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Can being awake less get you more out of life? Shawn Stevenson — bestselling author and creator of The Model Health Show — joins us on the podcast to talk about the practice of sleep. Our modern society seems to celebrate those who sleep less — viewing them as "more productive" or "healthier" — when in actuality most of these people are chronically sleep-deprived and hurting their productivity and health in the long run. Shawn explains why getting optimal sleep is vital to operating at high performance and shows us how to set up our personal sleep practice so we can start getting better sleep....tonight!
Episode Breakdown:
- How Shawn got into sleep research
- Society of the chronically sleep-deprived
- Our sleep cycles explained
- Circadian rhythms and sleep hormones
- Navigating sleep when you live and work in the concrete jungle
- Best time to exercise for better sleep
- The practice of sleep
- Your bed is for sleep and sex — Shawn shares some interesting facts on the relationship between the two
- Creating your sleep sanctuary
- Why you should not sleep near your phone
- Choosing your bed wisely
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Episode Resources:
- Daniel on The Model Health Show: TMHS 024: ReWild Yourself With Daniel Vitalis
- Daniel on The Model Health Show: TMHS 078: How Taboos Control Your Life: Your Teeth, Your Clothes, Your Sexual Desires & More
- Study: Chronic sleep deprivation and its effect on the length of human telomeres
- Telomeres
- Sleep stages
- Non-REM state
- Hormetic stress
- Study: Impact of Windows and Daylight Exposure on Overall Health and Sleep Quality of Office Workers
- The relationship between melatonin and cortisol rhythms: clinical implications of melatonin therapy
- Seasonal affective disorder
- Light generating machine for SAD
- ReWild Yourself! Podcast: Scott Sonnon on Reprogramming Your Movement
- Study: Sleep deprivation: Impact on cognitive performance
- Prolactin
- Alexandra Jamieson
- Neural pathways
- Blackout curtains
- NASA Report: Interior Landscape Plants for Indoor Air Pollution Abatement
- 9 Air-Cleaning Houseplants That Are Almost Impossible to Kill
- Samina beds
- Sleep Problems? Here’s 21 Tips To Get The Best Sleep Ever
Connect with Shawn:
- TheShawnStevensonModel.com
- Shawn's podcast: The Model Health Show
- Shawn on Twitter - @shawnmodel
- Shawn on Instagram - @shawnmodel
- Shawn on Facebook
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Meet Shawn
Shawn Stevenson is a bestselling author and creator of The Model Health Show, featured as the #1 Fitness and Nutrition podcast on the iTunes charts. With a university background in biology and kinesiology, Shawn went on to be the founder of Advanced Integrative Health Alliance, a successful company that provides wellness services for individuals and organizations worldwide. Shawn is also a dynamic keynote speaker who has spoken for TEDx, universities, and numerous organizations with outstanding reviews. To learn more about Shawn, visit TheShawnStevensonModel.com
