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Better Sleep Month Part 2 – This is Your Brain on Dreams : 591

May 14, 2019

In this engaging discussion, Dr. Deirdre Barrett, a Harvard psychologist and expert on lucid dreaming, dives deep into the mysterious world of dreams. She explains how sleep quality affects dream recall, highlighting that insufficient sleep limits dreaming. Listeners learn techniques for remembering and interpreting dreams, and how these experiences can enhance creativity and problem-solving. Barrett also touches on the evolution of dreams from childhood to adulthood, exploring how our dreaming patterns change over time and the impact of health on our dream experiences.

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ANECDOTE

Sleepwalking Incident

Dave Asprey recounts a mold-related incident where someone sleepwalked, talked, and drove while asleep.
This unusual behavior was attributed to potential mold exposure during a hot, humid night.

ADVICE

Maximize Dream Time

Prioritize sleeping seven to eight hours nightly for better dream recall.
Each dream cycle gets progressively longer, maximizing dream time.

ADVICE

Record Dreams Immediately

Keep a recording device or notebook by your bed to capture dreams immediately upon waking.
Dream recall is fragile; immediate recording prevents forgetting.

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Sleep—who’s getting some? Not all of you, it seems, since sleep is one of the most asked about topics. Quality and quantity matter, and you want real answers.

We’ve created a multimedia sleep series for you as part of Better Sleep Month. Each Tuesday in May, you’ll find compelling interviews from Bulletproof Radio, cool articles from our blog, and a batch of lively videos. we’re bringing you the best Bulletproof tips and tools we have, so you can start sleeping better. Listen, read or view—whatever helps you get your own piece of the night.

This is part 2 of a four-part Better Sleep Month series on Bulletproof Radio. On this reworked and upgraded episode, we revisit Dr. Deirdre Barrett’s conversation with Dave about dreams—how to remember them, interpret them, and use a dream incubator to put them to good use.

If you want to get in touch with your dreams, you’ve got to be sleeping more. “We dream about every 90 minutes,” Dr. Barrett says, “But each dream period gets much longer than the preceding one, so if you sleep four hours instead of eight, you're not getting half your dream time. You're getting only 20 percent of your dream time. So, short sleeping hurts us in a lot of ways, but it impacts dreaming sleep more than the other forms of sleep.”

Enjoy the show—and check back next Tuesday for part 3 of our Better Sleep Month series.

On the Bulletproof Blog

Lucid Dreaming Supplements: How They Work: https://blog.bulletproof.com/lucid-dreaming-supplements/

This Yoga Nidra Routine Will Make You Feel Like You Got a Full Night’s Sleep: https://blog.bulletproof.com/yoga-nidra-guided-sleep-meditation/

On Bulletproof YouTube

Yoga Nidra Meditation Video: 21-Minutes To Dynamic Sleep: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbsLWd_p6PI

Kava: Why Nature’s Xanax Is Making a Comeback - Audio Article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpQmhdieWe4

Bulletproof Sleep Essentials

How to Sleep Better: Science-Backed Sleep Hacks to Wake Up Ready to Go https://blog.bulletproof.com/how-to-sleep-better/

Losing Sleep Wrecks Your Gut. Here’s What You Can Do About It https://blog.bulletproof.com/sleep-gut-health/

Bulletproof Sleep Solutions https://www.bulletproof.com/pages/sleep-solutions?_ga=2.243816773.1197737880.1556569239-2046335956.1556569239

Bulletproof 30-Day Sleep Challenge (Here’s you’ll find the Bulletproof Sleep Roadmap, sleep log, and a printable sleep checklist.) https://blog.bulletproof.com/30-day-sleep-challenge/

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