Maria Ruberto – Sleep Your Way To Your Top

Psychologist Maria Ruberto is back to talk about one of the most important parts of our day: sleep.

Starting off with the biology of sleep, Maria takes us through how we get to sleep, what happens when we sleep, and why we desperately need to sleep for good health and longevity. With metaphors galore to make the science as relatable as possible, we discuss the role of melatonin, the impact of screens on our suprachiasmatic nucleus and whether it’s it worth cutting your sleep short to exercise?

In more practical terms, Maria shares what sleep hygiene actually looks like, and, to Hugh and Josh’s relief, how hormones released during parenthood act to buffer against sleep deprivation.

So set your sleep alarms, get comfy, and tuck yourself in for a BIG episode!

Sweet dreams x

Chapters
0:00
Maria Ruterno psychologist resilience trainer lovely human being
9:36
Sleep is nonnegotiable bugger
17:07
Brain Basics ft hard facts about melatonin
29:08
The love triangle between adenosine ATP and caffeine
36:23
Cant sleep Not all is lost
42:06
Stages of Sleep
58:10
The psychology of REM sleep
1:00:30
Giving our brains a bath
1:09:17
Sleep hygiene QQRT and bed time alarms
1:19:46
The answers to the first and second tease sleep exercise parent protections
1:26:40
What if Im a shiftworker
1:36:17
Medicating receiving and reflecting
Transcript
Written by AI so definitely imperfect
+

Latest episodes

Subscribe

Subscribe to the Vulnerabilitea-mail newsletter to reflect and stay up to date with all things imperfect - live tours, new eps, some imperfect questions to ponder and more.

Find exactly what you’re looking for​

Podcasts are notoriously tricky to search through. It can be hard to find ‘that thing’ you heard ‘that one time’. Or even to find something new. This search tool is our attempt to make it all a little bit easier. Search for anything!

View popular topics

Broken link