Episode 401: Dr. Michael Breus talks about Energy Management, Movement and Sleep

Learn how to sleep well and manage your energy throughout the day with world-renowned sleep expert Dr. Michael Breus.

Dr. Michael Breus, Ph.D., is a Clinical Psychologist and both a Diplomate of the American Board of Sleep Medicine and a Fellow of The American Academy of Sleep Medicine. He is one of only 168 psychologists in the world to have passed the Sleep Medical Speciality board without going to Medical School. Dr. Michael Breus was recently named the Top Sleep Specialist in California by Reader’s Digest, and one of the 10 most influential people in sleep.

Michael is also ‘The Power of When’, ‘The Sleep Doctor’s Diet Plan: Lose Weight Through Better Sleep’ and ‘GOOD NIGHT: The Sleep Doctor’s 4-Week Program to Better Sleep and Better Health’. In this episode, we explore his most recent book, co-authored with Stacey Griffith, ‘Energize!: Go from Dragging Ass to Kicking It in 30 Days’.

Tune in also to learn more about energy management techniques, knowing your body type, morning stretches, his unbelievably simple sleep program – and being a wolf.

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Talking Points

  • How your body type and type of exercise affects your sleep
  • Learn how to manage your energy levels
  • Being a ‘fast wolf’
  • The correlation between melatonin production and age
  • Learning from how animals wake up
  • Emotional energizers and vampires
  • Identifying your definition of energy

I focus more on energy management, not time.

Dr. Michael Breus


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