The Recipe For Great Sleep - How To Get Your Best Rest | Dr. Aric Prather
Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais
Dr. Michael Gervais
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🗓️ 9 August 2023
⏱️ 96 minutes
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Summary
Sleep is fundamental to our survival. It’s kind of like oxygen, yet most of us don’t view these essential functions through the same lens. In order to perform at our best, live long & healthy lives, and to explore our potential… we have to put the same value on sleeping that we do breathing.
Lucky for us, our guest today does exactly that - Dr. Aric Prather is a renowned professor, sleep scientist, clinical psychologist, and head of one of the world’s most successful sleep clinics at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Aric’s expertise lies in the fascinating world of sleep and its effects on our health and emotions.
In his latest book, "The Sleep Prescription: Seven Days to Unlocking Your Best Rest," Aric offers a simple yet powerful plan to transform your sleep in just one week. Beyond the typical solutions, he shares surprisingly simple yet deeply effective techniques that will guide you in embracing the magic of restorative sleep.
In this conversation, you’ll hear about why sleep starts the moment you wake up; how sex plays a role in the quality of your sleep; the psychology of building habits around sleep; the ideal length for a nap; and so much more.
Whether you are someone for whom sleep seems elusive or you’re just trying to fine tune your sleep from “good” to “great”, Aric’s insights will guide you to that restful state where your body effortlessly does what it was built to do: sleep well.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, Dr. Michael Jervet here. |
| 0:02.2 | Before we get into this week's episode, |
| 0:04.0 | I have a really exciting announcement that I want to share. |
| 0:07.0 | This fall, on November 7th, |
| 0:09.0 | I'll be releasing my first book, |
| 0:11.4 | The First Rule of Mastery. |
| 0:13.0 | Stop worrying about what people think of you. |
| 0:15.5 | It's all about understanding and overcoming |
| 0:18.2 | what I believe to be one of the greatest |
| 0:20.0 | constrictors of human potential. |
| 0:22.5 | Our fear of people's opinions, also known as FOPO. |
| 0:26.5 | I am so excited to introduce this book |
| 0:28.9 | to you and to our community. |
| 0:30.5 | If you feel like you're on a treadmill |
| 0:33.0 | chasing after the approval of others, |
| 0:35.3 | The First Rule of Mastery is an off ramp to a better life. |
| 0:39.2 | If you're interested in learning more |
| 0:40.6 | and to pre-order the book, |
| 0:42.7 | head over to findingmastery.com forward slash book, |
| 0:46.6 | where you can also find some amazing pre-order bonuses |
| 0:49.0 | that we put together for you. |
| 0:50.6 | Again, that's findingmastery.com forward slash book. |
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