High-Maintenance Hippie Podcast

047 - Optimizing Sleep, Insomnia Solutions, Sleep Environment & Blue Light Blocking Glasses With Morgan Adams

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2:00 - Morgan’s sleep story

6:00 - Do you need 8hrs of sleep?

7:40 - If you have insomnia

9:15 - If you’re a “terrible sleeper” listen to this

11:44 - Parenting & sleep

12:12 - Consistent wake times to train your circadian rhythm, “sleep pressure” builds up

15:00 - Insomnia 

16:26 - Prioritize Bright days and dark nights

18:50 - Weight management and sleep wake up consistency 

21:00 - Alcohol is often used as a sleep aid, BUT it cuts off REM sleep & increased wake up times for the bathroom

22:50 - Digestion vs. sleep, avoid eating heavy meals before bed because your body will prioritize digestion over sleep

27:30 - Blue light blocking glasses - https://raoptics.com/ashleytaylorwellness code ASHLEYTAYLORWELLNESS

30:14 - Sleep environment: a cave: cool, dark & quiet

31:30 - Bamboo pajamas or sheets

35:20 - Oura stress tracking ouraring.com/ashleytaylorwellness

39:30 - Deep sleep & REM sleep

42:00 - Hormones & sleep, leptin

49:00 - Coffee enemas help us get into parasympathetic and Ashley does them before bed sometimes to relax

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53:12 - Herbatonin: a plant melatonin

56:10 - Epsom salts as a foot soak

57:00 - Warm bath or shower before bed, cool room

58:40 - Mouth taping

1:00:50 - Importance of feeling safe while sleeping

1:01:47 - Sleep positions, side, back

1:03:10 - CBTI, if you can’t sleep, go to another room for 30 mins, do something relaxing

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