Wendy Troxel: Navigating Sleep Challenges as a Couple, The Impacts of Sleep Deprivation on Teens, and Actionable Advice to Improve Your Sleep
The Ready State Podcast
Kelly Starrett & Juliet Starrett
4.9 • 623 Ratings
🗓️ 20 February 2025
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
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Discover how to optimize your sleep for health, love, and performance in this eye-opening episode of the Ready State Podcast featuring Dr. Wendy Troxel, a leading sleep scientist and author of Sharing the Covers.
Learn why sleep is vital for your relationships, how to navigate sleep challenges as a couple, and the surprising benefits of open communication about sleep preferences. We also explore the critical role of sleep for teenagers, the impact of school start times, and actionable tips for athletes and families to enhance recovery, mood, and overall well-being.
What you'll learn:
- How sleep quality directly impacts relationships and communication
- Why early school start times are harming teenagers’ sleep and performance
- The hidden effects of sleep deprivation on mental health and daily life
- Practical strategies to improve sleep hygiene for better rest and productivity
- The importance of creating a "sleep alliance" with your partner
Whether you're tackling insomnia, improving your athletic performance, or striving for better harmony at home, this episode is packed with insights to help you thrive. Don’t miss these practical strategies to transform your nights and boost your days!
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Live in a culture that really does sort of make being a morning person a virtue, and it's really not a virtue. |
| 0:04.5 | Later school start times are associated with benefits for academic performance, for student mood, athletic performance, |
| 0:11.7 | for the sort of overall emotional climate of the school. |
| 0:14.6 | Teenagers, especially sleep-deprived ones, are disproportionately responsible for drowsy driving crashes, which go down in school districts |
| 0:22.8 | that have delayed their start times. |
| 0:24.8 | Even the minimum duration of eight hours per night, about 70% of teens are falling short. |
| 0:31.9 | Dr. Wendy Troxel. |
| 0:32.9 | Dr. Wendy Troxel. |
| 0:34.9 | Dr. Wendy Troxel. |
| 0:35.9 | Dr. Wendy Troxel. Clinical psychologist and internationally |
| 0:39.8 | recognized sleep scientist and the author of Sharing the Covers. Behavioral and Social |
| 0:45.7 | Scientist, Sleep Expert. She's also a licensed clinical psychologist and she specializes in behavioral |
| 0:51.3 | treatments for insomnia and other sleep disorders. This is not a partisan issue, shockingly. It's a public health issue and one that is really about |
| 0:59.6 | optimizing the health and academic and athletic performance. I feel like this podcast is the ball |
| 1:05.5 | on so many of the things that families, couples struggle with. It really is. You know, what's the first thing |
| 1:12.2 | to go for you when you didn't get a good night's sleep? Are you a happy, cheerful human being? |
| 1:16.6 | No. No. Nope. Nope. |
| 1:19.3 | Hey everyone, Juliet here. I am so pumped to finally share something that Kelly and I have been working on |
| 1:24.3 | behind the scenes for months, the Starrette system. If you're like us, you're juggling a demanding career, an active lifestyle, maybe even |
| 1:31.6 | a family, and probably a million other priorities. |
| 1:33.9 | You're the type of gives it you're all, but if we're being honest, your body might not be feeling |
| 1:38.3 | as unstoppable as it used to. |
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