The Beauty of Breathing by Airway Circle
Welcome to "The Beauty of Breathing" podcast with Renata Nehme.
Join me on this "expansion" journey through mindful breathing, exploring ways to improve sleep, how myofunctional therapy can improve your life, the profound gut-brain connection, and so much more!
Delve into wellness, personal growth, spiritual development, and the nuances of emotional intelligence. Navigate the dual roles of being a dedicated mom and an ambitious entrepreneur. Together, we'll unravel holistic health approaches and discover the keys to finding purpose in life.
Tune in for insightful conversations on all things health-related, embracing a mindful and holistic lifestyle.
Please note that "Beauty of Breathing Podcast" is produced for entertainment, educational, and informational purposes only. The content, views, and opinions shared by our hosts and guests should not substitute medical advice and do not establish a doctor-patient relationship. As everyone is unique, consult your healthcare professional for any medical questions.
Join the conversation and explore the fascinating world of airway health with us!
Much Love,
Renata Nehme, RDH, BSDH, COM®
The Beauty of Breathing by Airway Circle
60. Why Everyone’s Circadian Rhythm Is a Mess & How It Impacts Your Airway
Listen up for the secrets of a better night's sleep with the enlightening insights of Mollie Eastman, the founder of Sleep is a Skill. Mollie takes us on a fascinating journey into the science of our internal body clocks and reveals how the modern world of artificial light is disrupting our natural sleep patterns. From her captivating encounters at the Stanford Good Sleep Lecture to her roadmap for resetting your sleep cycle, this episode is packed with valuable strategies to help you achieve a more restful and balanced sleep.
Discover how morning light exposure and the delicate dance of hormones like melatonin and cortisol play pivotal roles in regulating our circadian rhythms. Mollie shares practical, actionable tips to optimize your sleep environment, whether you're a night owl struggling to wind down or an early bird looking to enhance your morning routine. Embrace the beauty of a well-aligned body clock and gain control over your sleep health with Mollie's expert guidance. Tune in for a transformative conversation that promises to enrich your understanding of sleep and well-being.
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About our Guest:
Mollie Eastman is the creator of Sleep Is A Skill and host of The Sleep Is A Skill Podcast. Sleep Is A Skill optimizes sleep through a unique blend of technology, accountability, and behavioral change. After struggling with insomnia while traveling internationally, Mollie created a resource to learn the skill set of sleep. With a background in behavioral change from The Nonverbal Group, she became fascinated with chronobiology and its practical application to sleep. Now dedicated to sharing the forgotten skill set of sleep, she has interviewed over 200 experts, written a popular sleep newsletter for six years, partnered with luxury hotels, coached top poker players, and appeared on over 150 podcasts.
Follow Mollie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mollie.eastman
Learn more: https://www.sleepisaskill.com/
ABOUT OUR HOST:
Renata Nehme RDH, BSDH, COM® has been a Registered Dental Hygienist since 2010. In 2016, when she was introduced to the world of "Myofunctional Therapy" she immediately knew that was her calling, especially when she learned that it encapsulated many of her passions- breastfeeding, the import of early childhood development, and airway health.
In 2021 Renata founded Airway Circle with the intention of creating a collaborative and multidisciplinary group of like-minded health professionals who share the same passion for learning and giving in the dental health and airway space.
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Hello, hello and welcome. I totally forgot, did not realize we have the wrong branding over here. There we are, hello guys, and welcome to the Beauty of Breathing podcast. I have a very special guest with us today. She's a really good friend of mine, molly Eastman. Welcome, welcome. Yes, 100%. So I know that you're like the queen of circadian rhythm and I cannot wait for you to share some of that with us. But I do want to start by sharing with everybody how we first met. I know it's crazy because, um, stanley Liu, dr Stanley Liu invited me to come to Stanford to the good sleep lecture that they have every year, and if you guys know Stanley, you know how much he is into sleep technology. So they also had some really cool companies over there talking about technology and he had also invited Molly.
Speaker 1:So we met over there. It was May of 2022, something like that. And then, yeah, then it was like two weeks after and I had no idea and you guys started asking me so you're going to sleep 2022? I'm like what is that? And you guys yeah, you guys said it's in North Carolina this year. I was like I can drive to North Carolina.
Speaker 2:It's going to be easy. So then we met again over there and oh my goodness, the rest is history.
Speaker 1:I've been learning so much from you, and I would love for you to introduce yourself to our listeners and let them know who you are. How did you end up in the sleep field? Thank you that is incredible. So let's talk a little bit about circadian rhythm. What is it exactly and why should we be paying attention to it?
Speaker 1:Silence as we have a bright white light on my face right now, and it's okay at this time. However, it stays on until 10 pm, when I finish working. You know what is the big problem with all of these artificial lights that we have nowadays? No-transcript.
Speaker 1:Yeah, hmm wow, this is so interesting that you mentioned that I have found myself, uh, when I decide to stay up late for work or for any other reason, then my thoughts are totally different. Around that time midnight one in the morning it's like all of a sudden you're scared, you're more fearful, you know, and I've caught myself going like hold on. It was 8pm not long ago and I wasn't having these feelings and these thoughts. Why now Nothing has really changed? You know, I'm still safe. So that is so interesting. You mentioned that I did not know there was research behind it.
Speaker 2:Okay, um, um.
Speaker 1:Mm-hmm. So for the general public, right now, Mm-hmm.
Speaker 2:So for the general public, right now, if I just want to kind of reset and realign my circadian rhythm, what are some basic things that I can do? Thank you, mm-hmm yeah.
Speaker 1:Mm-hmm.
Speaker 2:Thank you oh my gosh, yeah, oh my gosh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, thank you. Yes, wow, perfect, okay. So I'm going to go ahead and share my screen. I'm going to go ahead and share my screen.
Speaker 1:Okay, thank you, you ah Thank you 100%.
Speaker 1:Mm-hmm people don't realize that the melatonin, the cortisol, these are all hormones and these hormones are connected to a clock and that's your circadian rhythm. So that's why we recommend the bright light in the morning. Make sure you take your glasses off. You want also your eyes to be free and clear. Nothing in the way. This morning, when Zoe woke up, I told her to take the dog out and it was this beautiful sun shining out there and I was like go ahead and just hang out there for a minute, Get your sun also in the morning. So, so important. But it's because it's what kind of regulates your body clock. It is this light and this darkness.
Speaker 1:So, yes, in order for the melatonin to be released at night, you have to make sure that all the other things are also in place to get this clock to start going. There are so many other hormones that are so important that are supposed to be released in the middle of the night, whenever you are in deep sleep. You know we talk about all the time ghrelin and leptin. That is going to help you stay full or feel full during the day and not get you so hungry. And then if you're not breathing well, if you're not reaching deep sleep, then everything is just out of whack Again the chicken or the egg. What do you work on first? You know we, we all know that all these issues can come, but is it the poor sleep that's causing your whole health to kind of go downhill? We could literally stay here for hours and keep talking about Thank you.
Speaker 1:I wish it was a woman that found out.
Speaker 2:Yes, discovered. Yes, mm-hmm.
Speaker 1:Thank you, wow, wow, wow, wow, yes and I wonder if that has to do with the connection of melatonin and insulin, how it's inversely related, mm, hmm.
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Speaker 1:As the the sun goes down, I try not to have any bright lights on, so so I got them the, the Phillips lights that you can choose the color, and I put it as the lamps in their room. So as soon as we're ready to go to bed and we go upstairs, both of their rooms are already red. That's the only light that they're allowed to have and you can kind of, you know, measure if you want a little bit of light, a lot of light. But this is so interesting and you can, you know, timer these things where it turns on already in red and then it shuts off after they fall asleep a little bit after. But I felt like it was a really easy way to put that into our routine. Thank you, mm-hmm. Mm-hmm, you're growing. Oh, oh, oh.
Speaker 2:Oh, wow, wow.
Speaker 1:Mm-hmm, mm-huh.
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Speaker 1:Uh-huh sorry we have a comment I have to read. Love the black garbage bag story. I did the same thing when I was a medical student years ago and could not afford drapes. Great, deep way to keep the dark and sleep. Well, thank you. This is great. Before. Yes, before we go, one last thing that I want you to share with us. I know you have so much knowledge around all of these different ways that we can keep up no-transcript.
Speaker 2:I'm sorry. I Thank you, mm-hmm. Thank you.
Speaker 1:Molly 100%, and the more that you talk, the more questions I have. But I know that we are out of time, so we're going to have to do this again at another time. Thank you so much for your time, for hanging out with us and for sharing so much incredible knowledge with our listeners. We really appreciate you. If you guys want to keep up with Molly, please go follow her podcast it's Sleep is a Skill and her Instagram is mollyeisman. Go check her out and enjoy everything that she has to offer out there. Thank you so much for hanging out with us today. All right, awesome. Thank you so much. Have a wonderful day, everybody. We'll see you later. Bye, bye.
Speaker 2:Ta-da.
