Oct 13, 2026 · 57 min · 15 segments
What if some of the sleep advice you’ve been following isn’t actually right for your body? Neurologist and sleep specialist Dr. Michael Howell joins Jasna Burza for a fascinating conversation about…
Jasna BurzaHostWe could discuss on when that might have really got going, but it's accelerated in the last – couple of decades, mainly because of the, for a variety of reasons, one of which is we bombard our eyeballs with light, particularly a blue wavelength of light late into the evening as we're watching, as
And one of the things that this is doing is this is tricking our brain into thinking that the sun is still out.
So The closer you can mimic the natural environment of how we evolved, as a general rule, the better you're going to sleep.
So the better you can recreate an environment that is cool, dark, and quiet as you're approaching bedtime, that's just a good first step in terms of starting to sleep better.
Is the solution really to come back to the natural circadian rhythm? I am the sun in your eyes in the morning.
First thing in the morning, rays in my eyes, naked eye, even five minutes because it's almost like a cascade of things that happens with those first rays.
So is the sun the kind of thing that we should be following and aligning ourselves with for good sleep? So
the sun is very important, both getting a dose of light when you would wake up, when you would like to wake up, as well as dimming light down when you would like to start going to sleep, and a few other things like timing of meals, timing of exercise, timing of social engagements.
I would actually suggest for anyone listening, the first thing to do, though, is to try to understand yourself.
There are eight billion... other people out there, they all have their own intrinsic innate circadian rhythm.
And if you want to start sleeping better, one of the first things you can do is just know yourself.
We could discuss on when that might have really got going, but it's accelerated in the last – couple of decades, mainly because of the, for a variety of reasons, one of which is we bombard our eyeballs with light, particularly a blue wavelength of light late into the evening as we're watching, as
And one of the things that this is doing is this is tricking our brain into thinking that the sun is still out.
So The closer you can mimic the natural environment of how we evolved, as a general rule, the better you're going to sleep.
So the better you can recreate an environment that is cool, dark, and quiet as you're approaching bedtime, that's just a good first step in terms of starting to sleep better.
Is the solution really to come back to the natural circadian rhythm? I am the sun in your eyes in the morning.
First thing in the morning, rays in my eyes, naked eye, even five minutes because it's almost like a cascade of things that happens with those first rays.
So is the sun the kind of thing that we should be following and aligning ourselves with for good sleep? So
the sun is very important, both getting a dose of light when you would wake up, when you would like to wake up, as well as dimming light down when you would like to start going to sleep, and a few other things like timing of meals, timing of exercise, timing of social engagements.
I would actually suggest for anyone listening, the first thing to do, though, is to try to understand yourself.
There are eight billion... other people out there, they all have their own intrinsic innate circadian rhythm.
And if you want to start sleeping better, one of the first things you can do is just know yourself.
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