039: Getting Good Enough Sleep with Spencer Richards, Ph.D

With more than one-third of U.S. adults sleeping less than seven hours per night, it’s common to have a strained relationship with sleep.
Not getting enough quality sleep can not only leave us feeling moody, foggy, and hungry but it also negatively impacts our immune system, memory, and overall brain health. But sleep problems don’t start at nighttime. What we do all day has a lot to do with how we sleep at night.
Podcast guest, Spencer Richards, Ph.D., is here to offer ways for a better sleep. Spencer works as a full-time clinical health psychologist and specializes in the treatment of concerns that arise in the space where our mental and physical health meet.
He holds specialty training that includes insomnia, chronic pain, weight management and emotional eating, chronic illness management, and improving overall well-being.
In this episode, Spencer explains what “good enough” sleep means and how our sleep needs change as we age. He offers guidance for those working night shift and helps us understand how to get out of our body’s way to sleep better.
Spencer debunks some sleep myths and sets us straight on what’s fact versus fiction. He leaves us with his top sleep tips so we can all get a better night’s sleep.