Monthly episodes discussing this topic, 2021-01 to 2026-02.
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A consistent nightly routine of specific affirmations reduces nighttime anxiety and improves sleep quality.
“Today, I'm sharing seven things you should tell yourself every single night to get a better night's sleep, to be more positive, to be happier.”
Mel Robbins · Jun 2026 · 2 episodes · 287K views on this topicA cool sleeping environment and specific supplements like magnesium, apigenin, and theanine assist in transitioning to and maintaining deep sleep.
“Magnesium threonate or bisglycinate, apigenin, and theanine in combination can be very effective for aiding the transition to sleep.”
Huberman Lab · May 2025 · 38 episodes · 47.7M views on this topicMelatonin serves as a timing signal for sleep rather than a primary initiator or regulator of sleep structure.
“melatonin essentially tells the brain and the body when it's day and when it's night and with that, when it's time to sleep, when it's time to wake. But it doesn't really help with the generation of sleep itself”
Huberman Lab · Jun 2025 · 8 episodes · 8.9M views on this topicPeter Attia asserts that Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBTI) is a highly effective, evidence-based approach for treating serious insomnia.
“CBTI or cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia is one of the most effective tools for addressing serious insomnia.”
The Peter Attia Drive · May 2025 · 2 episodes · 2.7M views on this topicWomen should favor sauna exposure over cold plunges because heat provides superior metabolic and hormonal recovery benefits, especially for menopause symptoms.
“I prefer heat for women everyone's a responder to the heat you get better adaptations so sauna”
Huberman Lab · Jul 2024 · 1 episode · 2.4M views on this topicWearing red light-blocking glasses in the evening helps significantly improve sleep quality.
“if you put on the red glasses and Chill from like 8:00 p.m. to 11: you sleep like such a baby”
Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast · Jul 2024 · 1 episode · 803K views on this topicImproving sleep quality involves getting sunlight immediately upon waking, daily physical activity, and establishing a phone-free period in the evening.
“when we wake up in the morning we need to see sunlight as quickly as we possibly can you can imagine for our hunter gatherers they probably saw sunlight pretty fast given they were sleeping outside when we woke up in the morning we get the sunlight we then need to consider the amount of physical act”
Jay Shetty Podcast · Jan 2025 · 1 episode · 234K views on this topicSleep allows the brain to solidify important information while pruning away unnecessary noise, making it beneficial for tasks like studying.
“well like for memories for example like if you're studying for an exam actually you'll do better if you get a good night's sleep it's not good to just cram the whole night before because the brain can then solidify the kind of associations that were made and get rid of the nonsense and the noise”
StarTalk · Apr 2015 · 1 episode · 167K views on this topicPositions are extracted from transcripts by a model and may misattribute who said what. Every quote links to the episode it came from.
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