How To Master Your Sleep & Be More Alert When...

This episode is brought to you by Puori, Hollow Socks, Fatty15, and Branch Basics. Light shapes far more than our sleep; it influences our metabolism, hormones, energy, and long-term health. Yet modern life has quietly flipped our light environment upside down: too little sunligh ...  Show more

This episode is brought to you by Bon Charge, One Skin, Maui Nui, and Cozy Earth. When we think about chronic disease, we don’t always consider the role of emotions. Yet emotional patterns can quietly drive chronic inflammation, which underlies many of today’s most common conditi ...  Show more

Sleep can be super confusing. I get lots of questions about it and have my own too...for example: Are there healthy substitutes for sunlight? What does it exactly mean to be a fast vs. a slow caffeine metabolizer? What's the ideal nap length? How ...

Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 2473: Eric Leija's article on achieving better sleep delves into the importance of sleep for overall health, including ment ...  Show more

YOUR BODY IS WIRED TO WORK WITH NATURE.
Sleep is so important.
So why do we do so many things that keep us from getting the sleep we need?
If we want to optimize our performance and our life, we have to think about sleep.
Humans used to sleep when it wa ...

In this episode, I host Dr. Samer Hattar, Ph.D., Chief of the Section on Light and Circadian Rhythms at the National Institute of Mental Health. Dr. Hattar is a world-renowned expert on how viewing light at particular times adjusts our mood, ability to learn, stress and hormone l ...  Show more