Why We Should Prioritize Sleep & Understanding The Impact of Dreams w/Dr. Matthew Walker EP 1154

The School of Greatness

Lewis Howes

Entrepreneurship, Fitness, Inspiration, Greatness, Health, Money, Celebrity Interview, Self Care, Celebrity, Success, Mental Health, Relationships, Mindset, Health & Fitness, Education, Alternative Health, Business, Self-improvement

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🗓️ 25 August 2021

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Today’s guest is Dr. Matthew Walker. Dr. Walker earned his degree in neuroscience from Nottingham University, UK, and his PhD in neurophysiology from the Medical Research Council in London. He also became a Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. But he’s currently the Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. He’s the founder and director of the Center for Human Sleep Science. Dr. Walker’s research examines the impact of sleep on human health and disease and with that research, he’s written the international Bestseller, Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams as well as hosting his new podcast The Matt Walker Podcast which is all about sleep, the brain and body. Today’s episode was so powerful that I wanted to split it up into 2 parts. The second half of this episode will come out later this week and you won’t want to miss out on it. In this episode we discuss why Sleep is the foundational pillar for our overall health, why most people are terrible at prioritizing sleep and how to change that, the effects of poor sleep over time. You NEED to know this, how anxiety and stress affect our sleep, the importance of dreams and how to influence them, and so much more! For more go to: www.lewishowes.com/1154 Check out Matt's podcast: The Matt Walker Podcast Check out Matt's Book: Why We sleep The Wim Hof Experience: Mindset Training, Power Breathing, and Brotherhood: https://link.chtbl.com/910-pod A Scientific Guide to Living Longer, Feeling Happier & Eating Healthier with Dr. Rhonda Patrick: https://link.chtbl.com/967-pod The Science of Sleep for Ultimate Success with Shawn Stevenson: https://link.chtbl.com/896-pod

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0:00.0	This is episode number 1,154 with the Sleep Expert, Dr. Matthew Walker.
0:08.5	Welcome to the School of Greatness. My name is Louis Howe's former pro athlete
0:14.0	turned lifestyle entrepreneur. In each week we bring you an inspiring person or message
0:19.5	to help you discover how to unlock your inner greatness. Thanks for spending some time with me today.
0:25.4	Now let the class begin. Zig Ziggler said, what you get by achieving your goals is not as
0:33.3	important as what you become by achieving your goals. And Wilma Rudolph said, never underestimate
0:39.2	the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion.
0:44.3	The potential for greatness lives within each of us. Today's guest is Dr. Matthew Walker. And Dr.
0:50.5	Walker earned his degree in neuroscience from NaniHim University, UK, and his PhD in neurophysiology
0:56.8	from the Medical Research Council in London. He also became a professor of psychiatry at Harvard
1:02.2	Medical School. But he's currently the professor of neuroscience and psychology at the University
1:07.0	of California, Berkeley. He's the founder and director of the Center for Human Sleep Science
1:11.6	and Dr. Walker's research examines the impact of sleep on the human health and disease. And with
1:17.1	that research, he's written the International Best Seller, Why We Sleep, unlocking the power of
1:22.4	sleep and dreams, as well as hosting the new podcast, the Matt Walker podcast, which is all about
1:27.9	sleep, the brain, and the body. And today's episode was so powerful that I want to split it up into
1:32.1	two parts. And the second half of this episode will come out later this week, and you do not want to
1:36.5	miss it. But in this episode, we discussed why sleep is the foundational pillar for our overall health.
1:42.6	Why most people are terrible at prioritizing sleep and how to change that. The effects of poor
1:48.0	sleep over time, and you need to know how bad this is for you over time, how anxiety and stress
1:53.6	affect our sleep, the importance of dreams, and how we can influence them, and so much more.
2:00.0	This will be very powerful for you and so many people in your life that are close to you.
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