The Sleep Is A Skill Podcast

217: Julie Flygare, President & CEO of Project Sleep: When Doctors Miss Your Sleep Disorder—and One Woman’s Stand for Change


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BIO:
Julie Flygare, JD, serves as President & CEO of Project Sleep. Flygare is an internationally recognized patient-perspective leader, an accomplished advocate, and the award-winning author of Wide Awake and Dreaming: A Memoir of Narcolepsy. In March 2022, she delivered the TEDx Talk, “What Can You Learn from a Professional Dreamer?” In 2024, Flygare was awarded the Sleep Research Society's Public Service Award for significantly advancing the mission of the SRS through advocacy and public policy efforts.
 

SHOWNOTES:

😴  Julie shares her terrifying moment of realizing something was deeply wrong with her sleep?

😴  The turning point in Julie’s diagnosis journey (and how it almost got missed)

😴   How one sports therapist’s comment cracked open the mystery behind Julie’s symptoms.

😴   Facing Narcolepsy: How Julie came to terms with it.

😴   Why Project Sleep exists and who it’s trying to reach first

😴   Struggling with sleep but don’t know where to turn?

😴   Learn about Project Sleep’s helpline

😴   The science behind why storytelling matters in public health education.

😴   Truth behind federal funding for sleep—and how Project Sleep is working to change it.

😴   Sleep equity: Reaching underserved communities

😴  New program you should know about: 

  • Sleep Apnea Education Program - Led by advocate Emma Cooksey, this program supports people from diagnosis to treatment and beyond.
  • Visit project-sleep.com/helpline
  • Training opportunities via the Rising Voices Program

😴  And so much more!


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