TBP 259: Sleep Researcher Aric Prather’s Tips to Sleep Better and Longer

Author, psychologist, researcher, and clinician Aric Prather, PhD  talks about the practical advice he wrote about in his book The Sleep Prescription: 7 Days to Your Best Rest and the work he does in his sleep clinic. In this interview he offers clear steps to help you sleep better so you can feel more recovered, energetic, and calm in life and in climbing. 

• Things people do to help them sleep that actually undermine sleep
• How to use cognitive behavioral therapy to sleep
• How to properly wind down before sleep
• Thoughts on drugs and supplements for sleep
• Using sleep diary
• Importance of standardized wake-up time
• Using sleep deprivation to increase “sleep drive” to eventually improve sleep
• How to deal with rumination that keeps you awake
• Bonus Content on Patreon

There’s some bonus content from this episode on Patreon.

• what he thinks of the drug I was on (mirtazapine) for sleep and histamine use for sleep
• why my alphabet game puts me to sleep most of the time
• some thoughts on biomarker testing to figure out why you’re not sleeping
• why nightly wake-ups might not be so abnormal.

You can find that bonus content and the uncut, ad-free episode without intro or outro on my Patreon page. 

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