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Somnology (SLEEP) Part Two Encore with Dr. W. Chris Winter
Have you listened to Part 1 yet? No? Go on, git. Here's a link to it! Go do that.
Now if you have, this Part 2 is a bonanza of problem solving from neurologist and somnologist Dr. W. Chris Winter. He'll cover: if you should be taking sleep supplements or pills, sleep talking, apnea, why sleepiness makes us hungry, narcolepsy, the difference between insomnia and sleep deprivation, how to lucid dream, the dangers of shift work and some tactics to lull yourself to dreamland without any medications. ALSO: I share a family secret: my mom's insomnia buster -- newly dubbed the "Sleepy Fancy Nancy" -- that has literally never failed me.
And I am currently spending time with my family after my dad’s emergency brain surgery a few weeks back, but put a few extra notes and updates on how we’re doing. Thanks for all the thoughts, friends.
Dr. W. Chris Winter's sleep clinic
Dr. W. Chris Winter's book, The Sleep Solution plus his 2021 release The Rested Child
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