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)
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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