Welcome to the Shalene Show. Today, we're talking about the very most important thing that you can do for your health.

And it doesn't matter whether we're talking about your mental health, physical health, sexual health, your brain health, your guide health, all of it starts with sleep.

And we're learning this more and more every single day. You want to live a better life. You want to be an optimal human.

Listen, we're also focused on exercise and what we're putting in our mouths and all these other crazy things that, you know, sometimes can cost a lot of money and take a lot of time.

But the absolute best thing, the most important thing that you can do for your health is sleep.

So today I have Dr. Michael Bruce here to talk to us about the things you need to know about sleep.

There's a lot of new research and he is someone we've had on the show before. I love his approach.

I love that this is his fascination. This is his study. And that's what we'll be talking to today on the Shalene Show.

Dr. Michael Bruce is a double board certified clinical psychologist and clinical sleep specialist.

He's one of only 168 psychologists in the world to have taken and passed the sleep medical boards without having gone to med school.

But Dr. Bruce is also the author of several books including his newest in 2017 and one that's on the horizon.

But we're really excited about the power of when which really helps you understand that there is a best time to freaking do everything.

There's an optimal time for you to work out an optimal time for you to sleep, optimal time for you to eat, all of those things.

And in that book, Dr. Bruce really breaks that down for you and it's based on incredible research.

He is an expert and an incredible resource for the show.

On all things related to sleep, you've seen him on Dr. Oz, Oprah, the doctor. He's been in the New York Times Wall Street Journal.

And he's one of our most popular and more requested guests because we know sleep is kind of freaking everything.

And one of the reasons why I love talking to you is you just have a really unique way of looking at sleep to and helping us understand it.

So I think I'd love first of all just say thank you for being here.

Of course, it's my absolute pleasure. Thanks for having me back. I always enjoy coming back to people who love to learn and you are one of those fascinated by all things sleep.

And the last time we had a chance to speak was in 2017.

And I know that there has been some interesting, I'm sure, studies and research and like with all things we're always learning more.

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