Why Chasing the Perfect Sleep Score Is Keeping You Awake with Mollie Eastman l How Mindset, ACT, and Intentional Wearables Can Get You the Best Night of Sleep
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Mollie Eastman discusses how the pursuit of perfect sleep scores can hinder sleep quality and shares strategies for better sleep through mindset and technology.
Are your sleep trackers helping you sleep better? Or making you more anxious about your sleep? In this episode, we welcome back sleep expert Mollie Eastman, founder of Sleep Is A Skill, to explore how chasing the perfect sleep score can actually undermine restorative sleep, while sharing practical strategies for improving sleep through mindset shifts, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and smart use of wearable data. Mollie also discusses overcoming the "First Night Effect" while traveling, when to consider at-home sleep studies, and the foundational tests that matter most before investing in advanced biohacks. Finally, she shares her personal experience with psychedelic-assisted therapy at Beckley Retreats, revealing how addressing suppressed emotions and unresolved stress transformed both her sleep and overall well-being. Mollie Eastman 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…
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