How to Be Awesome at Your Job

1005: How to Feel Energized Every Day with Dr. Michael Breus

Oct 24, 2024

44:35

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Dr. Michael Breus, a double board-certified Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Sleep Specialist, uncovers the secrets to feeling energized daily. He highlights the importance of consistent wake-up times for better sleep and dives into hydration's crucial role in wellness. Breus dispels myths around breathing and shares practical techniques to boost energy. Listeners discover transformative habits that lead to significant improvements in mood and performance, making wellness feel accessible and achievable.

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Quick takeaways

Adopting proper breathing techniques, especially deep abdominal breathing, can enhance oxygen intake and significantly boost energy levels.

Establishing a consistent wake-up time improves sleep quality by regulating biological processes, crucial for overall health and vitality.

Deep dives

The Importance of Breathing for Energy

Shallow breathing can significantly hinder energy levels by providing insufficient oxygen to the body. Proper breathing techniques, particularly focused on deeper abdominal breathing, can improve oxygen transport and fuel metabolism, essential for maintaining energy. Breathing incorrectly not only restricts oxygen intake but also exacerbates stress, which drains energy. Therefore, adopting mindful breathing practices can serve as a foundational habit for increasing overall vitality and health.

Intro

2min

Fundamentals of Wellness: Sleep, Hydration, and Breathing

5min

Transformative Habits for Well-Being

8min

Enhancing Sleep Quality Through Consistency and Chronotypes

4min

Understanding Sleep Apnea

5min

Assessing and Enhancing Sleep Quality

2min

Hydration and Breathing Essentials

13min

Breath, Sleep, and Performance

8min

Dr. Michael Breus cuts through the noise and discusses the three most important wellness habits: sleeping, drinking, and breathing.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The top habit that leads to better sleep

2) Just how much water your body needs

3) What many get wrong about breathing

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— ABOUT MICHAEL —

Michael J. Breus, Ph.D.,is a double board-certified Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Sleep Specialist. He is one of only 168 psychologists in the world to have taken and passed the Sleep Medicine Boards without going to Medical School. He is also the founder of sleepdoctor.com.

Dr. Breus is the author of four books with the newest book (2021) Energize! Go from dragging Ass to kicking it in 30 days, adds the concepts of Movement (not exercise), and Intermittent Fasting to his already famous Sleep Chronotypes. And it was recently named one of the top books of 2021 by The Today Show. In his 3rd book (2017) The Power of When, which is a groundbreaking biohacking book proving that there is a perfect time to do everything, based on your biological chronotype (early bird or night owl). Dr. Breus gives the reader the exact time to have sex, run, a mile, eat a cheeseburger, buy, sell, ask your boss for a raise and much more based on over 200 research studies.

He is an expert resource for most major publications doing more than 400 interviews per year (Oprah, Dr. Oz, The Doctors, NY Times, Wall Street Journal, and more). Dr. Breus has been in private practice for 23 years and recently relocated to and was named the Top Sleep Doctor of Los Angeles by Reader’s Digest.

• Book: Sleep Drink Breathe: Simple Daily Habits for Profound Long-Term Health (website)

• Quiz: ChronoQuiz.com

• Website: SleepDoctor.com

• YouTube channel: Sleep Doctor

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• App: SnoreLab

• Website: sleeplay.com

• Tool: Breather

• Book: Life Gives to the Giver by Joe Polish

• Book: Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings by Shel Silverstein

• Book: Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl

• Past episode: 063: The Optimal Time For Everything with Dr. Michael Breus