102. Improving Sleep with Dr. Funke Afolabi-Brown, triple board-certified sleep physician

Let’s talk about sleep.

If you’ve listened to this podcast for a while, you know I’m pretty obsessed with sleep. I talked about it during my Year of Ease episode (ep. 9) and in the health episode (ep. 82) about how to realistically make time for your health—and I shared how, in my totally inexpert opinion, if you don’t know where to start, I’d start with sleep because of the ripple effect it has on everything else.

But here’s the thing: while I care a lot about sleep, I’m not an expert in it. That’s why I’m so thrilled to bring you this conversation with someone who is: Dr. Funke Afolabi-Brown.

Dr. Funke Afolabi-Brown is a triple board-certified sleep physician and the founder of Restful Sleep MD. She is also the best-selling author of Beyond Tired—A Sleep Physician’s Guide to Solving Your Child’s Sleep Problems for Good. She helps individuals prioritize sleep, achieve optimal health, thrive, and live to their fullest potential. As a busy physician and mom of two, she understands the impact of sleep deprivation on our mental, physical, and emotional health. She has made it her mission to help others make sleep a priority. She also works with organizations and businesses to improve their health by incorporating healthy sleep into their wellness journey. She is a consultant and a speaker on regional, national, and international platforms. She has also published several peer-reviewed manuscripts on various sleep disorders. She obtained her sleep medicine training at the University of Pennsylvania. 

In this episode, we talk about:

• Why sleep is so important and what can happen when we don't get enough of it

• The ripple effects of both sleep deprivation and solid sleep—on your mood, productivity, memory, immune system, mental health, decision-making, and long-term health

• how to improve both the quantity and quality of your sleep, especially when life is busy

• A helpful CREATE acronym Dr. Funke walks us through to realistically improve sleep hygiene

• For women with ADHD, some additional practical strategies that might help

• Tips for shift workers and anyone whose job schedule makes sleep harder to protect

• How to start realistically making small changes to protect your sleep even in full seasons of life

This episode is packed with helpful, actionable information. Whether you’re just curious about what better sleep could feel like—or you’re in the thick of a sleep-deprived season and looking for any traction you can get—I hope this helps.

I'm so excited to share Dr. Funke with you as she’s such a generous, practical resource in this space. To learn more about Dr. Funke, her practice, her book, or her YouTube channel, see these links:

• Website: https://www.restfulsleepmd.com/
• Beyond Tired Book: https://a.co/d/2aSRSQt
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/restfulsleepmd/
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drfunkebrown/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/funke.afolabibrown/

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