Win the Day by James Whittaker

January 21, 2025 220. Win Your Health with Dr. Michael Breus (The Sleep Doctor) 🔋

“Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.” — Jim Rohn

What if the key to transforming your health and performance wasn’t complicated — but simply overlooked? 🧐

Dr. Michael Breus (The Sleep Doctor) is back for an unprecedented third appearance on the Win the Day podcast!

As a double board-certified Clinical Psychologist and Sleep Specialist, Dr. Breus has helped millions understand the science of sleep and how it impacts every area of their lives.

As founder of SleepDoctor.com and author of the global bestseller The Power of When, Dr. Breus has become the go-to expert on optimizing sleep and performance.

He has been featured everywhere from Oprah and The Dr. Oz Show to The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.

Now, with the release of his fifth book, Sleep, Drink, Breathe: Wellness is Too Freakin’ Complicated, Dr. Breus takes a refreshingly simple, back-to-basics approach to health by focusing on the three wellness dominos.

In this episode:

• The most effective strategies to improve performance and overall health.

• Why most people breathe incorrectly — and how to fix it.

• The biggest biohack fails that are costing you money.

• How to fix your sleep quality once and for all.

🍿 Let’s WIN THE DAY with Dr. Michael Breus!

🎬 Episode website (including 4K video, full transcript, best quotes, etc.): ⁠⁠https://jameswhitt.com/220-win-the-day-podcast-michael-breus⁠

Episode links:

🎯 Download your FREE ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Win the Day action plan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

📚 ‘⁠Sleep, Drink, Breathe: Wellness is too Freakin Complicated⁠’ by Dr. Michael Breus

⚡ The Sleep Doctor ⁠website⁠

📷 The Sleep Doctor ⁠Instagram⁠

🍿 ⁠High Performance Sleep⁠ with Dr. Michael Breus (Ep 81)

🍿 ⁠Sleep Your Way to the Top⁠ with Dr. Michael Breus (Ep 44)

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Timemarkers:

00:00 Who is Dr. Michael Breus

2:03 Interview starts

2:39 The 3 most important dominos of health

5:59 What is a chronotype

7:08 How to quickly learn your chronotype

8:50 How your sleep changes when you become a parent

10:39 Why most people struggle with sleep

12:50 How to sleep with anxiety

16:18 How to sleep when you have something important the next day

17:42 7 tips to help you sleep on an airplane

21:34 Download your FREE Win the Day Action Plan

22:25 How can a shift worker improve their sleep quality

24:32 Should you take melatonin to fall asleep

27:05 Why most sleep supplements are a scam

29:36 Does cannabis CBD help sleep

31:57 Why a sedentary life impacts your sleep

32:38 How do I know if I need to take magnesium

35:50 Are electrolyte powders good for you?

37:31 Should you take creatine monohydrate

39:29 Are sleeping pills bad for you

44:19 How to catch up on lost sleep quickly

45:33 Are there people who can survive without

46:03 How much water should you drink

49:05 Should you filter your water (and microplastics)

51:50 How does breathing impact your energy

54:10 Tension myositis syndrome (how stress contributes to physical pain)

55:05 New book ‘Sleep, Drink, Breathe: Wellness is too Freakin Complicated’

56:22 Overrated or Underrated (Mouth tape, Oura ring, Magnesium, Sleeping pills, Melatonin, Sticking to a routine, Foam pillows, Blackout curtains, Weighted blankets, NMN, NAD, Blue light glasses)

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PS — Enjoyed this episode? You'll love this one, too: ⁠⁠⁠High Performance Sleep with Dr. Michael Breus (The Sleep Doctor): Ep 81⁠

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