The Role of Consistency in Sleep

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I know some people who take a very cold bath and then they take a hot shower just to warm up so they're not freezing anymore. And what that cold bath does is it actually activates your sympathetic nervous system. So within 30 minutes, once they've warmed up a little bit, they feel so much more able to get a good night's rest. For me, that doesn't work. It's so stressful to me that it takes me too long to relax after that. But a warm bath is perfect because that's helping the parasympathetic system do what it does. If you are consistent, I'm assuming it also talks to your subconscious about, oh, it's a bath

Dr. Gina Poe has spent nearly four decades studying the science of sleep, and how we can all get a better night’s rest by making some simple changes in our lives. In this episode Poe dives deep into what she’s learned about sleep during her career, including the stages of sleep, why you’re waking up in the middle of the night, why some people remember their dreams, the best bedtime routines, and the real-life consequences when you miss a night’s sleep. Dr. Poe is a professor of Integrative Biology and Physiology at UCLA, where she is also the Director of the school’s Sleep and Memory Laboratory, which investigates the mechanisms by which sleep traits serve learning and memory consolidation.

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