Dr Carmel Harrington: How to Improve Sleep Quality

Even if we are getting enough sleep, how do we know if it's good quality sleep? Host Amelia Phillips and sleep scientist Dr Carmel Harrington discuss how to optimise our sleep quality. Dr Carmel explains the different stages of our sleep cycles and what they do for our body and brain. She then troubleshoots the common sleep challenges (such as the 4am wakeup doomers) and their solutions. They discuss other questions from the Healthy Her community, including biohacking such as tracking, Appolo Neuro, melatonin, THC, CBD and other medications. A fascinating listen for anyone who wants to improve their sleep quality.

Sleep Hygiene Checklist: How many of the 11 do you do? https://www.ameliaphillips.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Challenge/Week1/Sleep%20Hygiene%20Checklist.pdf 

Apollo Neuro Device: https://apolloneuro.com/ 

Humming bird (or bee) breath: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfW68TIvta8 

Yoga Nidra: https://health.clevelandclinic.org/what-is-yoga-nidra/ 

Guided Yoga Nidra (audio): https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/yoga-nidra-beyond-ayla-nova/id1643838005 

This episode is dedicated to Susan Moshi from Salon Mode: https://www.instagram.com/susanmoshi/ 

About the guest:

Dr Carmel Harrington, has dedicated over 28 years to researching sleep after her 3yo son tragically died of SIDs (listen to the Behind the Show episode coming in June where she opens up about this). She holds a PHD in Sleep Medicine from Sydney University and runs a sleep clinic, called Sleep for Health for people who have trouble getting to sleep or staying asleep.

Get in touch with Dr Carmel: http://www.sleepforhealth.net.au/ 

About the host:

Amelia Phillips is an exercise, nutrition, parenting and business expert with a career spanning 26 years in health. She's a registered exercise scientist, nutritionist and researcher (with a masters of human nutrition). She is the co-founder of health tech company 12WBT which grew from start-up.  After a successful exit, she now consults to health companies, presents and appears in the media. Amelia had four kids in five years and is dedicated to empowering women to build a life after kids on the foundation of health (mental and physical), love and purpose. 

If you have a question for Amelia, reach out via Insta @_amelia_phillips, email [email protected] or text an audio question to: 0417458772

Find out more at www.ameliaphillips.com.au

CREDITS

Host: Amelia Phillips                                                                                                        

Guest:                                                                                                                                Audio Producer: Darren Roth

Music: Matt Nicholich                                                                                                      Production Partner: Nova Entertainment Pty Ltd

Healthy Her acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures. 

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