065 - Sleep Like Our Ancestors, Dangers of Light Bulbs, ‘Sleep Is a Skill’ With Mollie Eastman

Mollie is a speaker, podcaster, writer and a course creator

https://www.instagram.com/mollie.eastman/

https://www.sleepisaskill.com/

1:10 - Mollie Eastman and Ashley go to a lot of the same events, share a passion for high-quality sleep

3:07 - Mollie used labels and narratives around her sleep like she was a short sleeper, I’m a night owl, I’ll sleep when I’m dead.

4:39 - It became frightening because she was starting to wonder if she was stuck and felt like she was losing her mind

5:28 - Once you start on some of these medication‘s you’re on them for the rest of your life

7:15 - Online poker players are a huge niche looking to optimize their sleep

9:47 - Chronobiology,  the science of time and how time effects are biology. 

11:18 - Every cell in our body have these these circadian rhythm clocks 

12:23 - One of the commitments at ‘Sleep is a Skill’ is bringing the intersection of technology, accountability, and behavioral change

14:38 - Night shift workers 

16:07 - The Shiftwork app is relatively new from the same creators who made the time shifter app

17:06 - New book called “The Sleep Fix” created by an ABC correspondent, a night shift worker. 

18:40 - Deep sleep is the least accurate 

22:29 - Light & dark, consistent schedules

24:14 - Cooling mattress toppers

26:36 - CGMs (glucose monitors) in addition to the Oura ring data https://www.nutrisense.io/?rfsn=6778584.5479636&utm_source=affiliate&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=Ashleytaylorwellness&utm_term=6778584.5479636

29:30 - Weighted blankets may emulate heavy hides that our ancestors wore for sleep

30:39 - The more we are disconnected from nature it does seem to misalign us from rhythms and cycles and seasons

31:22 - Ashley has her bed on a 3% incline to facilitate lymphatic flow. Some people even have a 15% incline.

34:13 - Mouth taping

41:20 - Sleep is a puzzle and it’s not just about the duration

42:37 - Even at Harvard med the average doctors only get two hours of training in sleep, the thing that we’re doing 1/3 of our life

44:39 - Ashley focuses on resilience in her coaching practice, which is a new feature that the Oura ring added https://ouraring.com/ashleytaylorwellness

46:46 - Some people are stressing over the sleep staging of the Oura, so be aware that there are some shortcomings at the moment

49:24 - Restaurant food and quality of sleep

51:19 - Socializing is crucial for our well-being and sleep results. 

52:35 - Ashley is Solar powered 

55:00 - Mollie does “walk and talks” all the time in Austin during the day versus traditional Social norms after dark (which affects circadian rhythm and sleep quality)

58:00 - It’s all connected, blood sugar, stress all connected to sleep

1:00:35 - The trojan horse effect

1:01:00 - The quantified self, the impact of our relationships on our HRV

1:05:00 - A message to those who think the Oura ring may be stressful

1:07:11 - Paradoxical insomnia & having an objective tool like an Oura ring that can tell you exactly how much sleep you actually got

1:09:40 - Over time, the removal of the charge behind the scores goes away

1:12:48 - Warning label need on lightbulbs! 

1:16:00 - Thinking after midnight

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