The Sleep Is A Skill Podcast

Use Code: MOLLIE10 – for 10% off the first bottle of a subscription order.  BIO: Colleen Cutcliffe, Ph. D., is co-founder and CEO of Pendulum Therapeutics, a biotech startup in San Francisco. The company’s mission is to fill the chasm that exists between unregulated supplements and prescription drugs. In this middle ground, Colleen envisions a future in which medicines are derived not from chemist...

BIO:  Mr. Alf-Egil Bogen is a 28-year technology veteran, investor, co-founder, and Chief Marketing Officer at VitalThings as well as the Chief Innovation Officer for Somnofy. A company based in Norway specializing in contactless sleep assisting products using very advanced hardware and software. Somnofy is the world’s most accurate contactless sleep and breathing monitor, using nanoscale wireless...

BIO: Shawn Wells MPH, LDN, RD, CISSN, FISSN is the world’s leading nutritional biochemist and expert on Health Optimization. He has formulated over 500 supplements, food, beverages, and cosmeceuticals and patented 10 novel ingredients and is now known as the Ingredientologist - the scientist of ingredients. Formerly a Chief Clinical Dietitian with over a decade of clinical experience, he has couns...

BIO:  Scott Donnell is the CEO at Hapbee Technologies, Inc, and a business leader who has dedicated his life to both physical and mental health. Scott’s personal passion for healthy living led him to create a wearable device, Hapbee, utilizing 15 years of research in magnetic fields and frequencies, to help people feel better. Previously, Scott founded a fitness and fundraising program for schools...

BIO:  Jodi Sternoff Cohen is a bestselling author and founder of Vibrant Blue Oils. She has helped over 70,000 clients heal from brain-related challenges, including anxiety, insomnia, and autoimmunity. Her website, vibrantblueoils.com, is visited by over 500,000 natural health seekers every year, and she has rapidly become a top resource for essential oils education on the Internet today. Her firs...

BIO: Sameer Sontakey, co-founder and CEO of Biostrap has 10+ years of experience in software and product development. After a transformative weight-loss journey, he has become obsessed with health and how to take control of their well-being. Sameer realized that his passion for wearables and health could be interlinked and that he could create something convenient, that provides clinical data, and...

BIO:  Nina Lorez Collins is a writer/entrepreneur and the founder of The Woolfer, a social platform and website for like-minded women over forty. The community grew organically out of a closed Facebook group she started in 2015 called "What Would Virginia Woolf Do?” Her book, What Would Virginia Woolf Do? And Other Questions I Ask Myself As I Attempt to Age Without Apology, was published in April...

🧪 Future of Health Technology 🧪 Wellness Testing Kits You Can Use At Home 🧪 FINALLY an At Home Health Solution THAT WORKS  🧪 Innovations Within the Health and Wellness Space  🧪 Affordable, Easy Health and Wellness Testing to Predict Diseases 🧪 Skip the Expensive Sleep Diagnostics - This is Only A $10 Test 🧪 It Might Not Be Insomnia, You Might Have a Deficiency  🧪 Empowering Yourself to Tak...

BIO:  Dr. Raouf (Ron) Gharbo completed his specialty residency medical training in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at an elite program at The Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio.  Prior to specialty residency training, he learned a holistic translational approach to medicine at Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine in Athens, Ohio.  Dr. Gharbo is board-ce...

BIO:  Mickey Beyer-Clausen is a Danish-born, New York-based serial entrepreneur. In the ’90s, he was one of the first to launch successful Internet businesses and today he's building genre-defining companies around innovations with the potential to improve the human or planetary condition. Currently, Beyer-Clausen is the Co-founder and CEO of Timeshifter — the world’s first platform for circadian...

  SHOW NOTES: 🥗  Even Practitioners Struggle with Their Sleep Health Too! 🥗  The Dirty Secret Behind How Long Sleep Medications Actually Last in Your Body 🥗  Your Gut Health Could Be Preventing A Good Night’s Sleep 🥗  Tests You Can Do to See If Your Hormone Levels Are Working For You 🥗  There is No One Size Fits All Approach 🥗  The Detrimental Effects of Cortisol - The Stress Hormone 🥗  How...

BIO:   Kayla is a health scientist, professional athlete, entrepreneur, health optimization practitioner, and a global leader in integrative mind-body medicine. She is formally trained across the spectrum of health sciences with a bachelor of science in health ecology, master of science in public health, and currently pursuing her doctoral degree in neuropsychophysiology and biochemistry. From chi...

BIO:  Joy is the founder of The Joyful Approach. She is a holistic guide, an alchemist, a profound facilitator in healing, an educator, and an activist for deeper connection of humanity.   SHOW NOTES: 🌬️ Joy’s story and why she’s so passionate about breathwork 🌬️ Metaphysical beliefs about emotional pain and disease 🌬️ What it means to embark on a holistic/spiritual path of life 🌬️ How to train wi...

BIO:  Amy Killen MD is an anti-aging and regenerative physician specializing in sexual  optimization, aesthetics and longevity medicine. Board certified in emergency  medicine with ten years of ER experience, Dr. Killen saw the impact of unchecked  chronic disease and disability from the front lines before transitioning to anti-aging  and regenerative medicine.  An international speaker, clinical...

BIO: There are a lot of pharmacists out there. There are numerous natural wellness experts, yoga teachers, business coaches, and social media influencers, but there is only one Lindsey Elmore. She helps people to take full ownership of their health and wellness, every single aspect of it. From wellness in the physical body to mental health stability to the robustness of spirit to freedom in financ...

BIO:   Julian brings a passion for (soft) robotics to his role as Chief Marketing Officer and co-founder of Somnox, the world’s first sleep robot. Created to fight insomnia, help the sleep-deprived, and start a global sleep revolution, Somnox was borne from Julian’s desire to help his mother manage and overcome insomnia without the need for prescription medication. As an industrial design engineer...

BIO: Dr. Ty Canning, Psy. D., is a Clinical Psychologist who specializes in behavioral sleep medicine and sexual wellness. The majority of his clinical work is done with The Clinic, a San Francisco based private group practice. He is the founder and director of the Precision Psychological Medicine Corporation and a consultant with several tech companies, including Lief Therapeutics and Lover. EPIS...

🧪What does the man who plans to live to 200 do for his sleep? 🧪Sergey's thoughts on sleep in the puzzle of longevity. 🧪Why does Sergey believe that you need to know your sleep numbers if you’re going to improve them? What does Sergey do with those numbers? How does he make meaning of them? 🧪Discussions around caffeine’s effect on sleep and coffee replacements. 🧪Discussion around alcohol and w...

Symptoms of sleep deprivation and poor sleep quality.  The poor relationship to sleep that the majority of SEALs had before starting sleep therapy. How Doc Parsley helped the SEALS to improve their health and hormones by focusing on sleep. What sleep is and what goes on in the body during it? How do the brain and senses work during sleep? What are the cycles of sleep? How do you fall asleep? Pharm...

Glucose and Sleep What is glucose, and how does it affect your weight, health, and sleep? Glucose and sleep quality are related. Find out how you can avoid diseases by learning about how glucose works. In what ways can I find out my glucose levels? What type of foods and eating time should I avoid to have a better sleep? "We eat the same food at the same time, but...": Glucose works differently wi...

What is the relationship between sound and sleep? What type of sounds are helpful with sleep, and how can it make your rest more enjoyable? What audio devices can help with sleep quality? And what are some of the pros and cons of the standard items out there right now?  Switching to audio instead of screens during night time can be beneficial for sleep quality in that it removes light & hyper enga...

Circadian Biology, “it’s something we need to pay attention to”  Sunlight in today’s world, do we get enough sunlight?  Why is sunlight important and how does it relate to red light?  Effects of artificial lights: What is red light, and how can it help us? UV lights and Red lights What type of lights can we buy to improve our sleep schedule and sleep quality?  How do we use red lights, and how do...

KEY TAKEAWAYS: Weighted blankets don't have many studies behind them so what we know is largely from user-feedback. Users speak to reduced anxiety and stress and bring with it the feeling of being secure and safe. It is thought that the way these blankets might achieve these benefits is by helping to decrease the stress hormone cortisol while increasing the happiness hormone serotonin. All necessa...

Key Takeaways: In contrast to common belief, wines are mostly not natural. Only less than 1% of the wines produced on the planet are natural. The sugar levels in industrially produced wine are higher, but they can hide this fact. Alcoholic beverages with high levels of alcohol disrupt sleep. You have to shop online to purchase natural wine mainly. What is inside of commercial wine, and why can’t w...

What is Distraction? - What is the opposite of distraction? - Most people will answer 'Focus', but that isn't quite correct. - The answer is *Traction* - trACTION definition = any action that pulls you towards your goals and the person you want to become. - DIStrACTION definition = any action that pulls you away from your values, goals, and the person you want to become. - "Anything can be tractio...