256 Best Of: How to Use Light to Deal With Winter Blues (Dr. Michael Terman, SAD expert)

It’s not just your imagination: the winter sads are the real deal. With less sunlight and more darkness over the winter months, you might feel slow and heavy in both body and spirit.

But there are solutions -- we don’t actually have to live like this. And that’s why I brought Dr. Michael Terman, one of top experts in the use of light therapy, onto the podcast to teach us specifically what we need to do to overcome this particular seasonal problem. Here’s his episode.

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Some of the good stuff:

[3:35] Dr. Michael Terman’s favorite outdoor space

[5:23] How he got into the study of light therapy and circadian rhythm

[6:41] What his research found

[10:52] What light has to do with depression

[16:28] Where is it a problem?

[19:15] Does this have to be a problem year after year?

[26:33] What does going outside have to do with it?

[34:09] What is a light box and how to find one

[44:44] Dr. Terman’s favorite outdoor moment