This is the first in a two-part series on something I am absolutely obsessed with.

Sleep.

It’s the most powerful tool for performance, the most potent medicine for your health, and the quiet foundation for learning, creativity, emotional stability, and even spiritual growth.

So the question is simple:

Got sleep?

In this first episode I introduce my psychopomps of sleep and explore the basics:

• why we sleep
• the architecture of sleep
• how to know whether you’re actually getting what scientists consider good sleep

In Part 2 we’ll get into the nitty-gritty of what people call sleep hygiene — how the choices you make from the moment you wake up affect your ability to fall asleep, stay asleep, and get truly restorative rest (while hopefully avoiding sleep anxiety along the way).

If you want to geek out on sleep as much as I do, here are some of the books and podcasts I’ve been learning from.

Matthew Walker — Why We Sleep

Andrew Huberman — Huberman Lab Podcast• Sleep Toolkit: Tools for Optimizing Sleep• Master Your Sleep & Be More Alert When Awake• Guest Series with Dr. Matthew Walker

Dr Rangan Chatterjee — Feel Better, Live More; Episode 250: Why Sleep Is the Most Important Pillar of Health (with Matthew Walker)

Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire (MEQ)
https://qxmd.com/calculate/calculator_829/morningness-eveningness-questionnaire-meq