Solving All Of Your Sleep Problems with Insomnia Expert Dr. Jade Wu

The Liz Moody Podcast

Liz Moody

Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Education, Mental Health

4.8 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2023

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

Sleep expert Dr. Jade Wu shares research on insomnia and sleep deprivation, what you can do if you’re experiencing insomnia, and how your actions while awake impact the quality of your sleep. The key difference between tiredness and sleepiness (& what to do about both!) What your sleep drive is + why it matters The best daily and nightly routines for optimal sleep How to not feel groggy when you wake up Why you wake up in the middle of the night (& exactly what to do when it happens) Sneaky culprits that are messing with your sleep The one thing to do during the day to counteract being on your phone at night Busting myths about nighttime exercise, sleep cycles, early bedtimes meaning more deep sleep, and more and so much more! For more from Dr. Wu, you can find her on Instagram @dr_jade_wu and her website www.drjadewu.com. Her new book, Hello Sleep: The Science and Art of Overcoming Insomnia Without Medications is available online and in major retailers. To join The Liz Moody Podcast Club Facebook group, go to https://www.facebook.com/groups/thelizmoodypodcast. Ready to uplevel every part of your life? Order my new book 100 Ways to Change Your Life: The Science of Leveling Up Health, Happiness, Relationships & Success now! This episode is sponsored by: AG1: visit drinkag1.com/lizmoody and get your FREE year supply of Vitamin D and 5 free travel packs today. Osmia Skincare: get 20% off your first order at osmiaskincare.com with code LIZMOODY. Pet Honesty: go to PetHonesty.com/LIZ to get 25% off your first purchase. The Liz Moody Podcast cover art by Zack. The Liz Moody Podcast music by Alex Ruimy. Formerly the Healthier Together Podcast.

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0:00.0	Hello friends and welcome back to the Liz Moody podcast. I'm your host Liz Moody and I'm a
0:06.1	best-selling author and longtime journalist. This podcast is all about helping you live your
0:11.2	healthiest, happiest life. whether we're learning how to
0:13.7	become a winning conversationalist, diving deep into the circadian rhythm and
0:18.2	how it impacts your whole body health, or discovering how to tap into the innate creativity that we all have.
0:25.6	And yes, those are all real episodes.
0:27.7	So if any of those topics sound good to you, scroll on back in the archives.
0:32.0	Today I am so excited to welcome Dr Jade Wu to the
0:35.6	podcast. Dr Wu is a board certified sleep psychologist researcher and
0:40.6	speaker. She completed her PhD at Boston University and her medical psychology residency and clinical
0:47.0	fellowship at Duke University School of Medicine, which is where she currently practices. She is a frequent guest on popular TV and radio shows such as NPR and ABC News.
0:58.1	And she's a contributor to publications including BBC News, Huffington Post and Women's Health,
1:03.6	and she recently published the brilliant book,
1:06.4	Hello Sleep, the science and art of overcoming insomnia
1:10.4	without medications.
1:12.3	I want to start off by saying explicitly because this was
1:15.3	so important to me when I was sleeping poorly that this is not an episode that will
1:20.4	make you feel like you're going to have all of these catastrophic impacts
1:24.1	if you're not sleeping well. There are so many podcasts and books out there that are
1:29.2	trying to emphasize the importance of sleep which is great but they do that by making you
1:34.7	feel like you're gonna die you're gonna get dementia all of these terrifying
1:38.3	things if you aren't sleeping well which for me at least created stress around sleep that ironically made me sleep way worse.
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