What's up, folks? Welcome back to the Whoop Podcast. I'm your host, Will Ahmed, founder and CEO of Whoop,

and we are on a mission to unlock human performance. This week's episode, WOOP, VP of Performance

Science, our principal scientist, Kristen Holmes, is joined by Dr. Allison Brager.

She is a neurobiologist with expertise in sleep and circadian rhythms who works to examine

the mind embodies resilience to extreme environmental stress.

Kristen and Allison discuss misconceptions about sleep trends, the ideal sleeping conditions,

think cold, dark, and quiet, the relationship between light and melatonin,

circadian rhythms and sleep, Allison offers tips on how to manipulate and regulate

your circadian rhythm, the importance of sleep consistency, behaviors that can

disrupt sleep onset, and the positives and negatives around napping. Are you thinking about joining

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Without further ado, here are the fearless Kristen Holmes and Dr. Allison Brueger. Taking your sleep to the next level with Dr.

Allison Brueger. Okay. Hello. Let's let's do it. Yes, exactly. I think this is our third

installment of sleep. It is and actually it's nice to finally do it in exactly. I think this is our third installment of sleep.

It is.

And actually, it's nice to finally do it in person.

I know.

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