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“Broad-spectrum light exposure is the strongest and best kept secret for good quality sleep," says Jade Wu, Ph.D. Jade, a board-certified behavioral sleep medicine psychologist, joins us to discuss how to solve every sleep issue, plus: - Jade’s sleep hygiene tips (~00:41)- How to know if you have sleep apnea (~02:20)- How many people actually have insomnia (~07:45)- What to do if you can’t fall asleep (~09:47)- What to do if you wake up in the middle of the night (~13:38)- How performance anxiety relates to sleep (~17:30)- Jade’s research on CBT, sleep & cardiovascular health (~18:16)- How to nap responsibly (~21:32)- How to define quality of sleep (~26:21)- How air quality impacts your sleep (~32:28)- Time in nature & sleep quality (~37:14)- Jade’s POV on daylight savings (~39:50)- Why we should pay more attention to nightmares (~42:39)- The best types of white noise for sleep (~44:46)- Why sleep regularity is more important than duration (~47:08)Visit mindbodygreen.com/SLEEP25 and use code SLEEP25 to get 25% off sleep support+. Cannot combine with gift cards or other discount codes.Referenced in the episode:- Jade's book, Hello Sleep - SnoreLab- mbg Podcast episode #453, with Aric Prather, Ph.D.- Sign up for Jade's SleepRight study - Follow Jade on Audible- A study on the importance of sleep regularity We hope you enjoy this episode, and feel free to watch the full video on YouTube! Whether it's an article or podcast, we want to know what we can do to help here at mindbodygreen. Let us know at: podcast@mindbodygreen.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices