082: Dr. Brian Curtis, Clinical Psychologist, Sleep Specialist & Founder of Honest Sleep LLC: Chronic Sleep Disruption & Its Direct Link To Mental Health

A good night's sleep isn't just crucial to your physical health—it's also essential for your mental health. In this episode, Dr. Brian Curtis discusses the connection between sleep and mental health. Dr. Curtis is a clinical psychologist, sleep expert, and founder of Honest Sleep, LLC. He found his way into the field of sleep medicine unexpectedly. After having chronic insomnia for 21 years, he sought out to quick fix that would help him deal with his insomnia. But he found that the underlying cause of his insomnia was his anxiety. So when he learned how to address this issue, he got better sleep—and then decided to become a sleep medicine specialist to help others with their sleep problems and any coexisting mental health problem. Dr. Curtis discusses anxiety, hyperarousal, chronic stress, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In conjunction, he provides tools and evidence-based strategies that you can use to manage the chronic cycle of anxiety-sleep disruption. Is your sleep getting in the way of your emotional regulation, energy levels, productivity, morning routine, work, creative projects, or simply your well-being in general? Listen to this episode to discover the link between your sleep and your well-being issues (particularly mental health!). And finally, what can you do if you're struggling with both.

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The Sleep Is A Skill Podcast, exists to transform the conversation around sleep on the planet! Each episode is a conversation with industry leaders designed to deliver practical takeaways to improve your sleep. The intention is to shift the paradigm of wellness to make SLEEP the #1 focus in our journey towards great health. . For years, my sleep was a problem in my life. When I went through my own challenging period of insomnia while traveling internationally, I felt like there was nowhere to turn. After obsessively learning all that I could about chronobiology and circadian rhythms — what I learned changed my life and I’m committed to sharing what I've learned (and continue to learn!). . Creator Bio: Mollie Eastman (McGlocklin) is the creator of Sleep Is A Skill, and the host of The Sleep Is A Skill Podcast. Sleep Is A Skill is a company that optimizes people’s sleep through a unique blend of technology, accountability, and behavioral change. After navigating insomnia while traveling internationally, she created what she couldn’t find - a place to go 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 and our overall experience of life. Knowing the difference between a life with sleep and without, she’s now dedicated her life to sharing the forgotten skill set of sleep. In the spirit of that goal, she has created the #2 sleep podcast, written a popular weekly sleep newsletter for over four years, partnered with luxury hotels & lifestyle brands, and has appeared on over 150 podcasts.