At the start of each year, people make New Year's resolutions, often about health with the aim of making a new start. But often, by February, people are back in to their previous habits and routine, with their health goals left behind. To help set achievable goals around health and sleep, we talk about goal setting and making behaviour changes that stick with Prof Art Markman from University of Texas at Austin, author of Smart Change.

Dr Moira Junge (Health Psychologist) and Dr David Cunnington (Sleep Physician) host the monthly podcast, Sleep Talk, talking all things sleep.

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Audio Timeline:

• 00:00 - 01:28 Introduction
• 01:28 - 10:31 What's news in sleep?
  • 01:28 - 04:06 Fatigue and accident risk
  • 04:06 - 05:56 Sleep talking - Is it funny?
  • 05:56 - 08:24 Is meditation as good as sleep?
  • 08:24 - 10:31Kochie's business builders
• 10:31 -  34:17 Theme - A New Start
  • 10:31 - 15:23 Setting goals for health and sleep
  • 15:23 - 32:20 Guest interview - Art Markman: Making changes that stick
  • 32:20 - 34:17 More information on setting goals
• 34:17 - 35:55 Clinical tip of the month - Don't just add more sleep rules
• 35:55 - 37:58 Pick of the month: Moira - Alec Baldwin and Jerry Seinfeld
• 37:58 - 40:05 Pick of the month: David - The Power of When - Book
• 40:05 - 41:15 Sign off

Next episode: February 6th 2017

Links mentioned in the podcast:

• Miner falling asleep after multiple night shifts - ABC report
• Alertness CRC - Research group looking at ways of managing fatigue
• Video of sleep talking - Adam Rosenberg on YouTube
• Article on sleep talking - The Huffington Post
• TV story on sleep talking - Sunrise
• Is meditation a substitute for sleep? - 9 Coach
• The importance for sleep for business - Kochie's Business Builders
• Healthy Sleep - podcast episode
• Let it Go - podcast episode
• Prof Art Markman - University of Texas
• Two Guys on Your Head - podcast with Prof Art Markman
• Smart Change - Book by Art Markman
• SmartThinkingBook.com - Art Markman's website
• Setting SMART goals - SleepHub post by Kris Pierce
• What are your sleep rules? - SleepHub post on reducing rules around sleep
• Good Sleep: It's not about the night - The Huffington Post
• Here's the Thing - podcast with Alec Baldwin and Jerry Seinfeld talking sleep
• The Power of When - book by Dr Michael Breus
• The Sleep Doctor - website of Dr Michael Breus

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