I'm really gonna taper down my coffee intake - didn't think it was affecting my sleep before watching this Update: 1 week in, I'm down to 1 coffee a day and sleeping 9 hours a night - this podcast changed my life.
I gotta be honest here Rich. That was the best damn podcast you have released in months and I love roll-on. Matthew Walker's so good at explaining sleep and your questions are spot on. I even forwarded this video to my slack fitness channel so expect some new fans!
I’ve been listening to RRP since 2012 and have to say this is one of the best episodes in the tank thus far. What a bright and humble guest. If you’re human you need to listen to this one!
His book literally changed my life, I used to be one of those “sleep is for the weak” believer and until I had a good fortune to come across his book, I started sleep regularly and slowly make it mandatory to at least 7 hours a night, I see changes in front of my own eyes, eczema bothers me for two decades is almost completely gone with very occasion flare up, my mood has dramatically improves and migraine is gone for good. I no longer suffers from cold or fever easily, ( in fact I didn’t have fever for at least 3 years) I sincerely wish everyone take the time, read his book, get a good night sleep every night and live a happy and long life.
I noticed that the older I got the more the caffeine interfered with my sleep. In college I could drink a pot of coffee and sleep just fine. Now in my 70's even one cup of coffee in the morning keeps me tossing and turning until 4:00 or 5:00 a.m. I've given it up totally.
This was a 3 hours conversation on science which passed by faster than any lecture during my studies. Vastly inspiring, deeply interesting and incredibly practical - I am ready to optimize even more aspects of my sleep now ;D . Lots and lots of love for both of you guys. I could honestly listen for a week straight(with some sleep breaks!)! Stay safe and have a great week ahead!
I'm an interior architecture student and I've been sleeping 3-4 hours a night for the past 4 weeks since I started my new full-time job. Definitely needed this as I am literally commenting on this video while cramming to finish my projects for the semester. My goal is to improve my sleep and overall health moving forward. Thank you Rich and Matthew
@@EvoraGT430 Exactly. Isn't it because the extra sleep helps create deeper connections with the material.. thus better understanding and memory of said material, which would reduce the NEED for cramming. It's been awhile since I've read Matthew's book, so I could be off-base.
This explains a lot like why Richard Branson never got mad when he caught one of his employee taking a nap in his office couch, he understands the power of SLEEP 😴😂
AWESOME guest! I heard Matthew on joe rogan time ago, bought his book and really have made sleep a priority in my life. Can't thank Matthew enough for his wisdom and also Rich for his master interviewing skills! Sleep well folks!
This is by far one of the best episodes of RRP, I usually just tune into Roll On or the more running/athlete-focused eps as I find the wellness and health-related episodes often too preachy or out of touch. But this episode is some amazing content, absolutely jam-packed with real applicable information from someone who knows his area and explains it extremely well. I wish every human being could set aside 3 hours of their life to listen, really LISTEN, to what Dr. Walker is saying, because I don't know how else a true cultural paradigm shift would ever happen to allow for a world that makes room for proper sleep. If only society would tune into what scientists are saying...
This is the single most CRUCIAL video on TH-cam and all humans of any age need to watch it, especially parents. I am making huge changes in my home tonight with my family. Thank you so much for creating this Rich🏆
Yesssssssss perfect, thank you! Literally nothing more satisfying than laying in bed and falling asleep listening to a podcast with sleep expert Chuck Norris's twin brother.
My whole family thought I was lazy , but I realized that my internal metrics for sleep were off , this man Mathew Walker helped me operate in society again. Before I couldn’t make morning meetings and I even remember staying up for 24H periods without sleep. I’m a lot more healthy now.
I have to wonder whether lack of sleep causes poor mental health or if poor mental health causes lack of sleep and does it become a viscious cycle. I'll learn more after listening to the rest of this show I'm sure!
It is bidirectional. And yes, there is research on the effects of sleep and mental disorders. The worst effects are for the folks with the most devastating mental illnesses such as bipolar disorders and schizophrenia and major depression. Well studied. For years.
I've seen a lot of Rich's podcasts but this one might just be my favorite one of all. Dr. Walker is such a brilliant mind, gentle man, and beautiful soul, delivering extremely important info. Bravo!
I've been watching the podcast for about a year now. I've dug into some older episodes based on the guests. Gotta say, this is my favorite conversation so far. Thanks so much for the discussion guys.
Are you able to sleep straight through? I genuinely love getting up at 5am but when I go to bed at 9pm I don’t feel like I sleep as well as when I sleep from 11pm to 7am
I really think this is why some parents with young children do things like leave their kid in the car. A lack of sleep can't help with postpartum depression either. So scary.
I wonder about the relationship between sleep deprivation and new mothers and fathers too and whether or not mother nature builds in hormone like protection from the damage of lack of sleep.
When Rich asks Matthew about the full moon, and asks "Have you looked at this?"... and then Matthew replies "We have...", I melt :) He is like a sweet school boy who is just revealing a little secret to you, it's so adorable!
I started getting unfiltered sunlight circa sunrise/sunset daily from Dr. Andrew Huberman's insights. I went from needing Benadryl in order to sleep to sleeping like clockwork nightly; many other health benefits I'm experiencing as well.
ever since Rich said in a past pod 'I gottas get this guy on the podcast' when referring to Matthew Walker I have been so looking forward to it. My fave Sleep Expert with my fave podcast host! This is going to be epic! Thank you!!!!!!!
I find it somewhat disturbing. A grim reflection of the state of the world. That channels like this, devoted to improving health and self improvement barely have half a million subscribers, while channels with kids opening presents get millions upon millions of subscribers. Among other pointless channels that cater to either consumerism, short attention spans, or both. Channels like this one should be in their place. I think this is a cause of most of the social and cultural degradation of our societies. Rather than "What can I do to enrich my life?" people instead ask "What can this person do for me?" TL;DR: This channel and channels like it are severely underrated
38:29 “Going from a model of ‘sick-care’ to actually healthcare” We absolutely need to remove the profit motive from treating people AFTER they get sick to treating them BEFORE they get sick. FFS!!
I would love him to talk about how we’re sleeping such as bed vs floor sleeping. For most of human history, we weren’t using beds. The mattress industry thinks we need these expensive beds for better sleep but it most likely causing us to have worse sleep
You don't think our ancestors would sleep in the softest spot they possibly could whenever it was available? Even if not, not everything we used to do is what we should do, although sometimes that is true. We never took supplements but some things we can only get through supplementation.
@@TheAbsoluteSir softest spot, I would say, only consisted of dirt, grass, leaves, and maybe simple fabrics but those things all together are more firm than any bed and healthier compared to a bed today. Bed’s today can be complicated. Not to mention the amount of Volatile organic compounds, toxic compounds, molds and particles beds release/carry, definitely don’t help with our health or sleep. The more we deviate from our ancestors the sicker we get, but avoiding to take a b12 pill or supplements because “our ancestors didn’t do that” is really unnecessary and wouldn’t improve anyone’s quality of health to a significant degree so I definitely agree with that. People who take ancestral lifestyles to heart need to take into consideration today’s problems and think logically. We need a b12 pill, but we don’t necessarily need a mattress
For most of human history people died of many infectious diseases we can cure today. Just because people did it in the past doesn’t automatically mean it’s better than what we do today…
@@katie8325 Yeah, really it doesn’t mean that what people used to do was necessarily better. But people dying of infections in the past, and the level of uncomfortableness in a tent aren’t quite arguments. Japan still sleeps on floor beds, as a lot of other people around the world. A lot of things have changed and this may be one of them so I find that to be a really interesting question. People behave differently because the environment was completely different. Think about electricity. Maybe they had quite limited options to entertain themselves during the night. Think about having to be physical as hell all day long catering for animals, working the land, doing laundry by hand and so on. Maybe if we had to live like this, the softness and fluffiness of the mattress would be the last thing on our mind. Still, people tried to make themselves comfortable for millennia using whatever materials they could get from their surroundings, and a lot of them adapted to conditions that ma seem completely improper to us today.
A lot of this is bad news to me, but it's such important and even exciting information. I'm going to get Dr. Walker's audiobook now. I'm very much looking forward to drastically improving my sleep, which may include Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia. Thank you Rich, for always having such interesting and insightful guests.
It is society and its " norms" that keeps people away from having a good sleep. Work, Entertainment, social networking and the lot. People will surely sleep only that much that society lets them ! And then to hear all these " advices" to people that they should not shun a good sleep !
Damn this was just such a great episode. We are in a serious crisis of sleep deprivation. I can't think of one person in my life that's mastered sleep. Everyone always seems tired, dark circles under the eyes, etc. Loved this episode!
For a couple of years i used a high end very clean pre-workout that had green tea caffeine in it. That was my only caffeine each day, 75-100 mg. Since I eliminated it (bc i started getting pms for the 1st time in my life and caffeine was the only thing I changed in my diet) Within 2 days off It I noticed more clarity/clear mind, my body felt really clean again, and my sleep depth (stages 3-4) has been getting better & i’m waking up less overnight and able to fall back to sleep right away, And I have an underlying feeling of well-being at all times when I tune in to myself which I never noticed when I had caffeine daily! I just feel the inner happiness again. Just that little bit of caffeine daily over time was jacking up my nervous system and effecting my experience of life. I had no idea it was that powerful until I got it out of my system 😲
@@SteveWKk The PMS scared me enough to make me do it. Apparently 90% of humans don’t have the enzyme or enough of it in their body that breaks down caffeine and that’s why it reeks havoc in other areas. The only negative I’ve experienced , and it’s getting better, is my endurance isn’t as great as it was when I was using caffeine. But once the adrenals heal I’m sure I’ll be back to where I was.
I am astonished that this conversation does not discuss one of the largest factors of sleep deprivation among women, which is caring for babies and children. Having a new infant was my first extended period of sleep deprivation. And many women are still going to work or in charge of single-parent households. Where is the research? Where are the societal supports?
I would love to see a study done on people who live in the “Blue Zones”, (the longest living people) to see if their sleep patterns follow what Dr Walker has described as maximum patterns of sleep quality.
H-o-l-y Mackerel!!! To think that there was a time when I thought whatever I wanted to accomplish had to be carving time off of my sleep. Thanks Rich and Dr Walker.
2 Billion people over 70 countries have 24 percent high rate of heart attacks each year when artificial summer day light time changes are made. Great number of people can be helped and financial resources can be saved by stoping this change every year. There is lot of talk about saving planet, we should also save those living on the planet. I wish Dr Mathew Walker leads this proposal to stop this practice and save health and life of millions of people each year.
I’m also listening to the Huberman Podcast. An amazing view on the brain, with the first couple podcasts specifically on sleep. He nails down some of the neurological points that are not fully covered here.
I'm 36 now, when I was just into my 20s, I'd easily stay up 30 to over 40 hours on PC just grinding MMORPG or hack and slash games (whatever they're called) on the regular, and then crash for 12 to 15 hours of sleep. It really wrecks havoc on you in the long run and makes it difficult to get into a regular daily schedule.
@@jeffrymurillo7435 true, humans are an „animal of habit“. There is a good TED-talk on how to break a bad habit, I heard a while ago, it’s called: “A simple way to break a bad habit | Judson Brewer”
Also, 100% can relate to waking before the alarm when I really need to. And it is actually amazing as I wake up fresh as opposed to semi-sleepy when woken up by the alarm ;D
Is this a new podcast? Your hair looks incredible! Seriously Rich, you look 20 years younger! You must be getting good sleep!😉 excellent podcast… I’ve lived most of my life seriously lacking in sleep. At 65 I still struggle with being a night owl and being an early riser. 🤪
Rich, seriously? Discussing for 3 hours and you don't come to mention the primary cause of massive sleep deprivation, which most of us experience once or several times in life for hundreds of nights in a row? Yes, I mean getting children - fresh parents don't get a single night of sleep for months and it is frequently only a 1-2 hours of interrupted nap in the first months. Heavy repercussions can be felt after a few nights already, but we are in position to cope with them for over a year, somehow. Although care of a newborn is debilitating us, humans have developed some mechanisms that seem to protect them from the full impact of long-term sleep deprivation. Is it only in case of childcare or is such a protection maybe only an imagination and in reality we indeed age by a decade with every baby? That was something I hoped that this pocast would shed light on, especially because many young parents couldn't experience any help from their families due to the pandemic. I'm very disapponted that this primary and widespread cause and evolutionary mechanisms in us for coping with it were simply fully ignored here.
Am I the only one who experiences an increment of level of libido and desire when in lack of sleep ? Why it happens? That's a question I would like to ask Dr Walker.
Does anyone here mouth tape during sleep? The idea being that it forces nasal breathing, which improves overall sleep efficiency. I'd be interested to know Matthew's thoughts on it
I do it, I dont think it helped me sleep better (it was already pretty good) but I think it helped my blood pressure overall. I use 3M micropore surgical tape, and it helps to put some lip moisturer on your lips before applying tape for easier removal in the morning.
Such an emotionally intelligent person apart from his vast academic knowledge. I definitely will buy his book. However , one thing I will comment on is that , though we have scientifically provable data on sleep facts, each person is different. So there has to be a flexibility and not terrify people which will defeat the purpose. Not everyone is a scientific expert. Most people will have different days of emotional states. There is no perfect day or perfecf night. It is just putting on extra pressure thinking that if we don't have perfection we will die. My maternal aunt will be 101 years old this October and living her best life in Hungary still. She has had a life of ups and downs and eats a typical Hungarian diet of meats and a lot of vegetables but also sweet cakes that she loves to bake. She also had Covid but only like a mild flu. Sleep in her life was always going to bed late and getting up early back in the day when people had to work hard and also had family gatherings regularly late in the evening. Exercise was natural like walking a lot out of necessity as not having a car. No gym back in those days. A wonderful thing that happened is that I actually fell asleep whilst watching this video. Like a natural sleeping pill. I will be watching it again for that reason and see if I can stay awake to the end of it😮 Lovely 😮😊
Twenty years ago I read "Throw away your glasses and see" the Bates Method of improving eyesight. Bates took even those wearing Coka Cola type glasses and normalized their eyesight in a week. I cannot look at a presenter wearing glasses without thinking 'this person has little interest in health". After all - to exercise eyes by tracing the outline of a building or distant tree is such an effort. Forgive me, but these glasses look stupid.
I stayed up for 4 days on speed once, makes me cringe when I think about it. Doing 2 or 3 days was a normal occurence. I probably did a lot of permanent damage with drugs back then.
What about shift workers. When you’re so tired you try to sleep, but toss and turn for hours. If I work overnights, I cant sleep more than three hours during the day cause I feel like my mind is running around like crazy. But then I get up and feel like a zombie. And try to nap for a few more hours but just can’t fall asleep
It gets even worse, once the sleep deprivation increases cravings and you have some 20-30 extra pounds Those pounds shift your food preferences away from broccoli towards donuts. Go figure!
I started Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Insomnia a couple of weeks ago. It can take some time to change the habits/behavior (diverse) that result in bad sleep. More therapists are being trained on this because such a high percentage of people have crappy sleep, which is bad news for mental health. Given the large number of people with dysfunctional sleep, a sleep assessment of some kind should be included in the initial assessment of anyone with depression, anxiety, addiction, and other mental health problems/conditions.
The problem with this content is that it is not useful for people who have insomnia, a person who has insomnia can not sleep not because they drink coffee or blah blah blah, but because of the fear of not sleeping, sleeping does not require any effort, I think the doctor handles a lot of information but that does not serve an insomniac as it will produce more anxiety. Maybe for people who don't have sleeping problems it could be useful even for them it will definitely make them worry about how they sleep and that's where the sleeping problems start.
So far I’m only 10 minutes in and I’m thinking, “Please PLEASE give this information to the FAA so they can protect flight crews’ sleep. Airlines do not protect pilots’ sleep. Passengers would be astonished if they knew the schedules major airlines give the pilots. Their legal “rest” time (which can be as little as 12 hours and used to be 10) begins when the plane is turned off. They still have to deplane, exit the terminal, travel to hotel (30-60 min), get food (IF anything is open), shower, iron uniform, “sleep” (a few hours if lucky), prep for work, eat, travel back to airport (typically 30-60 minutes), and preflight. The average pilot does not receive luxury layovers. Then there’s the switching night-shifts to day-shifts during schedules. A pilot can fly the red-eye one night, be forced to rest during the day, then have to go to work at 0’dark:thirty in the morning for early flights...usually without food because nothing is open. (I pack pb&j sandwiches for my husband) and fly all day. And with time-zone changes, that’s like a daily dose of daylight-savings time effects. And pilots feel they can’t complain. The airlines are milking everything they can out of them to satisfy the investors. Ahah! Minute 58:00
Most of them over project the benefits of sleep. None of them will talk of the evils or demerits of over sleeping. Over sleeping is much more damaging as such people have no control over their body, and ultimately turned to be a loser in life.
"The idiocy of sleep" is a highly bizarre statement. It presupposes that life should only be predicated on the strictly physical evolution of the species. Contrary to that line of thinking is the reality of multidimensional existence; the mind (not the brain) exists on several dimensional planes, not just the physical. Sleep is a way for other parts of consciousness to leave the material plane and continue to learn, grow and have experiences while the body rests and recovers from physical activity.
Rich, you're a great interviewer. It's clear that your goal is to get the most out of your guests. Unlike other hosts who insist on inserting their own narrative into the discussion. Much appreciated 👍
Good morning! I had a delicious night’s sleep!! I’m 82 -/ just recently learned how to breathe!! (James Nestor); - Learned all about my brain and what I can do to “baby” it.. (Dr Amen) -One sentence Dr Walker uttered in this informative discussion concerned the fact that not enough sleep can screw with your blood glucose! WHAM! Hit me like a ton of bricks.. I track fasting glucose .. it was going up and up for no good reason.. blood work just done was fine. I eat very well, no junk! So last night i put on the yellow glasses (that I had): already had low , non-LED BULBS in the lamps in the living and bedroom (Dr Jack Kruse) .. did everything I could that Dr Walker recommended. Versa 2 this morning recorded BEST night of sleep I have had since I’m wearing the device (4 months..) .. and blood glucose DOWN 20 POINTS!!! So I’m not “pre-diabetic “, thank you very much!! Simply sleep-deprived!! As several people have noted in these comments, the information Dr Walker presented in this podcast ( and in his book!) is “actionable”, is transformative, is a real kick in the ass!! Thank you, Gentlemen, is all I can say!!!
Updated. After watching this Vid the next day I went down to 2 cups a day, one week later 1 cup a day, still going BUT it was hell the first week. However, NOW I have twice as much energy and feel 10 years younger VERY STRANGE, but...TRUE!
Coffee has good impact on health as well Drink only 3-4 medium sized cups. You cant shun everything fun in life and still call it life Why bother living to 99 in such desperate misery?
@@sleepsmartsmashstress740. I have NEVER been so happy since I dropped the caffeine right down, (found a new untapped energy zone) doing other stuff, just not getting all uptight and calling addictions "Fun", when they are really a sign of weakness. Now young man, get a grip, sounds like you're just a Hedonistic-wanna-be. And in any case, my mindset is such that if I died now,.....errrrh, it (oh yes, we are going there) "the act of dying" doesn't really bother me either. Sure, it's a lovely yellow-brick-road-world, but, I am increasingly choosing where I want to get my kicks, not where: other people, organisations, social trends, or mass-media- tell me are the things/places I need to follow. Sleeping wonderfully, great dreams and rising early... ready to rumble...haven't had those feelings for 20 years. So, if Caffeine is your FUN, stick with it, it's NO longer on MY fun list. GLWT.
I needed to hear this for sure, and while I found it stressful at times, it was a great reminder to make sleep a bigger priority. Thank you, another amazing podcast!!
My problem is that I wake up once or twice a night. I still dream, and I feel good when I wake up, but I can’t stay asleep for the whole 7.5 hours I am asleep. I drink a lot of water during the day, and vape, but after trying numerous things, I still can’t just stay asleep. Hoping that getting my deviated septum helps with this. I’ll update this post if it does after my surgery in a month for anyone who is in the same boat.
@@jorgegamboa3621 slightly better, still have bouts of waking up once or twice. I found out from Matt that as long as it’s less than 30 minutes you’re up, it’s not detrimental.
What about Parents? The Early Years of Child Raising can be so difficult to prioritise sleep, when the baby keeps waking up and needing parents... What about Parents (of young children) ?
Thank you so much! Still so many questions. One, eating before bed. ( I am now eating homemade sauerkraut before bed. This might not be a sleep question.. So many thoughts! Wouls love bullet points from this great 3 hours.
Thank you for all your work Rich. I hope you continue for a long time. All that you do has culminated into great shows like this one and these have educated me so much I couldn't thank you enough. Take care of yourself.
No matter what I do, I can't seem to sleep more than 3 or 4 hours at a time. I fall asleep easy, and go into deep sleep quickly, then I wake up and I'm done sleeping. Not tired, sleepy or whatever. Just done sleeping. I get up and go about my day, etc. Been this way most of my life. I would love to sleep more but I just don't.
I am not the best sleeper and often go whole nights with out sleep. I worry about my brains health. Already take loads of supplements that are meant to fend off dementia
So sad that he does not recognize the beauty of us created in God’s image,,, God created us in such a intricate miraculous way, and if he inspected the eye of humans versus the animal kingdom, he would SEE, we are uniquely created in God’s image.
I need 7-8 hours every night just to function and feel normal, and I’m never ashamed to speak on it. In fact, I often advise others on getting more sleep based on symptoms and health issues that they describe. Sleep is me time, and I refuse to compromise based on society’s standards.
Excellent show! Thank you both! I’m glad I listened to the end; the info about how sleep trackers actually can cause sleep issues gave me some comfort. I had to stop using mine for that very reason! I thought there was something wrong with me, so I’m glad to hear it’s not uncommon! lol This was a terrific episode. I’ve ordered the book and look forward to learning even more. Thanks as always for a great experience!
Absolutely fascinating stuff. What an insight into this subject and the importance of sleep. I knew that this was going to be a longer interview than normal!
I love how Dr Walkers voice doubles as ASMR. I could fall asleep to this guys soothing voice any night.
Before developing this lullaby speech and adopting the name Matthew he was Dr Sleep Walker
OMG you're so right, his destiny for sure 😴😴😴
Peterson Joseph: I did !
Seriously 😂
I listen to all his speeches several times - first for information, many next - as bedtime ASMRs😅
I'm really gonna taper down my coffee intake - didn't think it was affecting my sleep before watching this
Update: 1 week in, I'm down to 1 coffee a day and sleeping 9 hours a night - this podcast changed my life.
Awesome 🙏
Eeeexxacxtly!😊
I can't do caffeine at all
Wow 👏 😮 1
People who love what they teach are a joy to listen to.
I had this sargeant in the army. He LOVED showing us how to do drill. I didn't see much joy in it...
Absolutely
I gotta be honest here Rich. That was the best damn podcast you have released in months and I love roll-on. Matthew Walker's so good at explaining sleep and your questions are spot on. I even forwarded this video to my slack fitness channel so expect some new fans!
I’ve been listening to RRP since 2012 and have to say this is one of the best episodes in the tank thus far. What a bright and humble guest. If you’re human you need to listen to this one!
I as welll beeen listening since ep.1 with Julie & agree this one is great
I’m not human, I am a pig.
Damn I was gonna show it to my dog.
What are the other great episodes that are kinda similar to this?
Demonic goat serpent lovers 🧿🧄🧅
This episode should be mandatory global viewing
@Williathe Narcisse no, in society. Social Media is disrupting life and sleep.
@Williathe Narcisse I find it very hard to understand what you mean with that sentence
I totally agree!
so true ! unvaluable information
Why mandatory global warming?
His book literally changed my life, I used to be one of those “sleep is for the weak” believer and until I had a good fortune to come across his book, I started sleep regularly and slowly make it mandatory to at least 7 hours a night, I see changes in front of my own eyes, eczema bothers me for two decades is almost completely gone with very occasion flare up, my mood has dramatically improves and migraine is gone for good. I no longer suffers from cold or fever easily, ( in fact I didn’t have fever for at least 3 years) I sincerely wish everyone take the time, read his book, get a good night sleep every night and live a happy and long life.
heartfelt congratulations on ending your migraines.
and excema. that is no fun either.
Similar effect from getting more sleep. Life is better.
Mandatory reading for everyONE's HEALth' Habits Foundation...
SLEEP well my friend 💤😍😍😍
what a amazing person thx for the insight
do you sleep from the same time every night or different times per day but still 7 hours?
Matthew’s voice is so calming, I could probably fall asleep while listening to him
Should get him on headspace
I was thinking the same thing!
It has happened to me a few times since I listen to this usually at bedtime.
I I do sleep listening to his lecture ,science of sleep.
I guess I'm the only one whose been doing it
Awake since 2:30 am as I am unable to sleep...and this pops up!!!! The universe is at it again!
Stress proof by Mithu Storoni gd one . I'm in same boat
Awake at 5am and needed something to listen to in order to fall back to sleep. It was good to wake up to .
Or perhaps just your mind... wired to succeed! :-)
reflexology is amazing for that
The universe is
Quitting caffeine is the best thing I've done for my sleep. You don't need that shit when you eat and sleep well
I noticed that the older I got the more the caffeine interfered with my sleep. In college I could drink a pot of coffee and sleep just fine. Now in my 70's even one cup of coffee in the morning keeps me tossing and turning until 4:00 or 5:00 a.m. I've given it up totally.
Switched to green tea a few weeks ago as a way to cut down on the caffeine. I had one coffee the other day and it made me feel ill.
Please discuss the hormone that keeps u asleep too overide the urge 2 get up to pee!
Please discuss the circadian rhythm
Why not both? Eating & sleeping well... plus caffeine :)
This was a 3 hours conversation on science which passed by faster than any lecture during my studies. Vastly inspiring, deeply interesting and incredibly practical - I am ready to optimize even more aspects of my sleep now ;D
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Lots and lots of love for both of you guys. I could honestly listen for a week straight(with some sleep breaks!)!
Stay safe and have a great week ahead!
I'm an interior architecture student and I've been sleeping 3-4 hours a night for the past 4 weeks since I started my new full-time job. Definitely needed this as I am literally commenting on this video while cramming to finish my projects for the semester. My goal is to improve my sleep and overall health moving forward. Thank you Rich and Matthew
According to Walker's book, you'll get better grades if you sleep more and cram less.
@@EvoraGT430 Exactly. Isn't it because the extra sleep helps create deeper connections with the material.. thus better understanding and memory of said material, which would reduce the NEED for cramming.
It's been awhile since I've read Matthew's book, so I could be off-base.
Sleep RECOVERY well my FRIENDs assisting FRIENDs surTHRIVAL together 💤😴
@@EvoraGT430 fantastic read
WHY WE SLEEP
SLEEP RECOVERY WELL FRIENDS
He is also featured in a Ted-series where he makes short videos about sleep with a lot of facts.
The series is called “Sleeping with science”
Sleeping with science
Thank You for the sleep tips
"Sleeping with science'😴😴😴🍯
This explains a lot like why Richard Branson never got mad when he caught one of his employee taking a nap in his office couch, he understands the power of SLEEP 😴😂
“I can sleep when I’m dead hurr durr”
What if lack of sleep is killing you?
Awesome podcast, stellar topic.
Yup, the level of cringe is off the charts when someone says that line 😂
I remember someone who used to say that to me, as if it was a bragging right, and as if you were a wuss if you wanted sleep....I don't miss him
This attitude is easy to find in work culture. I try to speak with people close to me to get away from it but.... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I remember some motivational speech when I think it was 50 cent that said that sleep is for broke people xd
what if it isn't?
Got to say, listening to Dr. Walker talking about sleep while going to sleep is perfect. Man found his calling and has the voice to speak about this.
sleep is 100% the most important thing to keeping my brain at 100%
They do more good than the Bill Gates ever could.
Have a great Season my FRIEND assisting FRIENDs to wake UP happier and HEALthier EveryNewDay, 🌺 🍵 🥝🍯🎶⚡🍒
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😮 how profound
AWESOME guest! I heard Matthew on joe rogan time ago, bought his book and really have made sleep a priority in my life. Can't thank Matthew enough for his wisdom and also Rich for his master interviewing skills!
Sleep well folks!
Bee our own Sleep HEALthcare GeniUS LIFEstyle Gurus
@@barryminor616 Not sure what you mean here Barry :P
This is by far one of the best episodes of RRP, I usually just tune into Roll On or the more running/athlete-focused eps as I find the wellness and health-related episodes often too preachy or out of touch. But this episode is some amazing content, absolutely jam-packed with real applicable information from someone who knows his area and explains it extremely well. I wish every human being could set aside 3 hours of their life to listen, really LISTEN, to what Dr. Walker is saying, because I don't know how else a true cultural paradigm shift would ever happen to allow for a world that makes room for proper sleep. If only society would tune into what scientists are saying...
This is the single most CRUCIAL video on TH-cam and all humans of any age need to watch it, especially parents.
I am making huge changes in my home tonight with my family. Thank you so much for creating this Rich🏆
Yesssssssss perfect, thank you! Literally nothing more satisfying than laying in bed and falling asleep listening to a podcast with sleep expert Chuck Norris's twin brother.
😂😂
My whole family thought I was lazy , but I realized that my internal metrics for sleep were off , this man Mathew Walker helped me operate in society again. Before I couldn’t make morning meetings and I even remember staying up for 24H periods without sleep. I’m a lot more healthy now.
What did you do specifically
I have to wonder whether lack of sleep causes poor mental health or if poor mental health causes lack of sleep and does it become a viscious cycle. I'll learn more after listening to the rest of this show I'm sure!
Wonder how many crimes are committed by someone who really needs some good sleep
It is a vicious cycle, they both magnify each other
It is bidirectional. And yes, there is research on the effects of sleep and mental disorders. The worst effects are for the folks with the most devastating mental illnesses such as bipolar disorders and schizophrenia and major depression. Well studied. For years.
I've seen a lot of Rich's podcasts but this one might just be my favorite one of all. Dr. Walker is such a brilliant mind, gentle man, and beautiful soul, delivering extremely important info. Bravo!
I've been watching the podcast for about a year now. I've dug into some older episodes based on the guests. Gotta say, this is my favorite conversation so far. Thanks so much for the discussion guys.
alllll the small things are not small
Sleep RECOVERY well my FRIENDs
Thank you for normalizing my 8:30PM / 5:30AM sleep and wake times!!!
Are you able to sleep straight through? I genuinely love getting up at 5am but when I go to bed at 9pm I don’t feel like I sleep as well as when I sleep from 11pm to 7am
WE alll are unique with different and similar Sleep requirements
When he got so excited about racing in his little Mazda MIATA... I love this man.
Not got to that part yet, he's got an mx5 that's even better
New mother to be....what the hell do we do? I don't expect to get much sleep during the first few years of my child's life.
I actually would love Matthew Walker to
give some advice to new moms (and dads doing night duty).
Wonderful question, so important !
I really think this is why some parents with young children do things like leave their kid in the car. A lack of sleep can't help with postpartum depression either. So scary.
I wonder about the relationship between sleep deprivation and new mothers and fathers too and whether or not mother nature builds in hormone like protection from the damage of lack of sleep.
@@carolateah1766 I hope so! But all of our hormones are so messed up these days, so who knows! I wish they would have discussed this!
When Rich asks Matthew about the full moon, and asks "Have you looked at this?"... and then Matthew replies "We have...", I melt :) He is like a sweet school boy who is just revealing a little secret to you, it's so adorable!
I started getting unfiltered sunlight circa sunrise/sunset daily from Dr. Andrew Huberman's insights. I went from needing Benadryl in order to sleep to sleeping like clockwork nightly; many other health benefits I'm experiencing as well.
I've been doing that too, makes a big difference!
ever since Rich said in a past pod 'I gottas get this guy on the podcast' when referring to Matthew Walker I have been so looking forward to it. My fave Sleep Expert with my fave podcast host! This is going to be epic! Thank you!!!!!!!
I love the fact that when I look at this Guy I am certain that he had a f*cking brilliant night of sleep before he went on the podcast!
Matthew's voice is like a lullaby. What an amazing podcast. Really helped me to understand the fundamentals of sleep and its importance. Thank you.
Already one of my all time favorite RR podcast episodes!
me too
I find it somewhat disturbing. A grim reflection of the state of the world. That channels like this, devoted to improving health and self improvement barely have half a million subscribers, while channels with kids opening presents get millions upon millions of subscribers. Among other pointless channels that cater to either consumerism, short attention spans, or both. Channels like this one should be in their place. I think this is a cause of most of the social and cultural degradation of our societies. Rather than "What can I do to enrich my life?" people instead ask "What can this person do for me?"
TL;DR: This channel and channels like it are severely underrated
38:29 “Going from a model of ‘sick-care’ to actually healthcare”
We absolutely need to remove the profit motive from treating people AFTER they get sick to treating them BEFORE they get sick. FFS!!
I would love him to talk about how we’re sleeping such as bed vs floor sleeping. For most of human history, we weren’t using beds. The mattress industry thinks we need these expensive beds for better sleep but it most likely causing us to have worse sleep
You don't think our ancestors would sleep in the softest spot they possibly could whenever it was available? Even if not, not everything we used to do is what we should do, although sometimes that is true. We never took supplements but some things we can only get through supplementation.
@@TheAbsoluteSir softest spot, I would say, only consisted of dirt, grass, leaves, and maybe simple fabrics but those things all together are more firm than any bed and healthier compared to a bed today. Bed’s today can be complicated. Not to mention the amount of Volatile organic compounds, toxic compounds, molds and particles beds release/carry, definitely don’t help with our health or sleep. The more we deviate from our ancestors the sicker we get, but avoiding to take a b12 pill or supplements because “our ancestors didn’t do that” is really unnecessary and wouldn’t improve anyone’s quality of health to a significant degree so I definitely agree with that. People who take ancestral lifestyles to heart need to take into consideration today’s problems and think logically. We need a b12 pill, but we don’t necessarily need a mattress
There is no value to floor sleeping. It is of poor quality even with foam materss. You would notice that when you go camping.
For most of human history people died of many infectious diseases we can cure today. Just because people did it in the past doesn’t automatically mean it’s better than what we do today…
@@katie8325 Yeah, really it doesn’t mean that what people used to do was necessarily better. But people dying of infections in the past, and the level of uncomfortableness in a tent aren’t quite arguments. Japan still sleeps on floor beds, as a lot of other people around the world.
A lot of things have changed and this may be one of them so I find that to be a really interesting question.
People behave differently because the environment was completely different. Think about electricity. Maybe they had quite limited options to entertain themselves during the night. Think about having to be physical as hell all day long catering for animals, working the land, doing laundry by hand and so on. Maybe if we had to live like this, the softness and fluffiness of the mattress would be the last thing on our mind.
Still, people tried to make themselves comfortable for millennia using whatever materials they could get from their surroundings, and a lot of them adapted to conditions that ma seem completely improper to us today.
A lot of this is bad news to me, but it's such important and even exciting information. I'm going to get Dr. Walker's audiobook now. I'm very much looking forward to drastically improving my sleep, which may include Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia.
Thank you Rich, for always having such interesting and insightful guests.
It is society and its " norms" that keeps people away from having a good sleep. Work, Entertainment, social networking and the lot. People will surely sleep only that much that society lets them ! And then to hear all these " advices" to people that they should not shun a good sleep !
I read a book on dreams that said the guy who named Rem sleep almost named it jerky eye movement sleep and it would've been called Jem sleep
Shorter sleep, shorter life
Damn this was just such a great episode. We are in a serious crisis of sleep deprivation. I can't think of one person in my life that's mastered sleep. Everyone always seems tired, dark circles under the eyes, etc. Loved this episode!
For a couple of years i used a high end very clean pre-workout that had green tea caffeine in it. That was my only caffeine each day, 75-100 mg.
Since I eliminated it (bc i started getting pms for the 1st time in my life and caffeine was the only thing I changed in my diet) Within 2 days off It I noticed more clarity/clear mind, my body felt really clean again, and my sleep depth (stages 3-4) has been getting better & i’m waking up less overnight and able to fall back to sleep right away, And I have an underlying feeling of well-being at all times when I tune in to myself which I never noticed when I had caffeine daily! I just feel the inner happiness again.
Just that little bit of caffeine daily over time was jacking up my nervous system and effecting my experience of life. I had no idea it was that powerful until I got it out of my system 😲
Nice.....
Im really thinking about cutting caffeine from my life....
@@SteveWKk The PMS scared me enough to make me do it. Apparently 90% of humans don’t have the enzyme or enough of it in their body that breaks down caffeine and that’s why it reeks havoc in other areas.
The only negative I’ve experienced , and it’s getting better, is my endurance isn’t as great as it was when I was using caffeine. But once the adrenals heal I’m sure I’ll be back to where I was.
I am astonished that this conversation does not discuss one of the largest factors of sleep deprivation among women, which is caring for babies and children. Having a new infant was my first extended period of sleep deprivation. And many women are still going to work or in charge of single-parent households. Where is the research? Where are the societal supports?
Dont have kids
I would love to see a study done on people who live in the “Blue Zones”, (the longest living people) to see if their sleep patterns follow what Dr Walker has described as maximum patterns of sleep quality.
imagine being Dr Matthew Walker sleepless, damn what a nightmare hahahaha
Rich Roll this was epic! So much wisdom from two truly inspiring men!
I LOVED this episode. I could listen to Matthew Walker talk for 10 hours straight. Such a soothing voice. He should have his own podcast. 💕
H-o-l-y Mackerel!!! To think that there was a time when I thought whatever I wanted to accomplish had to be carving time off of my sleep. Thanks Rich and Dr Walker.
Now WE know
2 Billion people over 70 countries have 24 percent high rate of heart attacks each year when artificial summer day light time changes are made. Great number of people can be helped and financial resources can be saved by stoping this change every year. There is lot of talk about saving planet, we should also save those living on the planet.
I wish Dr Mathew Walker leads this proposal to stop this practice and save health and life of millions of people each year.
I’m also listening to the Huberman Podcast.
An amazing view on the brain, with the first couple podcasts specifically on sleep. He nails down some of the neurological points that are not fully covered here.
NOT me commenting at 4:00 a.m. after an all-nighter game session. 🥲
Ew..
Good luck with that....
I'm 36 now, when I was just into my 20s, I'd easily stay up 30 to over 40 hours on PC just grinding MMORPG or hack and slash games (whatever they're called) on the regular, and then crash for 12 to 15 hours of sleep.
It really wrecks havoc on you in the long run and makes it difficult to get into a regular daily schedule.
@@Ben-ld1qi Thanks for the advice. It's certainly something I'm trying to change and I don't do it often. Sometimes we just fall back into old habits.
@@jeffrymurillo7435 true, humans are an „animal of habit“. There is a good TED-talk on how to break a bad habit, I heard a while ago, it’s called: “A simple way to break a bad habit | Judson Brewer”
Tell me about it. Apex Legends...
Also, 100% can relate to waking before the alarm when I really need to. And it is actually amazing as I wake up fresh as opposed to semi-sleepy when woken up by the alarm ;D
I have never used an alarm to awaken me my entire life, I dont even own a watch now. All NTURAL.
Is this a new podcast? Your hair looks incredible! Seriously Rich, you look 20 years younger! You must be getting good sleep!😉 excellent podcast… I’ve lived most of my life seriously lacking in sleep. At 65 I still struggle with being a night owl and being an early riser. 🤪
Rich, seriously? Discussing for 3 hours and you don't come to mention the primary cause of massive sleep deprivation, which most of us experience once or several times in life for hundreds of nights in a row? Yes, I mean getting children - fresh parents don't get a single night of sleep for months and it is frequently only a 1-2 hours of interrupted nap in the first months. Heavy repercussions can be felt after a few nights already, but we are in position to cope with them for over a year, somehow. Although care of a newborn is debilitating us, humans have developed some mechanisms that seem to protect them from the full impact of long-term sleep deprivation. Is it only in case of childcare or is such a protection maybe only an imagination and in reality we indeed age by a decade with every baby?
That was something I hoped that this pocast would shed light on, especially because many young parents couldn't experience any help from their families due to the pandemic. I'm very disapponted that this primary and widespread cause and evolutionary mechanisms in us for coping with it were simply fully ignored here.
Am I the only one who experiences an increment of level of libido and desire when in lack of sleep ? Why it happens? That's a question I would like to ask Dr Walker.
Does anyone here mouth tape during sleep? The idea being that it forces nasal breathing, which improves overall sleep efficiency. I'd be interested to know Matthew's thoughts on it
First I ever heard of this, ima give it a shot.
For some reason, air burns my nose whenever I try to grab some 💤
Give "The oxygen advantage" by Patrick McKeown a look. He's got a few videos on TH-cam also
I do it. Think it helps somewhat. I no longer wake up with dry mouth.
@@davidshanahan6081 Thanks! Looking it up!
I do it, I dont think it helped me sleep better (it was already pretty good) but I think it helped my blood pressure overall. I use 3M micropore surgical tape, and it helps to put some lip moisturer on your lips before applying tape for easier removal in the morning.
Such an emotionally intelligent person apart from his vast academic knowledge. I definitely will buy his book. However , one thing I will comment on is that , though we have scientifically provable data on sleep facts, each person is different. So there has to be a flexibility and not terrify people which will defeat the purpose. Not everyone is a scientific expert. Most people will have different days of emotional states. There is no perfect day or perfecf night. It is just putting on extra pressure thinking that if we don't have perfection we will die. My maternal aunt will be 101 years old this October and living her best life in Hungary still. She has had a life of ups and downs and eats a typical Hungarian diet of meats and a lot of vegetables but also sweet cakes that she loves to bake. She also had Covid but only like a mild flu. Sleep in her life was always going to bed late and getting up early back in the day when people had to work hard and also had family gatherings regularly late in the evening. Exercise was natural like walking a lot out of necessity as not having a car. No gym back in those days. A wonderful thing that happened is that I actually fell asleep whilst watching this video. Like a natural sleeping pill. I will be watching it again for that reason and see if I can stay awake to the end of it😮 Lovely 😮😊
Where are the captions/subtitles for Deaf and hard of hearing folks and others that need captions?
Twenty years ago I read "Throw away your glasses and see" the Bates Method of improving eyesight. Bates took even those wearing Coka Cola type glasses and normalized their eyesight in a week. I cannot look at a presenter wearing glasses without thinking 'this person has little interest in health". After all - to exercise eyes by tracing the outline of a building or distant tree is such an effort. Forgive me, but these glasses look stupid.
I stayed up for 4 days on speed once, makes me cringe when I think about it. Doing 2 or 3 days was a normal occurence. I probably did a lot of permanent damage with drugs back then.
What about shift workers. When you’re so tired you try to sleep, but toss and turn for hours. If I work overnights, I cant sleep more than three hours during the day cause I feel like my mind is running around like crazy. But then I get up and feel like a zombie. And try to nap for a few more hours but just can’t fall asleep
Interesting - alcohol reduces quality of sleep and sleep deprivation increases cravings = vicious cycle.
It gets even worse, once the sleep deprivation increases cravings and you have some 20-30 extra pounds Those pounds shift your food preferences away from broccoli towards donuts. Go figure!
Good morning to all yall waking up to go to work and learning, so productive
I started Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Insomnia a couple of weeks ago. It can take some time to change the habits/behavior (diverse) that result in bad sleep. More therapists are being trained on this because such a high percentage of people have crappy sleep, which is bad news for mental health. Given the large number of people with dysfunctional sleep, a sleep assessment of some kind should be included in the initial assessment of anyone with depression, anxiety, addiction, and other mental health problems/conditions.
The problem with this content is that it is not useful for people who have insomnia, a person who has insomnia can not sleep not because they drink coffee or blah blah blah, but because of the fear of not sleeping, sleeping does not require any effort, I think the doctor handles a lot of information but that does not serve an insomniac as it will produce more anxiety. Maybe for people who don't have sleeping problems it could be useful even for them it will definitely make them worry about how they sleep and that's where the sleeping problems start.
"Why we sleep" is a fantastic book.
Life changer🙌🏾
Unless it puts me to sleep, it ain't! 😴 Lol
And if you read the book then answer the why I am a sleep researcher and I dont know why we sleep
I wonder if having my newborn listen to this podcast it would convince him to sleep… 🤔
I’m so tired.
So far I’m only 10 minutes in and I’m thinking, “Please PLEASE give this information to the FAA so they can protect flight crews’ sleep. Airlines do not protect pilots’ sleep. Passengers would be astonished if they knew the schedules major airlines give the pilots.
Their legal “rest” time (which can be as little as 12 hours and used to be 10) begins when the plane is turned off. They still have to deplane, exit the terminal, travel to hotel (30-60 min), get food (IF anything is open), shower, iron uniform, “sleep” (a few hours if lucky), prep for work, eat, travel back to airport (typically 30-60 minutes), and preflight. The average pilot does not receive luxury layovers.
Then there’s the switching night-shifts to day-shifts during schedules. A pilot can fly the red-eye one night, be forced to rest during the day, then have to go to work at 0’dark:thirty in the morning for early flights...usually without food because nothing is open. (I pack pb&j sandwiches for my husband) and fly all day.
And with time-zone changes, that’s like a daily dose of daylight-savings time effects.
And pilots feel they can’t complain. The airlines are milking everything they can out of them to satisfy the investors.
Ahah! Minute 58:00
Most of them over project the benefits of sleep. None of them will talk of the evils or demerits of over sleeping.
Over sleeping is much more damaging as such people have no control over their body, and ultimately turned to be a loser in life.
I never have gotten good sleep! I’m 83 & miserable ALL the time!
I would be interested to hear something about sleep deprivation in families of newborns and infants.
"The idiocy of sleep" is a highly bizarre statement. It presupposes that life should only be predicated on the strictly physical evolution of the species. Contrary to that line of thinking is the reality of multidimensional existence; the mind (not the brain) exists on several dimensional planes, not just the physical. Sleep is a way for other parts of consciousness to leave the material plane and continue to learn, grow and have experiences while the body rests and recovers from physical activity.
Dr Walker needs to start reading sleepy stories for the Calm app.!! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🌓🌓
Rich, you're a great interviewer. It's clear that your goal is to get the most out of your guests. Unlike other hosts who insist on inserting their own narrative into the discussion. Much appreciated 👍
Good morning!
I had a delicious night’s sleep!!
I’m 82 -/ just recently learned how to breathe!! (James Nestor);
- Learned all about my brain and what I can do to “baby” it.. (Dr Amen)
-One sentence Dr Walker uttered in this informative discussion concerned the fact that not enough sleep can screw with your blood glucose! WHAM! Hit me like a ton of bricks..
I track fasting glucose .. it was going up and up for no good reason.. blood work just done was fine. I eat very well, no junk! So last night i put on the yellow glasses (that I had): already had low , non-LED BULBS in the lamps in the living and bedroom (Dr Jack
Kruse) .. did everything I could that Dr Walker recommended.
Versa 2 this morning recorded BEST night of sleep I have had since I’m wearing the device (4 months..) .. and blood glucose DOWN 20 POINTS!!!
So I’m not “pre-diabetic “, thank you very much!! Simply sleep-deprived!!
As several people have noted in these comments, the information Dr Walker presented in this podcast ( and in his book!) is “actionable”, is transformative, is a real kick in the ass!! Thank you, Gentlemen, is all I can say!!!
Wowzer, I drink 10 cups of coffee a day, every day, and wonder why I feel knackered (tired) all the time...!!! Bye, bye Coffee!.
Updated. After watching this Vid the next day I went down to 2 cups a day, one week later 1 cup a day, still going BUT it was hell the first week. However, NOW I have twice as much energy and feel 10 years younger VERY STRANGE, but...TRUE!
Coffee has good impact on health as well Drink only 3-4 medium sized cups. You cant shun everything fun in life and still call it life Why bother living to 99 in such desperate misery?
@@sleepsmartsmashstress740. I have NEVER been so happy since I dropped the caffeine right down, (found a new untapped energy zone) doing other stuff, just not getting all uptight and calling addictions "Fun", when they are really a sign of weakness. Now young man, get a grip, sounds like you're just a Hedonistic-wanna-be. And in any case, my mindset is such that if I died now,.....errrrh, it (oh yes, we are going there) "the act of dying" doesn't really bother me either. Sure, it's a lovely yellow-brick-road-world, but, I am increasingly choosing where I want to get my kicks, not where: other people, organisations, social trends, or mass-media- tell me are the things/places I need to follow. Sleeping wonderfully, great dreams and rising early... ready to rumble...haven't had those feelings for 20 years. So, if Caffeine is your FUN, stick with it, it's NO longer on MY fun list. GLWT.
Looking forwarded this one. Haven’t slept properly in over 30 years. Keep up the good work Rich.
Sleep RECOVERY well ONE BETTER NIGHTS SLEEP ata time
I needed to hear this for sure, and while I found it stressful at times, it was a great reminder to make sleep a bigger priority. Thank you, another amazing podcast!!
Why did you find this stressful ?
My problem is that I wake up once or twice a night. I still dream, and I feel good when I wake up, but I can’t stay asleep for the whole 7.5 hours I am asleep. I drink a lot of water during the day, and vape, but after trying numerous things, I still can’t just stay asleep. Hoping that getting my deviated septum helps with this. I’ll update this post if it does after my surgery in a month for anyone who is in the same boat.
So how did it go?? How's your sleep now?
@@jorgegamboa3621 slightly better, still have bouts of waking up once or twice.
I found out from Matt that as long as it’s less than 30 minutes you’re up, it’s not detrimental.
What about Parents? The Early Years of Child Raising can be so difficult to prioritise sleep, when the baby keeps waking up and needing parents... What about Parents (of young children) ?
Thank you so much! Still so many questions. One, eating before bed. ( I am now eating homemade sauerkraut before bed. This might not be a sleep question.. So many thoughts! Wouls love bullet points from this great 3 hours.
Thank you for all your work Rich.
I hope you continue for a long time.
All that you do has culminated into great shows like this one and these have educated me so much I couldn't thank you enough.
Take care of yourself.
What Happens To The Uncleared Adenosine, When We Slept Only For 6 Hours?
Me watching about importance of sleep at Midnight..
No matter what I do, I can't seem to sleep more than 3 or 4 hours at a time. I fall asleep easy, and go into deep sleep quickly, then I wake up and I'm done sleeping. Not tired, sleepy or whatever. Just done sleeping. I get up and go about my day, etc. Been this way most of my life. I would love to sleep more but I just don't.
Getting good sleep is very difficult. It’s tough to turn off my brain. I don’t see how people sleep more than 4 hours daily.
I am not the best sleeper and often go whole nights with out sleep. I worry about my brains health. Already take loads of supplements that are meant to fend off dementia
imagine being his kid and trying to argue that you don't wanna go to sleep
I had no idea how absolutely important sleep is for health!!! Thank you so much Rich Roll and Mathew Walker!!!
This is a wonderful man great communicator and seems to really care about people's well being thank you
So sad that he does not recognize the beauty of us created in God’s image,,, God created us in such a intricate miraculous way, and if he inspected the eye of humans versus the animal kingdom, he would SEE, we are uniquely created in God’s image.
In my REM sleep I get most of my brilliant (maybe even million dollar) ideas that just gather dust in a virtual notepad corner...
Morning clubbing is a thing and should be mainstream lol
Lol
Yessss i read his book and i loved it!!!!
Got myself some glasses who filter the blue light, wear them once its dark outside and i sleep better since then
Bibliophile ?
I need 7-8 hours every night just to function and feel normal, and I’m never ashamed to speak on it. In fact, I often advise others on getting more sleep based on symptoms and health issues that they describe. Sleep is me time, and I refuse to compromise based on society’s standards.
after realizing the importance of sleep, now i have anxiety when I can't sleep
Excellent show! Thank you both! I’m glad I listened to the end; the info about how sleep trackers actually can cause sleep issues gave me some comfort. I had to stop using mine for that very reason! I thought there was something wrong with me, so I’m glad to hear it’s not uncommon! lol This was a terrific episode. I’ve ordered the book and look forward to learning even more. Thanks as always for a great experience!
Absolutely fascinating stuff. What an insight into this subject and the importance of sleep. I knew that this was going to be a longer interview than normal!
Finally the podcast I was waiting for!!