#22 Why Choose Sleep Part 1: How Sleeping Well is Critical to Thriving in College
02/10/23 • 27 min
A recent study showed that over 70% of college students are getting consistently less than 7 hours of sleep a night. That’s not a great number, especially when you consider that healthy sleep habits are linked to higher college GPAs. So if sleep is so important to doing well in college, why is it often at the bottom of the priority list?
Sleeping is underrated in college and is usually saved for the weekends after a long week of studying and a weekend of celebrating your academic efforts. To make matters worse, college students are often managing a lot of responsibilities, between school, friends, family, work, and sleep seems like the only thing they can sacrifice to get it all done. In this two part series, we talk to a college student who realized the consequences of poor sleep and got things back on track, and we talk to two sleep experts who provide all the sleep facts and tips to help make your sleep better.
In this week’s episode we sit down with Dr. Shelby Harris, a nationally renowned sleep expert who sets us straight on why we shouldn’t skimp on sleep. Make sure to follow her @sleepdocshelby for easy tips and helpful reminders.
Books:
Quiet Your Mind and Get to Sleep: Solutions to Insomnia for Those with Depression, Anxiety, or Chronic Pain
Good Night Mind for Teens
Podcasts:
Sleep Unplugged with Dr. Chris Winter
https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1631914841
Articles:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/13/well/an-underappreciated-key-to-college-success-sleep.html
American Academy of Sleep Medicine:
https://aasm.org/college-students-getting-enough-sleep-is-vital-to-academic-success/
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A recent study showed that over 70% of college students are getting consistently less than 7 hours of sleep a night. That’s not a great number, especially when you consider that healthy sleep habits are linked to higher college GPAs. So if sleep is so important to doing well in college, why is it often at the bottom of the priority list?
Sleeping is underrated in college and is usually saved for the weekends after a long week of studying and a weekend of celebrating your academic efforts. To make matters worse, college students are often managing a lot of responsibilities, between school, friends, family, work, and sleep seems like the only thing they can sacrifice to get it all done. In this two part series, we talk to a college student who realized the consequences of poor sleep and got things back on track, and we talk to two sleep experts who provide all the sleep facts and tips to help make your sleep better.
In this week’s episode we sit down with Dr. Shelby Harris, a nationally renowned sleep expert who sets us straight on why we shouldn’t skimp on sleep. Make sure to follow her @sleepdocshelby for easy tips and helpful reminders.
Books:
Quiet Your Mind and Get to Sleep: Solutions to Insomnia for Those with Depression, Anxiety, or Chronic Pain
Good Night Mind for Teens
Podcasts:
Sleep Unplugged with Dr. Chris Winter
https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1631914841
Articles:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/13/well/an-underappreciated-key-to-college-success-sleep.html
American Academy of Sleep Medicine:
https://aasm.org/college-students-getting-enough-sleep-is-vital-to-academic-success/
Want to share your story, give us feedback or offer up an episode idea? Reach out! We'd love to hear from you.
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Email: [email protected]
Music is Deadbeats by Rex Banner
Previous Episode
#21 Microdose on Opposite Action: Learn How to Turn Down Emotions
Raise your hand if you’ve had a shaken up soda bottle explode on you. No fun, right? When under stress our mind is like that bottle of soda, building pressure until we’re on the verge of exploding. With the emotional challenges and academic pressures college can bring, many students choose to ignore or distract from heavy feelings. (Hey, been there, done that.) Pressure builds then bam, you explode.
In this micro-episode, we discuss the Dialectical Behavior Therapy skill called opposite action. This is the skill for you if:
*your emotions don’t fit the facts of the situation,
*your emotions are too intense for the situation, or
*your emotions and their intensity make complete sense, but acting on them isn’t effective for you.
In a nutshell, opposite action is using a behavior opposite to your natural emotional urge to turn down the volume on your emotion so you can feel steadier. This skill requires effort, but it’s also incredibly effective (evident by Liz no longer being afraid of snakes...you’ll have to listen to find out how).
Resources:
Rutgers University YouTube Channel on DBT Skills
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDWn-cqKKrg
Practical Examples of Opposite Action:
https://www.mindfulnessmuse.com/dialectical-behavior-therapy/10-practical-examples-of-opposite-action-part-one
https://www.mindfulnessmuse.com/dialectical-behavior-therapy/10-practical-examples-of-opposite-action-part-two
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Next Episode
#23 Why Choose Sleep Part 2: Realistic Pro Tips for Getting Great Sleep in College
Our last episode taught you a lot about the “why” of getting good sleep. This episode is all about the “how.” We sit down with sleep expert and clinical psychology professor, Dr. Ellie McGlinchey to help create a realistic and simple guide on how to sleep better in college. Don’t worry, she reassures us that you can still have fun in college and get the rest you need. Spoiler alert! Dr. McGlinchey is a fan of darties, napping and caffeine. Tune in to hear about:
- What does good sleep do for us?
- The dos and don'ts of napping
- How to be mindful of caffeine use
- What to do when your sleep gets wacky
- How substances influence your sleep
RESOURCES:
Dr. Ellie McGlinchey’s Practice
https://manhattantherapycollective.com/team/dr-eleanor-mcglinchey
Dr. McGlinchey thinks you should check out :
https://thenapministry.com/
Article: Sleep and Memory in College
http://healthysleep.med.harvard.edu/need-sleep/whats-in-it-for-you/memory
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College Is Fine, Everything's Fine - #22 Why Choose Sleep Part 1: How Sleeping Well is Critical to Thriving in College
Transcript
it was a very unique time, both in my life and in the world. Covid had basically just started that semester, , and I had just left, my university life to go back to Colorado to quarantine. , and it was, you know, a lot of uncertainty, a lot of stress, , but outside of the pandemic stressors, which everyone was feeling, , there were factors that made my own sleep a little more difficult. I had days where my schedule, my, my sleep week cycle was so weird that I'd be over caffeinated a
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