Improving your Sleep Health

Difficulty sleeping? It'll affect your skin. Fix your sleep with Mollie McGlocklin of Sleep is a Skill

WEBSITES MENTIONED:

Mollie's website: https://www.sleepisaskill.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/molliemcglocklin/

Mollie’s website/newsletter sign up: https://www.sleepisaskill.com/newsletter

Podcast episodes: https://www.sleepisaskill.com/podcasts   Specifically Dr Michael Breus (Sleep Doctor) episode 66 and AlisaVitti, episode 8 (author of Woman Code, creator of MyFlo app)

 

Watch the entire presentation here:

Notes on the Talk

Minutes on the left:

6:30 Mollie describes her back story of suffering from chronic sleep deprivation, insomnia, and anxiety around sleep, and when it all came crashing down on a trip to Rome.

For many years she missed the signs that her unhealthy sleep habits were contributing to her health issues

9:20 Felt like she was at rock bottom in Rome

10:30 Had to return to America to fix sleep, and restore homeostasis

11:30 Dug so deeply into sleep & finding solutions that she wanted to help others, and transform other’s sleep

12:18 Types of groups she works with:

Works with a lot of people that make their own hours, and that is the blessing and curse

They tend to have lack of clear boundaries

Acute issues

Biohacker group

13:48 What do you look at first? Do a full-scale assessment. Their Sleep Tripod: Psychology, physiology, & environment

15:35 Tracking sleep data, Oura Ring is used with every client. Consumer-grade Whoop, Biostrap, Apple Watch, Dream Headbands, can be an automated sleep diary

Prescription grade trackers for sleep apnea, Sleep Image is one

17:25 Like to look at HRV, Heart Rate Variability & how the body is dealing with stress

17:50 What do our habits look like, pattern spotting

21:00 Sleep is a Skill, it’s not simplistic

21:30 How long it took Mollie to resolve her sleep issues

23:25 Empowering to have resolved her sleep issues, and encourages others to uplevel their sleep. It’s the foundation for health.

25:30 Should you sleep with your mouth open or closed?

28:30 Sleeping with a snorer tips

32:12 New sleep apnea treatments

33:30 Circadian Rhythm Entrainment & Zeitgebers (Time givers)

36:00 Most important thing you can do: Get yourself outside every single morning for sunlight anchoring!

39:25 Bedroom temperature

41:00 April 11th, Mollie has a new group starting

42:05 The lowdown on sleep trackers

43:50 Wake-ups, what causes them

45:40 When to bring in Functional Medicine docs

46:30 Tips for the upcoming time change

51:25 Sleep anxiety

52:00 The infradian rhythm & the MYFLO app