeda Pinkett Smith and Mel B.

0:24.1

I knew that I had a voice and I knew that I wanted to say certain things and represent certain things.

0:30.0

Young again, with me, Kirstie Young.

0:33.0

Listen on BBC Sounds. Sleep is an ellixia. A good night's rest can reset and boost your mood, your energy.

0:52.0

It can in the long time transform your health. But sleep can also be elusive. A third of us struggle with it, myself included.

1:04.0

So, for all of you who crave better sleep, help is at hand.

1:10.0

I'm Dr Michael Mosley, and this is sleep well.

1:15.0

This is a podcast series with a difference.

1:20.0

We've designed it to help you get more rest. I'm going to guide you through some simple

1:27.1

scientifically proven ways to make it easier to drift off and tools for getting a better night sleep.

1:37.0

So please get yourself comfortable and let's begin.

1:57.6

There are many things that determine when and how we sleep. But one of the most surprising is temperature.

2:07.4

If sleep is proving elusive, it might be comforting and useful to know that we can essentially hack this process. Because there are a few simple things you can do to bring on the great flow of chemicals

2:17.0

that initiate sleep. And I do mean simple, like running a bath, having a hot shower, or even just putting some warm socks on. It's all to do with warming up your extremities and then letting them cool.

2:39.2

We'll explore all of this, but first let's take a moment to unwind.

2:47.0

Whatever's gone on today, let it all go.

2:52.0

It's time to breathe and melt away the cares of the day.

2:57.0

Notice how it feels, as you breathe in and out.

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