Poor sleep doesn't just make you tired. It quietly degrades your communication, your relationships, your physical health, your decision-making, and your emotional regulation. Most people don't notice until something breaks. Sleep is the place to start.

Sleep is the thing that underlies everything else, and this episode builds the foundation for understanding why. Deep sleep handles the physical repair. REM handles the emotional and cognitive repair. Cut either one short and you'll feel it, even if you can't name what's wrong.
There's a three-question self-assessment worth sitting with, a clear-eyed walk through sleep hygiene that skips the usual oversimplifications, and a frank conversation about the things that quietly sabotage sleep without people realizing it. How you use your bed. The math you do on your phone at midnight. What melatonin supplements are actually doing in your body and when they make sense.

Oh, and those sleep trackers and Fitbits? They might be doing more harm than good. The research on this one is genuinely surprising, and worth a listen before you strap anything to your wrist tonight.

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