In the eighties, people were relying on substances to just keep pushing. And we all know how that ended with massive crashes left and right. What happens when a sort of modern culture intervenes actually hyjacks the rhythm? I think one of these things that became super clear to me, and i write about a lot in the book, is that rapid aging and pathological aging are because of our letting go of the restorative work that is so natural for us in our twenties and make us thee superhumans in our twenties. As we get into our thirties and forties, they start to, we just sell them off as we think more kathineo first,. while we
When was the last time you felt truly at peace? Relaxed, physically and emotionally at ease? How can you downregulate your mind and body and reclaim control over everything from your current state of mind to your sleep, risk of illness and even how fast or slow you age? What if you had so much more control over these than you imagined, no matter what seemingly breathless circumstance swirls around you?
Turns out, we do, and it’s all about understanding our nervous system and how to actively bring ourselves into what my guest today, Professor Sara Mednick, calls the downstate. Sara is a cognitive neuroscientist at the University of California, Irvine and author of the powerful new book, The Power of the Downstate: Recharge Your Life Using Your Body's Own Restorative Systems. She is passionate about understanding how the brain works through her research into sleep and the autonomic nervous system.
In fact, her seven-bedroom sleep lab works literally around the clock to discover methods for boosting cognition by napping, stimulating the brain with electricity, sound and light, and pharmacology. Her research findings have been published in such leading scientific journals as Nature Neuroscience and The Proceedings from the National Academy of Science, and covered by major media outlets, in no small part because of their importance and practical application in helping us feel better, and live healthier, more vibrant lives.
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