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Welcome to Fit to Be Real and a little extra.

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Are you sleeping?

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No.

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Are you?

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Are you having trouble sleeping?

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Yes.

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Well, do we have an episode for you?

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Melatonin, baby.

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You're such a good, like, QVC host.

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I tried.

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I know.

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I tried that one.

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Wait, her handle on YouTube was a side of Mayo.

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Yeah.

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And she used to talk about products, things that were in my bathroom.

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I didn't buy anything.

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I know you would review products because you wanted to be a host on QVC.

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Well, I was given the advice to, like, create a bunch of videos and make catalog or a reference

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for them to, like, look at.

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So I was making them.

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They're still up there because I don't have the information and password to take them off.

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Take them down.

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Go YouTube, Victoria.

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You'll find singing videos.

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Yeah.

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And product reviews.

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I think it's like V Mayo something.

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It's not a side of Mayo.

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A side of Mayo was like the series that I created.

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Right.

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Right.

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And I actually found a jar of mayonnaise and superimposed the words.

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A side of Mayo on it.

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Enjoy everyone.

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I was up.

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I remember I'd be up in the attic.

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I lived in mom's attic at the time and I had no idea what I was doing and I was using

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a phone to record only.

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Yeah.

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Just my phone, like, facing me and it would pick up anyone on the driveway talking, which

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was always mom and the neighbor and like loud belting voices.

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And I'd be like, oh, my gosh, I got through how long of the video and I had to like stop

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and wait for them to stop talking about the trash cans or like or the shared driveway.

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Yes.

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Or like if the trash truck came by, I'd be like, oh my God.

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But I stole Seafit's.

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Light.

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Yes.

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Stuff.

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Right.

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Light and the holder so that you could do it hands free, which was a new fangled thing

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at the time.

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Like a little tripod.

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Like a tripod where it was hands free and you could video yourself with and make it look

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professional.

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I remember that.

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So when I'm thinking back to when mom and Vicki had all those jobs of like balloon animals

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and wallpaper ring, it's like we had jobs of like making YouTube videos to be on QVC

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and like just these random, random jobs that we had.

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Well, before they were a thing like you're not just talking.

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Everybody does that, but we were doing it before it became this like thing.

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Right.

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Right.

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Right.

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To have a YouTube channel.

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To know how to do it.

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Like you couldn't YouTube how to how to do YouTube.

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You had to figure it out because it wasn't like a thing.

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So anyway, that's not what we're talking about today at all.

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No, but when you talk yourself in circles and create this anxiety, sometimes you can't

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sleep.

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And so that is what we're going to talk about today.

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You missed your calling.

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You're such a good segwayer.

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I always bring you back.

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I mean, you're so good at moving forward.

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The train is moving forward and I'm like, wait a sec.

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Wait a sec.

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Stop.

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Hold on.

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We have to go back.

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It's like when you're trying to pack the car and there's always one kid that's like,

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wait, I have to go to the bathroom.

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We have to pull back on the driveway.

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I'm that kid.

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Well, let's get into it.

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I'm Victoria.

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Hey guys, I'm Carly and I'm tired.

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And oh my gosh, I'm always tired.

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We're going to talk about how we can fix that today or at least help.

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Yeah.

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It's not a complete problem solver, but it's definitely an aid.

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For some people and then also it just depends on so many circumstances in your life.

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So Melatonin.

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What?

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You can get it over the counter, but it's also something that we produce naturally in our bodies.

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So that like tired feeling.

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I was watching a video.

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I'm going to link the video that I watched.

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It was four minutes and 57 seconds, but really pulled me in because I was like, I can do that.

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I can do that.

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Well, you didn't do it, but I sent it to you.

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So you can do it, but you didn't do it.

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And I know you didn't.

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We didn't talk about this, but I know you did my own research.

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I didn't have time to watch your video.

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I sent it to you at like 9 30 last night while you were in bed watching Bravo.

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So you did have time, but it's okay.

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Name them.

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We digress.

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Get a new one.

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We digress.

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That like constantly tired feeling.

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A big proponent of that is creating light before you sleep and light as you sleep.

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That is something I did not know.

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That's why they say don't watch TV as you go to sleep.

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Don't scroll on your phone.

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The amount of sunlight or light that you get during the day affects your melatonin levels

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and how you sleep.

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Yeah, I didn't know that.

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There's so many, so many room for activities.

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What?

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So much more room for activities.

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We're very tired, clearly.

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Very tired.

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But yeah, so the circadian rhythm is really why if you wake up tired, that's usually

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why you're off because there is something with the light.

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You've had too much of it.

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You didn't get enough darkness for the melatonin to really rise, which happens in the middle

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of the night.

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And then it really, it goes down in our system or decreases in our system during the day

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when we're at the peak of just like activity and sunlight and stuff like that.

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But you are not born with melatonin.

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It's something that grows with you.

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As a baby, you are not born with it.

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It comes through breast milk.

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And it comes through vitamins and it comes through like the placenta as you're like,

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you don't have it.

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Don't say placenta.

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Sorry, placenta.

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Can't.

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But it's something you gain as you get older, your levels rise as you get older and then

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they fall as you get even older.

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It's an ebb and flow if you will.

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So yeah, that's why melatonin doesn't work for everybody because some people already

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have high levels of it and then it actually has an adverse effect and it doesn't help

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And then some people are so low in their levels, like you really have to talk to a doctor.

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I'm going to preface everything with you.

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You just should talk to your doctor if melatonin might be something you want to navigate.

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Navigate.

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I, for your sleep cycle, 10 things I hate about you.

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Oh, somebody.

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Yeah, that's all 10 in one.

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Somebody did come into class last night and call me a cool human.

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A cool human.

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And I was like, well, at least I'm not their favorite human because I still am nobody's

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favorite human.

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But I was a cool human.

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What's up, B-claws?

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They're appreciating it.

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They're keeping it real.

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You know?

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I'm not trying to fabricate too much.

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So melatonin is one of the most important hormones produced by our body.

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All right?

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It's a potent molecule that helps with regeneration, which is what you need to sleep.

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Like that sleeping time is so important because your body and your cells regenerate and important

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things happen.

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Anti-cancer.

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I know I saw that.

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Anti-inflammatory.

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Anti-oxidant.

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And anti-aging.

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It's not for anything.

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It's anti-everything.

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I know.

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It's also, they're researching it with side effects for Alzheimer's and dementia.

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Is that crazy?

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There's just so much.

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There's just so much information out there that everybody needs to know.

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I think my favorite fact that I've learned with all this is that it's called the hormone

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of darkness.

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Really?

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I did not know that.

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Yeah, because it's, well, it's like a yin-yang.

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It's produced during daylight, but it's needed in the darkness and it's at its highest in

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the darkness, i.e. when we sleep.

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So it's the hormone of darkness.

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It's like my favorite.

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You would.

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I know.

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I got really excited when I read that.

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I'm sorry.

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What?

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What was that?

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Nothing.

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Continue.

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Old friend.

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What?

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I don't know.

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I'm really tired.

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I need melatonin in my life.

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I'm sleepy.

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So there are a few ways to stimulate melatonin and melatonin production in our body.

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One is actually infrared sunlight.

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So like anytime you see like an infrared sauna or I've done that before or even have

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like the handheld.

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Remember when you used to get the FabFit box or something?

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FabFit?

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No, FabFit.

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You would come every season.

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And they overcharged me and she got it for like two years straight.

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It was really, really rough for me.

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So fun.

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I used to give half of it to you, whatever I got.

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Like the infrared stuff.

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She would keep all the really bougie stuff and then the stuff that was like supposed

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to help in some sort of self-care way.

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She was like, here, this stuff's trash.

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Here's some face mist to keep your makeup on.

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Here we go.

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So infrared sunlight is when it's present in the sunlight, but absent in artificial light.

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So when it goes through the skin, this is a word I'm not a big fan of, penetrates the

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Oh, I know.

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It just feels very aggressive.

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It activates when it penetrates the skin and activates melatonin.

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So that's why people do those infrared masks before they go to bed?

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People post about that on their Instagram stories all the time and it looks like they're

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wearing a superhero scary, scary looking mask.

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And I'm always thinking it's about clearing up your skin, but it's not.

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It's about sleep.

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Well, it is about the skin.

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So another thing that that does is that it cleans off free radicals and inflammation.

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So it says it depuffs you.

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So like a big part of going to sleep, that's part of the process.

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But, and I think that's mainly what they talk about in those posts.

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It's never like melatonin.

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But it produces.

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Oh, that's so cool.

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It's a melatonin.

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I'ma get me one.

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Okay.

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UV light, also absent in artificial light.

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And it does the same type of thing.

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It's the production of circulatory melatonin in the pineal gland.

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I listen when I listen to our podcast last week and you would not say that word.

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I understand why because I would have made fun of you the rest of the episode like I

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am today.

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But like you have one.

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Everyone has a pineal gland.

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It's like the size of a little pea.

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Stop saying it.

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It's a real thing.

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It's not like an imaginary word I'm making up to bother you.

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It's bothering me.

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So the things that suppress melatonin production, the things that we're all doing that will

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stop the production so that we don't actually get a good night's sleep and go into REM

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cycle and do all of the things that our body needs to do overnight is not enough natural

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light exposure.

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So like not going out in nature, not going outside, not getting actual sunlight on the

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body.

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So what would be beneficial for me is to get an infrared light mask because I know for

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a fact I do not get enough sunlight.

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If there was a projected you need X amount of sunlight a day to get a good night's sleep.

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Oh, oh, oh, there's a time limit.

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Oh, heck no.

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I'm getting maybe 40, 40 minutes at most.

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And that's just like one running car to car.

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Yeah.

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At most.

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I don't even think you're getting 40 minutes.

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How fast does it take you to walk from the door to the car?

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And you're in a carport.

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You're under a carport.

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You have a carport.

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Wait a second.

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Yeah.

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So that's bad for me.

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Yes.

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Even just like doing computer work.

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Yeah.

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Outside.

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Sit outside and do it.

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Oh.

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Wait.

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Okay.

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Lack of darkness at night is another one.

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No problem there.

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If that, no, if you go to sleep with the TV on.

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If you are scrolling through your phone before you go to sleep.

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Yes.

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That's what I was talking about earlier.

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If you have light in your room in any, and then also if, you know, you don't have really

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dark curtains or you're not pulling the blinds down, you know, moonlight in the middle of

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the night coming through the window, it needs to be pitch black, which I am so understanding

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more as I get older.

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When people have those like blackout curtains or yeah, but I'm thinking of the holiday.

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Oh, where her trick out California house.

333
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It's like you press the button and shades open and then it gets like pitch black.

334
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I want that.

335
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Yeah.

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I want that so badly.

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We have a pretty dark room minus the TV.

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The TV and the blue light and the phone is 100% a major problem for your melatonin production.

339
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Yeah.

340
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It's like not eating.

341
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You're not supposed to eat like two hours before you go to bed due to the digestion.

342
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Right.

343
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No, no, say it again.

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Digestion process.

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Okay.

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You're not supposed to look at the phone or have any light going through two hours before

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you go to bed.

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Sorry, everybody.

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Her penis gland just totally malfunctioned.

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I need to take a moment of silence for that.

351
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It's still malfunctioning.

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She's looking up at it.

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I'm in shock.

354
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That's what I hear when you say the word.

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So I'm just saying what everybody else is hearing.

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Do you hear that when someone's saying, I am a classical pianist?

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I hear you.

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Every single time.

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Every single time.

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I want to giggle.

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I am a child who has children, but I'm a child.

362
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I would like to say undeveloped.

363
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That gland on me is undeveloped.

364
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I can't stand you.

365
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So there are melatonin capsules, pills, whatever that you can take and they're over the counter

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because it's not something that is dangerous in the fact that a doctor needs to give it

367
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to you or whatever.

368
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You don't need a prescription or anything.

369
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Thank you.

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My God.

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Words.

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I'm not sure.

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It's not great for everyone, just like we said.

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Well, when I used to hear from other moms who had kids that was like, oh, we're going

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on a long drive.

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I gave my kid a melatonin.

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I'd be like, in my unresearched, uneducated mind, I would judge and be like, oh, you're

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putting your kid to sleep.

379
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That's like a drug.

380
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Why are you giving your, why are you drugging your kids?

381
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But it's not actually what it is.

382
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No.

383
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And I know that now.

384
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All those moms that I judged before, I'm sorry.

385
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I don't judge you anymore and I never judged you to your face just in my pineal gland.

386
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You just keep talking.

387
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You just keep talking.

388
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It's amazing.

389
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But yeah, so there are side effects to taking melatonin or having high production of melatonin

390
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and then taking more melatonin on top of that, which is why it's not for everybody.

391
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But you can get nauseous and dizzy and high anxiety is one like it just messes.

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It's a hormone.

393
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Yeah, it's a hormone.

394
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So too much of it.

395
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Exactly.

396
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So it messes with things.

397
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You can be really irritable.

398
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Maybe your melatonin's really hard.

399
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Intense dreams or nightmares.

400
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Oh, really?

401
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Yeah.

402
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I don't think I have any melatonin.

403
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I don't, I don't remember my dreams.

404
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I used to not remember them, but I used to wake up in the middle of the night crying or

405
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screaming or talking because something bad is happening and I didn't know where I was

406
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like that type of stuff.

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I'm making a statement right now that I don't know if it's true or not, but I feel like

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the more exhausted you are at night, maybe the less you remember your dreams because

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you're in such a deep sleep that like you just don't remember them because I've done

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that before too where I've like woken up and really thought that what I dreamt actually

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was real or crying or whatever, but not in a really long time.

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And I, you know what I mean?

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So maybe exhaustion has something to do with, but then again, I've been so exhausted and

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can't sleep because my mind won't turn off either.

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So I'm just talking in circles here.

416
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Yeah.

417
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It's hard.

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I think sleep is one of, that's why they do sleep studies.

419
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It's like one of the hardest things to pin down as to why you either don't sleep or why

420
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you don't sleep well or maybe why your REM cycle is off or your melatonin levels are

421
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skewed, you know, it's really hard.

422
00:17:03,620 --> 00:17:04,620
Well they have those watches.

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00:17:04,620 --> 00:17:09,220
Andrew wears his watch to record his sleep at night.

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I don't like to wear my watch at night.

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I also don't like to see how little I sleep because I feel like that'll ruin my next day

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when it's like, oh, you hit REM for an hour and a half of the seven hours you were sleeping.

427
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You only got an hour and a half of good sleep because you were tossing and turning.

428
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I felt it.

429
00:17:26,180 --> 00:17:28,860
I don't need to see it on my watch.

430
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I'm good.

431
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True that.

432
00:17:32,780 --> 00:17:38,580
But so Mel, so those supplements we're talking, they have the potential to interact with medications

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that you're taking.

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So it is really important to talk to a doctor even though it's just a hormone.

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It's not everything meshes together, especially when you're taking pharmaceuticals that aren't

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naturally produced in the body or aid for that, whatever.

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So people that really need to think about their melatonin intake are pregnant people

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or breastfeeding people just like what you said.

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Because it goes through the system.

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Anyone with like a blood disorder?

441
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Oh.

442
00:18:11,780 --> 00:18:13,540
Yeah, that's a big one.

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Depression, if you are prone to depression or high anxiety just because it aids into

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it.

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If you have seizures and if you are a recipient of an organ transplant.

446
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And I think that's just because it's two different bodies.

447
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But there are some medications and this is an important one.

448
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Ladies, perk your ears.

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Perk them.

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Perk them.

451
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Perk them.

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Birth control pills, you should not take melatonin if you are on birth control.

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Certain birth controls and melatonin do not mesh well.

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So it is very important to talk to your doctor.

455
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And you know what is interesting?

456
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I've been on different medications in my life, not often, but I've been on birth control.

457
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No one ever said, hey, this doesn't mesh with this.

458
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You just have to sort of research it for yourself, right?

459
00:19:14,380 --> 00:19:16,180
Yeah, I guess.

460
00:19:16,180 --> 00:19:21,140
I was on birth control for my god, over a decade and no one ever told me anything about

461
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it.

462
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They were like, here, try this one.

463
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Or try this one.

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This one's not working for you, try this one.

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Yeah, so I don't think I would have ever known that like a melatonin gummy that you

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take at night doesn't really mesh with your BC.

467
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I said BC like we're friends.

468
00:19:34,100 --> 00:19:35,100
Yeah, it's not cool.

469
00:19:35,100 --> 00:19:39,900
That was actually the most uncool thing you've ever said and you said penis gland earlier.

470
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So I was really trying something new.

471
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Like BC.

472
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You know, a way to try something new is to not take a pause and then talk about how you

473
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tried something new too.

474
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Sometimes that negates the coolness, but you know, I digress.

475
00:19:55,860 --> 00:19:58,940
So there are alternatives to taking melatonin.

476
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We're going to keep moving on.

477
00:20:00,100 --> 00:20:04,620
There are alternatives to taking melatonin due to all of those factors of like, hey, maybe

478
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if you're taking some medications and there are medications, there's a whole list of medications

479
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along with birth control that if you're taking them, you shouldn't take melatonin.

480
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I'm not going to rattle them all off, but it's out there for you to look up for yourself

481
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or talk to your doctor.

482
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Just be very aware.

483
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If you take medications every day for who knows what, be aware that it may not be a great

484
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match, but there are alternatives for melatonin production that is not taking capsules or

485
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gummies.

486
00:20:33,220 --> 00:20:34,220
You know, you can take melatonin.

487
00:20:34,220 --> 00:20:35,220
Carly would take a gummy.

488
00:20:35,220 --> 00:20:36,220
I do.

489
00:20:36,220 --> 00:20:37,220
They're so good.

490
00:20:37,220 --> 00:20:38,220
Yeah.

491
00:20:38,220 --> 00:20:39,220
Oh, you do.

492
00:20:39,220 --> 00:20:40,220
Yeah.

493
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I'm on and off.

494
00:20:41,220 --> 00:20:43,220
Like I'm not a, if Andrew buys them, I'll be like, oh, hit me.

495
00:20:43,220 --> 00:20:46,020
Oh, hit me up with that gummy before bed because it's like a treat.

496
00:20:46,020 --> 00:20:47,020
It's like sugar.

497
00:20:47,020 --> 00:20:48,020
It's like a gummy.

498
00:20:48,020 --> 00:20:49,020
Yeah.

499
00:20:49,020 --> 00:20:50,020
It's a waste of time.

500
00:20:50,020 --> 00:20:51,020
It's got a little bit of sugar in it.

501
00:20:51,020 --> 00:20:53,700
So I'm like, oh, it's like a kid's gummy vitamin.

502
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I'm in.

503
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Whether it works or not for me, I actually am not sure because I've never been that consistent

504
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with it.

505
00:21:01,780 --> 00:21:03,780
Well, that's probably why it's probably not working.

506
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Right.

507
00:21:04,780 --> 00:21:07,380
Consistency with anything is probably the way to go.

508
00:21:07,380 --> 00:21:08,380
Yeah.

509
00:21:08,380 --> 00:21:11,020
Also, now I want a Flintstone gummy.

510
00:21:11,020 --> 00:21:12,020
No.

511
00:21:12,020 --> 00:21:13,580
Remember the Flintstone jewels?

512
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Yes.

513
00:21:14,580 --> 00:21:19,020
But do you also remember the little white ones where you see pretend we're communion?

514
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That was candy, Carly.

515
00:21:20,020 --> 00:21:22,660
Oh, that was candy, but there were the little white vitamins.

516
00:21:22,660 --> 00:21:23,660
That was a Neco wafer.

517
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A Neco wafer.

518
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Yeah.

519
00:21:25,660 --> 00:21:27,660
I don't remember the white ones.

520
00:21:27,660 --> 00:21:28,660
Yeah, you do.

521
00:21:28,660 --> 00:21:29,660
They came in a big.

522
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I do.

523
00:21:30,660 --> 00:21:31,660
Okay.

524
00:21:31,660 --> 00:21:37,340
They're little white circle hard, hard vitamins.

525
00:21:37,340 --> 00:21:39,460
Some of them tasted horrible.

526
00:21:39,460 --> 00:21:44,180
Like I had echinacea in it and some of them were had a little sugar in them.

527
00:21:44,180 --> 00:21:45,180
Yeah.

528
00:21:45,180 --> 00:21:46,420
And I was like, yeah, mom, I'll take that one.

529
00:21:46,420 --> 00:21:50,780
And I remember popping echinacea pills.

530
00:21:50,780 --> 00:21:51,780
Yeah.

531
00:21:51,780 --> 00:21:52,780
Just popping.

532
00:21:52,780 --> 00:21:53,780
Because I was like, let me practice.

533
00:21:53,780 --> 00:21:54,780
Can I have another one?

534
00:21:54,780 --> 00:21:58,380
And there's just like an herb in a vegan gelatinous capsule.

535
00:21:58,380 --> 00:21:59,740
And mom was like, sure.

536
00:21:59,740 --> 00:22:03,500
And I just was like, look, I'm so good at swallowing pills.

537
00:22:03,500 --> 00:22:04,500
And mom was like, yeah, practice.

538
00:22:04,500 --> 00:22:05,500
I mean, great.

539
00:22:05,500 --> 00:22:06,500
I'm so proud of you.

540
00:22:06,500 --> 00:22:07,500
I'm so proud of you.

541
00:22:07,500 --> 00:22:08,500
It was going to help my immunity anyway.

542
00:22:08,500 --> 00:22:09,500
It wasn't a bad thing.

543
00:22:09,500 --> 00:22:11,620
And Carly was like, I can't, she would fight.

544
00:22:11,620 --> 00:22:12,620
Oh my God.

545
00:22:12,620 --> 00:22:17,780
My mom would have to open my mouth with her hands, pour water down there and a pill.

546
00:22:17,780 --> 00:22:20,820
And I was like 15, 16 years old.

547
00:22:20,820 --> 00:22:22,940
I still to this day have a hard time taking pills.

548
00:22:22,940 --> 00:22:26,420
That's why, you know, I just do the crack.

549
00:22:26,420 --> 00:22:29,300
Because you don't have to.

550
00:22:29,300 --> 00:22:30,500
How's it working for you?

551
00:22:30,500 --> 00:22:32,420
Well, when you call it the crack.

552
00:22:32,420 --> 00:22:33,420
Yeah.

553
00:22:33,420 --> 00:22:34,420
Okay.

554
00:22:34,420 --> 00:22:35,420
It's working.

555
00:22:35,420 --> 00:22:36,420
It could be anything.

556
00:22:36,420 --> 00:22:37,420
It could really be anything.

557
00:22:37,420 --> 00:22:41,540
And the alternatives I talked about 12 minutes ago.

558
00:22:41,540 --> 00:22:43,620
Practice healthy sleep hygiene.

559
00:22:43,620 --> 00:22:49,140
So it's basically creating a routine for your nighttime routine.

560
00:22:49,140 --> 00:22:52,980
Not that doesn't just mean washing your face and doing the process.

561
00:22:52,980 --> 00:22:57,140
That can be a part of it, but it has to be consistent.

562
00:22:57,140 --> 00:23:01,820
It has to be finding a bedtime that works for you and that you can keep consistent weekly

563
00:23:01,820 --> 00:23:08,340
and turning off the phones, doing all the things and keeping very strong to that.

564
00:23:08,340 --> 00:23:09,340
To that routine.

565
00:23:09,340 --> 00:23:12,820
That's something that I struggle with.

566
00:23:12,820 --> 00:23:18,740
Avoiding caffeine, especially too late before you go to bed.

567
00:23:18,740 --> 00:23:21,900
Even if it doesn't affect you, like for us, we talk about all the time caffeine is more

568
00:23:21,900 --> 00:23:28,620
of a taste of like comfort than it is a boost in energy production.

569
00:23:28,620 --> 00:23:32,620
So I like the other night during the Eagles game, I asked mom if she wanted a cup of coffee

570
00:23:32,620 --> 00:23:34,420
and she was like, Oh, it's just so late.

571
00:23:34,420 --> 00:23:37,260
And I was like, it's six o'clock.

572
00:23:37,260 --> 00:23:39,780
It's just so dark out is what it is.

573
00:23:39,780 --> 00:23:43,580
So we had a cup of coffee and wait, did you guys watch the Eagles game together?

574
00:23:43,580 --> 00:23:45,080
Yeah.

575
00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:46,080
You were in a car.

576
00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:47,080
Oh, driving home.

577
00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:49,860
Just making sure I must have missed that text message.

578
00:23:49,860 --> 00:23:53,700
You were also definitely not invited.

579
00:23:53,700 --> 00:23:59,820
So avoid caffeine, avoid screens in the hours before bedtime, phones, tablets, TVs, anything

580
00:23:59,820 --> 00:24:00,820
with a blue light.

581
00:24:00,820 --> 00:24:02,820
It just, I mean, we can't, I can't say it enough.

582
00:24:02,820 --> 00:24:04,500
It's just not good for you.

583
00:24:04,500 --> 00:24:06,500
I don't scroll on the phone.

584
00:24:06,500 --> 00:24:08,780
I do watch TV.

585
00:24:08,780 --> 00:24:09,780
Yeah.

586
00:24:09,780 --> 00:24:13,540
So and I wear my glasses for that, even if it's just the TV, even if I'm a whole couch

587
00:24:13,540 --> 00:24:15,140
away from it.

588
00:24:15,140 --> 00:24:16,300
It just, that's what they say to do.

589
00:24:16,300 --> 00:24:17,300
So I'm doing it.

590
00:24:17,300 --> 00:24:19,500
I don't know if it's helping, but I'm doing it.

591
00:24:19,500 --> 00:24:20,500
Yeah.

592
00:24:20,500 --> 00:24:21,500
Okay.

593
00:24:21,500 --> 00:24:25,100
So you enhance your sleep environment, so that's like, make sure you like your bed.

594
00:24:25,100 --> 00:24:26,500
Make sure you like your bedding.

595
00:24:26,500 --> 00:24:32,500
It seems silly, but make sure you like your blackout curtains and your mattress.

596
00:24:32,500 --> 00:24:38,740
Basically have your room be the calming place that you need to fall asleep in.

597
00:24:38,740 --> 00:24:42,460
It's like your sanctuary as cliche as like annoying.

598
00:24:42,460 --> 00:24:45,500
Some people think that is, I probably, it's a sanctuary.

599
00:24:45,500 --> 00:24:46,500
Yeah.

600
00:24:46,500 --> 00:24:50,900
You know, I hate stuff like that, but I do know that the feeling I get every time I

601
00:24:50,900 --> 00:24:55,340
get into my bed at night is like complete joy.

602
00:24:55,340 --> 00:24:57,140
I love my bed.

603
00:24:57,140 --> 00:24:58,140
I love my bed.

604
00:24:58,140 --> 00:25:02,100
I know, but you have four humans and two dogs in it and you never sleep well because

605
00:25:02,100 --> 00:25:04,420
it's too packed.

606
00:25:04,420 --> 00:25:06,180
Because I love my mattresses great.

607
00:25:06,180 --> 00:25:07,660
My pillows are great.

608
00:25:07,660 --> 00:25:12,700
The feeling of knowing I am not getting out of bed again until I have to go to the bathroom

609
00:25:12,700 --> 00:25:15,580
four times in the night because I chugged water because I didn't drink enough water

610
00:25:15,580 --> 00:25:17,060
during the day.

611
00:25:17,060 --> 00:25:18,260
Yep.

612
00:25:18,260 --> 00:25:25,820
But that is my, I do love my room when it, when it doesn't have all those things in it.

613
00:25:25,820 --> 00:25:28,700
The humans stop saying humans.

614
00:25:28,700 --> 00:25:31,260
I'm saying species because I know you don't like it.

615
00:25:31,260 --> 00:25:32,260
Okay.

616
00:25:32,260 --> 00:25:33,260
Okay.

617
00:25:33,260 --> 00:25:36,500
So yeah, underlying health concerns, you should address them.

618
00:25:36,500 --> 00:25:37,500
You know, go to the doctor.

619
00:25:37,500 --> 00:25:40,100
If you're not feeling well, do something about it.

620
00:25:40,100 --> 00:25:44,180
And that's a big part of sleep because if you're, it's going to mess up your physical

621
00:25:44,180 --> 00:25:45,300
and mental health, right?

622
00:25:45,300 --> 00:25:47,620
You have something going on and you're not feeling well.

623
00:25:47,620 --> 00:25:49,460
And you're like, I don't know why I'm not feeling well.

624
00:25:49,460 --> 00:25:50,540
It's been about a month.

625
00:25:50,540 --> 00:25:52,140
I'm not feeling, do something about it.

626
00:25:52,140 --> 00:25:53,140
Yeah.

627
00:25:53,140 --> 00:25:54,140
You're not sleeping.

628
00:25:54,140 --> 00:25:58,900
Not sleeping is aiding in your immunity, not being able to fight off whatever it is that's

629
00:25:58,900 --> 00:26:00,500
making you not feel well.

630
00:26:00,500 --> 00:26:04,140
And then in turn, your mind is running and it won't stop.

631
00:26:04,140 --> 00:26:07,400
And now you're anxious and you're not sleeping because of that, whether you think you're not

632
00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:09,220
or not, that's the top of the thing.

633
00:26:09,220 --> 00:26:13,900
So they all have kind of a cycle effect.

634
00:26:13,900 --> 00:26:19,900
And then the last one is that if you have insomnia or if you have those anxious brain

635
00:26:19,900 --> 00:26:23,620
patterns where like at night, you're fine all day and then you get in bed and you're

636
00:26:23,620 --> 00:26:27,900
so relaxed and then all of a sudden every thought you've ever had in your entire life,

637
00:26:27,900 --> 00:26:29,780
you need to solve those problems right then and there.

638
00:26:29,780 --> 00:26:31,100
Raising my hand right now.

639
00:26:31,100 --> 00:26:35,980
Or start worrying about them even though it doesn't matter.

640
00:26:35,980 --> 00:26:39,180
Try cognitive behavioral therapy.

641
00:26:39,180 --> 00:26:40,180
Oh, what?

642
00:26:40,180 --> 00:26:41,180
Yeah.

643
00:26:41,180 --> 00:26:42,620
I thought we were talking about gummies.

644
00:26:42,620 --> 00:26:44,740
Go to therapy.

645
00:26:44,740 --> 00:26:48,060
Talk it out so that your brain doesn't talk it out for you at night.

646
00:26:48,060 --> 00:26:49,060
Isn't that amazing?

647
00:26:49,060 --> 00:26:51,300
That doesn't have sugar in it.

648
00:26:51,300 --> 00:26:52,300
It could.

649
00:26:52,300 --> 00:26:54,620
I used to go to therapy and it was next to insomnia cookies.

650
00:26:54,620 --> 00:26:56,100
Oh, that's right.

651
00:26:56,100 --> 00:26:59,300
We always knew when Victoria came back from therapy because she'd drop off some cookies

652
00:26:59,300 --> 00:27:00,900
at our house for the kids.

653
00:27:00,900 --> 00:27:02,980
Quote unquote for the kids.

654
00:27:02,980 --> 00:27:06,300
I would get a box of 12 so that I could have one and be like, here, I got these for the

655
00:27:06,300 --> 00:27:07,300
kids.

656
00:27:07,300 --> 00:27:08,300
That's right.

657
00:27:08,300 --> 00:27:09,540
Oh, Victoria went to therapy this week.

658
00:27:09,540 --> 00:27:12,100
Carly would be like, stop bringing them to my house.

659
00:27:12,100 --> 00:27:15,020
Oh, they're so good.

660
00:27:15,020 --> 00:27:23,220
There are ways to increase your melatonin that are very self-carrish, are very free, and

661
00:27:23,220 --> 00:27:29,460
are also a very trial and error process because not everything's going to work for everybody.

662
00:27:29,460 --> 00:27:32,260
However, everyone needs melatonin.

663
00:27:32,260 --> 00:27:37,580
Just like working out and just like eating healthy.

664
00:27:37,580 --> 00:27:40,900
If you don't do it consistently, you won't know if it works for you.

665
00:27:40,900 --> 00:27:43,100
I think that's one of my things.

666
00:27:43,100 --> 00:27:47,380
I never take the gummies long enough for them to work or to see.

667
00:27:47,380 --> 00:27:48,380
Do their job.

668
00:27:48,380 --> 00:27:49,380
Yeah, exactly.

669
00:27:49,380 --> 00:27:50,660
It's just like anything else.

670
00:27:50,660 --> 00:27:55,780
If you don't do it consistently for 30 to 60 days, you won't feel any difference.

671
00:27:55,780 --> 00:27:57,580
You won't be able to tell.

672
00:27:57,580 --> 00:28:00,940
Or if you do it for five days and then you skip five and then you start again, you know

673
00:28:00,940 --> 00:28:01,940
what I mean?

674
00:28:01,940 --> 00:28:04,820
You've got to be consistent with it.

675
00:28:04,820 --> 00:28:08,580
My biggest trial and error was taking the TV out of my room when I moved here.

676
00:28:08,580 --> 00:28:10,380
Did it work?

677
00:28:10,380 --> 00:28:13,300
I never put my TV back.

678
00:28:13,300 --> 00:28:16,340
It doesn't work when I'm on the couch for too long because I know there's no TV in

679
00:28:16,340 --> 00:28:17,900
the room.

680
00:28:17,900 --> 00:28:21,260
Then I get the blue light because I'm still here on the couch.

681
00:28:21,260 --> 00:28:28,620
However, I used to go to sleep watching Lawn Order SVU in my face as close to my bed as

682
00:28:28,620 --> 00:28:33,180
possible as if that was going to be a good night's sleep for me.

683
00:28:33,180 --> 00:28:36,100
Exchange SVU for Bravo of women just yelling at each other on screen.

684
00:28:36,100 --> 00:28:38,420
It's like, yeah, let's get a good night's sleep.

685
00:28:38,420 --> 00:28:44,340
As much as I know you love Bravo and I love crime shows and all that stuff, that seeps

686
00:28:44,340 --> 00:28:46,500
into the brain like sponge.

687
00:28:46,500 --> 00:28:49,500
It's just... I mean, there's a whole study.

688
00:28:49,500 --> 00:28:52,660
I thought about this yesterday when I was watering my plants.

689
00:28:52,660 --> 00:28:53,660
Shut up.

690
00:28:53,660 --> 00:28:55,180
So many things I want to say.

691
00:28:55,180 --> 00:29:00,380
You're supposed to obviously have nice sunlight and water your plants, but also you're supposed

692
00:29:00,380 --> 00:29:05,260
to talk to them and have positivity around them so that they grow, i.e. just like humans.

693
00:29:05,260 --> 00:29:08,100
We're all basically just plants, right?

694
00:29:08,100 --> 00:29:12,140
But they did a study that two different ways.

695
00:29:12,140 --> 00:29:16,900
They had a person singing happy songs and saying, I love you and look how pretty you

696
00:29:16,900 --> 00:29:17,900
are a plant, blah, blah, blah.

697
00:29:17,900 --> 00:29:22,220
Then they had a person saying absolutely horrible, mean things to plants.

698
00:29:22,220 --> 00:29:29,460
And then having music for one room of plants that was positive and negative music.

699
00:29:29,460 --> 00:29:35,140
Like rap or... I think it was even some podcast, like true crime podcast, like things that

700
00:29:35,140 --> 00:29:37,580
were saying just horrible things.

701
00:29:37,580 --> 00:29:38,580
Yeah.

702
00:29:38,580 --> 00:29:43,900
And the plants that were not getting positivity were the water didn't matter.

703
00:29:43,900 --> 00:29:45,060
They were just dying.

704
00:29:45,060 --> 00:29:46,060
They were drooping.

705
00:29:46,060 --> 00:29:48,260
They were rotting, all the things.

706
00:29:48,260 --> 00:29:49,260
And it's the exact same.

707
00:29:49,260 --> 00:29:52,940
I thought about it yesterday because it's been a minute since I watered my plants and

708
00:29:52,940 --> 00:29:57,580
they were telling me that it's been a minute because they all looked really sad.

709
00:29:57,580 --> 00:29:59,580
And so when I was doing it, I was like, I'm so sorry.

710
00:29:59,580 --> 00:30:00,580
I'm so sorry.

711
00:30:00,580 --> 00:30:01,580
Oh my God.

712
00:30:01,580 --> 00:30:02,580
I love you all.

713
00:30:02,580 --> 00:30:03,580
You're so beautiful.

714
00:30:03,580 --> 00:30:04,580
Nice and green.

715
00:30:04,580 --> 00:30:05,580
Like I was saying all the things.

716
00:30:05,580 --> 00:30:08,940
Why are you putting me next to the plants when we do this?

717
00:30:08,940 --> 00:30:10,420
I'm hoping they fix you.

718
00:30:10,420 --> 00:30:14,580
Because there's so many that they will just rub off on me.

719
00:30:14,580 --> 00:30:17,060
The one above you is really brown if you haven't noticed.

720
00:30:17,060 --> 00:30:18,700
Oh it is.

721
00:30:18,700 --> 00:30:19,700
But she's kicking.

722
00:30:19,700 --> 00:30:20,700
My bad.

723
00:30:20,700 --> 00:30:22,820
But it's just something I thought about yesterday.

724
00:30:22,820 --> 00:30:25,860
So it's interesting that we're talking about it today because it was not connected, but

725
00:30:25,860 --> 00:30:27,260
it's very true.

726
00:30:27,260 --> 00:30:33,580
What you ingest right before you go to bed has a big factor to how you're sleeping.

727
00:30:33,580 --> 00:30:37,660
So as you're saying that, just imagine that study with kids.

728
00:30:37,660 --> 00:30:39,060
You feed one really healthy.

729
00:30:39,060 --> 00:30:41,540
You talk to it positively.

730
00:30:41,540 --> 00:30:45,820
You tell it the best things and then the other kid, you give it horrible food and you tell

731
00:30:45,820 --> 00:30:50,740
it how horrible it is and you make it listen to nasty things and horrible life situations

732
00:30:50,740 --> 00:30:51,740
and what happens.

733
00:30:51,740 --> 00:30:52,740
That's what happens.

734
00:30:52,740 --> 00:30:57,060
That was the smartest thing I think I've ever said.

735
00:30:57,060 --> 00:31:00,020
Because that in life is what makes me sad.

736
00:31:00,020 --> 00:31:06,900
Like that you can, but if I can put it together like that with your plant idea, that would,

737
00:31:06,900 --> 00:31:09,700
she's so angry.

738
00:31:09,700 --> 00:31:14,860
I appreciate you dumbing it down in plants for me.

739
00:31:14,860 --> 00:31:15,860
But it's so true.

740
00:31:15,860 --> 00:31:20,660
I mean, there's like a meme that was circulating for a while that was like, I just need to

741
00:31:20,660 --> 00:31:22,980
be watered and fed and told that I'm pretty.

742
00:31:22,980 --> 00:31:23,980
Yes, I saw that.

743
00:31:23,980 --> 00:31:29,980
And it was like a plant because it's just, that's all that anybody needs.

744
00:31:29,980 --> 00:31:32,660
And I think we would all sleep a little bit better.

745
00:31:32,660 --> 00:31:34,020
I agree.

746
00:31:34,020 --> 00:31:43,780
But melatonin is definitely something that is individual in terms of hormone production,

747
00:31:43,780 --> 00:31:44,780
just like you said.

748
00:31:44,780 --> 00:31:45,780
Yeah.

749
00:31:45,780 --> 00:31:47,220
So it's not one size fit all.

750
00:31:47,220 --> 00:31:50,100
Especially like our aunt.

751
00:31:50,100 --> 00:31:51,100
Yeah.

752
00:31:51,100 --> 00:31:52,100
What's up Vicky?

753
00:31:52,100 --> 00:31:53,980
If you're listening to this, I don't know if you still do.

754
00:31:53,980 --> 00:31:54,980
No, she does.

755
00:31:54,980 --> 00:31:56,460
Well, what's up?

756
00:31:56,460 --> 00:32:00,300
I think she'd be okay telling us that she has horrible sleep.

757
00:32:00,300 --> 00:32:03,340
She needs to do the, we've talked about her and her sleep.

758
00:32:03,340 --> 00:32:04,340
Right.

759
00:32:04,340 --> 00:32:05,340
Oh yeah.

760
00:32:05,340 --> 00:32:13,540
The blindfold and in her own bed, burrito wrap to a specific, burrito wrap, to a specific

761
00:32:13,540 --> 00:32:20,380
tuck in and like all of the absolute necessities to get one good night's sleep.

762
00:32:20,380 --> 00:32:21,380
Right.

763
00:32:21,380 --> 00:32:25,420
But she listens to our podcast while she's getting sunlight on her walk.

764
00:32:25,420 --> 00:32:31,100
Because if she doesn't walk for an hour a day, her sleep is very much affected.

765
00:32:31,100 --> 00:32:33,380
I think it's 10 minutes before noon.

766
00:32:33,380 --> 00:32:37,500
Oh, but there she is, ladies and gentlemen.

767
00:32:37,500 --> 00:32:43,420
I'm pretty sure it's like a 10 minute before noon, which is important before like, I don't

768
00:32:43,420 --> 00:32:45,540
know why, but it's important.

769
00:32:45,540 --> 00:32:48,300
It's seven hours before midnight.

770
00:32:48,300 --> 00:32:54,940
She walks to get that sunlight and then she walks two miles in the snow without shoes.

771
00:32:54,940 --> 00:32:55,940
And you know what?

772
00:32:55,940 --> 00:33:02,900
I do remember her saying it is different when with a Sunday and a overcast day.

773
00:33:02,900 --> 00:33:06,940
It's a different sleep at night when that was like for sure working for her.

774
00:33:06,940 --> 00:33:07,940
Yes.

775
00:33:07,940 --> 00:33:08,940
I don't know if it's still her pattern.

776
00:33:08,940 --> 00:33:12,500
I don't know if that's actually like the key to success for her sleep, but because

777
00:33:12,500 --> 00:33:13,780
everything changes.

778
00:33:13,780 --> 00:33:14,780
Everything changes.

779
00:33:14,780 --> 00:33:15,780
Yeah.

780
00:33:15,780 --> 00:33:16,780
And that's a big thing.

781
00:33:16,780 --> 00:33:21,900
Like even if you have not been a good sleeper your whole life, like you can still try to

782
00:33:21,900 --> 00:33:25,940
find ways that maybe it will be the perfect formula for you.

783
00:33:25,940 --> 00:33:26,940
Yeah.

784
00:33:26,940 --> 00:33:27,940
And I think Vicki's still trying.

785
00:33:27,940 --> 00:33:32,980
And I think as you get older, the melatonin decreases and not think I know this for a

786
00:33:32,980 --> 00:33:33,980
fact.

787
00:33:33,980 --> 00:33:38,300
Your melatonin production decreases as you age.

788
00:33:38,300 --> 00:33:45,260
And that's a big factor as to why we're not sleeping as well as even in our 30s and 40s

789
00:33:45,260 --> 00:33:46,260
and 50s.

790
00:33:46,260 --> 00:33:47,860
Now, tell me if I'm wrong.

791
00:33:47,860 --> 00:33:48,860
You're wrong.

792
00:33:48,860 --> 00:33:49,860
Okay.

793
00:33:49,860 --> 00:33:54,540
Most likely, you're a penis.

794
00:33:54,540 --> 00:33:57,540
That's the answer.

795
00:33:57,540 --> 00:34:03,100
There's so many, there's like 11, 12, 13 things I hate about you, but we're not talking about

796
00:34:03,100 --> 00:34:04,100
that.

797
00:34:04,100 --> 00:34:05,580
That was last week's episode.

798
00:34:05,580 --> 00:34:07,780
I think it's becoming more popular.

799
00:34:07,780 --> 00:34:10,180
And I don't know if this is a COVID related thing.

800
00:34:10,180 --> 00:34:14,980
I think it's becoming way more popular to go out for a walk, to get sunlight because

801
00:34:14,980 --> 00:34:17,180
so many people were stuck in their homes.

802
00:34:17,180 --> 00:34:20,260
But now that we're out of COVID, people are still doing it.

803
00:34:20,260 --> 00:34:24,220
And they're still getting outside for that 20 to 30 minute walk a day.

804
00:34:24,220 --> 00:34:25,740
And it's really important to them.

805
00:34:25,740 --> 00:34:31,900
And I, from what I hear and what I see, feel like it's very much on the upswing of people

806
00:34:31,900 --> 00:34:35,180
getting out of their houses daily to take a walk to get sunlight.

807
00:34:35,180 --> 00:34:36,900
I am not one of those people.

808
00:34:36,900 --> 00:34:39,020
And I will get there eventually.

809
00:34:39,020 --> 00:34:40,020
Walk your dog.

810
00:34:40,020 --> 00:34:41,020
What?

811
00:34:41,020 --> 00:34:44,180
You want to walk them?

812
00:34:44,180 --> 00:34:50,660
People with dogs tend to just be happier for lots of reasons, but you have to exercise

813
00:34:50,660 --> 00:34:53,700
the dog for the heart to stay healthy and for the animal to stay healthy.

814
00:34:53,700 --> 00:34:58,260
So you get out there and you also in turn are keeping yourself healthy.

815
00:34:58,260 --> 00:34:59,580
But tell me, do you think I'm right?

816
00:34:59,580 --> 00:35:04,060
Is the trend continuing with the walkie-nimmer said I was right?

817
00:35:04,060 --> 00:35:05,060
I understand.

818
00:35:05,060 --> 00:35:09,420
I can't just open the door and let my dogs out in the grassy area or that we have made

819
00:35:09,420 --> 00:35:10,820
for them.

820
00:35:10,820 --> 00:35:12,460
But am I right?

821
00:35:12,460 --> 00:35:13,460
Yeah.

822
00:35:13,460 --> 00:35:14,700
I hope so.

823
00:35:14,700 --> 00:35:15,700
I hope so.

824
00:35:15,700 --> 00:35:17,700
I know that this was a huge trend.

825
00:35:17,700 --> 00:35:20,620
I mean, they were calling it hot girl walks, whatever you want to call it, but people

826
00:35:20,620 --> 00:35:21,780
were getting outside.

827
00:35:21,780 --> 00:35:23,660
I don't know if it's still trending.

828
00:35:23,660 --> 00:35:24,660
I hope it is.

829
00:35:24,660 --> 00:35:29,020
I feel like every time I'm out, there's so many people out walking, especially in the

830
00:35:29,020 --> 00:35:30,020
nicer weather.

831
00:35:30,020 --> 00:35:31,020
Yeah.

832
00:35:31,020 --> 00:35:34,820
I mean, I'm sure it goes back down in the winter, but I don't remember.

833
00:35:34,820 --> 00:35:36,780
And I also don't remember anything pre-COVID.

834
00:35:36,780 --> 00:35:38,020
My mind sort of goes blank.

835
00:35:38,020 --> 00:35:43,660
But that people were walking as much or making sure they got their sunlight.

836
00:35:43,660 --> 00:35:44,660
Maybe that's research.

837
00:35:44,660 --> 00:35:48,060
They were told it's better, and so now they're doing it.

838
00:35:48,060 --> 00:35:51,340
It just wasn't talked about for mental health or anything like that before COVID.

839
00:35:51,340 --> 00:35:56,180
I think everybody was cooped up for so long that nobody wants to be indoors as much.

840
00:35:56,180 --> 00:36:01,260
It just feels like very PTSD to be confined as much.

841
00:36:01,260 --> 00:36:02,260
I don't know.

842
00:36:02,260 --> 00:36:07,180
You might see me start walking a lot more with my infrared mask on.

843
00:36:07,180 --> 00:36:15,580
So if you see me honk, beep, beep, two, two, beep, beep.

844
00:36:15,580 --> 00:36:17,620
I would love to see that.

845
00:36:17,620 --> 00:36:21,260
The problem is you go out, you do that, but it's at like 5 a.m. and it's pitch black.

846
00:36:21,260 --> 00:36:22,260
Great.

847
00:36:22,260 --> 00:36:24,500
So I'm not getting the sunlight that I deserve.

848
00:36:24,500 --> 00:36:30,300
Well guess who is the captain of their own ship?

849
00:36:30,300 --> 00:36:31,300
The penis clan.

850
00:36:31,300 --> 00:36:36,260
Of the melatonin seas.

851
00:36:36,260 --> 00:36:40,580
So here's why we were talking about this today.

852
00:36:40,580 --> 00:36:43,740
I'm tired.

853
00:36:43,740 --> 00:36:46,700
It took us 40 minutes to get to the point, but we're here.

854
00:36:46,700 --> 00:36:47,700
I'm tired.

855
00:36:47,700 --> 00:36:48,700
I'm tired.

856
00:36:48,700 --> 00:36:52,180
And I'm constantly waking up tired.

857
00:36:52,180 --> 00:36:53,180
Yeah.

858
00:36:53,180 --> 00:36:57,900
It doesn't matter if I get myself into bed at night, the honest to God that never happens.

859
00:36:57,900 --> 00:36:58,980
I'm not going to lie to you.

860
00:36:58,980 --> 00:37:03,620
I want to be in bed at 9, and if I come home at 8, 8.30, it's just not happening.

861
00:37:03,620 --> 00:37:09,660
Even if I'm home like last night, I had off technically at night.

862
00:37:09,660 --> 00:37:10,660
So my day, my work.

863
00:37:10,660 --> 00:37:11,660
Why are you quoting?

864
00:37:11,660 --> 00:37:13,060
Why are you doing quote fingers?

865
00:37:13,060 --> 00:37:15,940
Because I did not sit down until 10 p.m.

866
00:37:15,940 --> 00:37:22,060
So I did not have to be at sea for them work, but I got done it for a clock, and then I

867
00:37:22,060 --> 00:37:27,220
kept getting things done that you two of them were house related to make sure I got what

868
00:37:27,220 --> 00:37:30,100
I needed to get done for my own peace of mind in the house.

869
00:37:30,100 --> 00:37:36,300
One of them was folding seven loads of laundry, but I did not sit down until 10 o'clock on

870
00:37:36,300 --> 00:37:37,660
my couch.

871
00:37:37,660 --> 00:37:40,660
And I was like, oh, I guess the day's over.

872
00:37:40,660 --> 00:37:46,660
So I don't get into bed when I want to get into bed, but I try to do the things that

873
00:37:46,660 --> 00:37:47,660
I can do.

874
00:37:47,660 --> 00:37:48,660
I love my bed.

875
00:37:48,660 --> 00:37:50,660
My bed in my room is a cave.

876
00:37:50,660 --> 00:37:51,660
There's nothing.

877
00:37:51,660 --> 00:37:56,100
There's no reason to be in there unless I'm sleeping or getting changed or whatever.

878
00:37:56,100 --> 00:38:02,340
So I'm doing pieces of the formula, but I'm not doing all of them.

879
00:38:02,340 --> 00:38:04,540
And I'm just waking up tired.

880
00:38:04,540 --> 00:38:08,740
And the next day, I wake up and my eyes are tired already.

881
00:38:08,740 --> 00:38:12,220
And it's not even that they're puffy, but my eyelids are tired from trying to keep my

882
00:38:12,220 --> 00:38:13,220
eyes open.

883
00:38:13,220 --> 00:38:15,580
But I've only been up for an hour.

884
00:38:15,580 --> 00:38:22,300
So I just was like, I haven't taken melatonin supplements or tried to do that.

885
00:38:22,300 --> 00:38:25,620
But in researching all of this, I don't think that's going to work for me.

886
00:38:25,620 --> 00:38:26,620
You don't.

887
00:38:26,620 --> 00:38:27,620
I'm not doing a routine.

888
00:38:27,620 --> 00:38:30,900
So you can't just take the, it's just like, yeah, you can't just take the gummy and be

889
00:38:30,900 --> 00:38:33,140
like, I hope this is a magic pill.

890
00:38:33,140 --> 00:38:34,140
Exactly.

891
00:38:34,140 --> 00:38:35,140
Exactly.

892
00:38:35,140 --> 00:38:37,780
You've got to take the gummy, turn the lights off and close your eyes and go to sleep.

893
00:38:37,780 --> 00:38:38,780
Yeah.

894
00:38:38,780 --> 00:38:42,860
Like you can't just take the gummy and then watch TV till 2am in the morning and be like,

895
00:38:42,860 --> 00:38:44,580
why didn't I, it didn't work.

896
00:38:44,580 --> 00:38:45,940
Are you swallowing the gummy?

897
00:38:45,940 --> 00:38:47,620
What are you taking the gummy?

898
00:38:47,620 --> 00:38:49,220
Can I talk about this?

899
00:38:49,220 --> 00:38:51,460
You know, I can't swallow pills because I'm on the crack.

900
00:38:51,460 --> 00:38:58,140
So I, I definitely, sometimes I take two gummies and I'm like, I'm just not, I'm not, it's

901
00:38:58,140 --> 00:38:59,140
not working.

902
00:38:59,140 --> 00:39:00,140
Half the bottle is gone.

903
00:39:00,140 --> 00:39:01,540
She's like, they taste so good.

904
00:39:01,540 --> 00:39:03,940
It's my dessert.

905
00:39:03,940 --> 00:39:08,940
The only reason the crack is funny is because you're so wrong about it that it's clearly

906
00:39:08,940 --> 00:39:10,380
you have no idea what you're talking about.

907
00:39:10,380 --> 00:39:11,380
Crack is whack.

908
00:39:11,380 --> 00:39:19,220
But it might not work for you because if you're not doing ABC and D then E is not just going

909
00:39:19,220 --> 00:39:20,220
to be magic.

910
00:39:20,220 --> 00:39:25,260
It's like when you're trying to lose weight, but you're going to the gym 70s a week, two

911
00:39:25,260 --> 00:39:29,340
a day or two hours at a time, you're crushing it, but you're eating whatever the heck you

912
00:39:29,340 --> 00:39:30,340
want.

913
00:39:30,340 --> 00:39:31,340
Yeah.

914
00:39:31,340 --> 00:39:32,340
It doesn't matter.

915
00:39:32,340 --> 00:39:37,500
You know, so I am serious about trying to fix my sleeping pattern.

916
00:39:37,500 --> 00:39:38,820
One of them is getting rid of the dog.

917
00:39:38,820 --> 00:39:39,820
She doesn't help me.

918
00:39:39,820 --> 00:39:41,500
So yeah, get on that.

919
00:39:41,500 --> 00:39:44,460
But see in 15, 20 years.

920
00:39:44,460 --> 00:39:46,820
Yeah.

921
00:39:46,820 --> 00:39:51,020
But yeah, I just want to, in looking up like, okay, melatonin, maybe that's the key for

922
00:39:51,020 --> 00:39:52,020
me.

923
00:39:52,020 --> 00:39:55,380
There was, it was interesting to learn about it because it's not something I know about

924
00:39:55,380 --> 00:39:57,940
it, but I have no knowledge about it.

925
00:39:57,940 --> 00:39:59,940
So that's why I wanted to talk about it today.

926
00:39:59,940 --> 00:40:09,060
And hopefully if you are also someone who is like battling nighttime with your own self

927
00:40:09,060 --> 00:40:10,780
for no other reason, it's not insomnia.

928
00:40:10,780 --> 00:40:13,820
It's just like, no, not getting rested sleep.

929
00:40:13,820 --> 00:40:19,780
I know for me, I need those two hours between nine and 11 to like have my own time.

930
00:40:19,780 --> 00:40:20,780
Yes.

931
00:40:20,780 --> 00:40:25,820
I can see my kids in my view and they've got masks on because I make them wear sleep masks

932
00:40:25,820 --> 00:40:26,820
because my TV is on.

933
00:40:26,820 --> 00:40:28,580
So why are you doing it?

934
00:40:28,580 --> 00:40:36,060
Because I need that time to just do my zone out to my TV and like have my own time.

935
00:40:36,060 --> 00:40:41,500
So you need to wear blue eyeglasses or I need to cut it down by half and just do 45 minutes

936
00:40:41,500 --> 00:40:48,180
of my own time so that because I know that I need sleep more than I need the housewives

937
00:40:48,180 --> 00:40:49,180
of Utah.

938
00:40:49,180 --> 00:40:50,340
I know what you're going to do though.

939
00:40:50,340 --> 00:40:54,540
You're going to cut down the TV and then you're going to open your phone.

940
00:40:54,540 --> 00:40:55,540
I know.

941
00:40:55,540 --> 00:40:56,540
And that is the same thing.

942
00:40:56,540 --> 00:40:57,540
You don't know me.

943
00:40:57,540 --> 00:40:59,020
It's literally the same thing.

944
00:40:59,020 --> 00:41:01,540
No, but I don't watch my phone.

945
00:41:01,540 --> 00:41:02,540
You scroll through your phone.

946
00:41:02,540 --> 00:41:06,820
I scroll, but I like to zone out to a show like modern family.

947
00:41:06,820 --> 00:41:07,820
Like I will watch that.

948
00:41:07,820 --> 00:41:12,020
I will watch that before I went to bed last night and I fell asleep with, let's see, this

949
00:41:12,020 --> 00:41:13,340
is so bad.

950
00:41:13,340 --> 00:41:17,180
I fell asleep with the air pod in my ear because the air pods go in my ear so my kids can't

951
00:41:17,180 --> 00:41:18,180
hear the TV.

952
00:41:18,180 --> 00:41:19,180
Oh no, no, no, no.

953
00:41:19,180 --> 00:41:20,180
I know.

954
00:41:20,180 --> 00:41:21,620
I need to, I need, I'm just like you.

955
00:41:21,620 --> 00:41:24,940
Maybe the Malatone and didn't work for me because I'm not doing the other things and

956
00:41:24,940 --> 00:41:27,060
it's not just a magic sleeping pill.

957
00:41:27,060 --> 00:41:28,060
Yeah.

958
00:41:28,060 --> 00:41:29,060
They say, I think about it all the time.

959
00:41:29,060 --> 00:41:32,780
I walk the dog with the air pod and then I come in and if the podcast isn't over, I

960
00:41:32,780 --> 00:41:37,500
keep it in my ear and I, you know, I don't know what else, whatever I'm doing, I just

961
00:41:37,500 --> 00:41:38,500
keep it there.

962
00:41:38,500 --> 00:41:40,940
But they say it's just as bad as having the phone up to your ear.

963
00:41:40,940 --> 00:41:41,940
Oh, I know.

964
00:41:41,940 --> 00:41:43,940
I get mad at Andrew for it every day.

965
00:41:43,940 --> 00:41:48,580
He lives with them in his ears, walking around the house and one of my biggest pet peeves

966
00:41:48,580 --> 00:41:51,140
is when I see something and I'm like, hello.

967
00:41:51,140 --> 00:41:52,660
And he's like, and he hits the air pod.

968
00:41:52,660 --> 00:41:53,940
And he's like, wait, what?

969
00:41:53,940 --> 00:41:54,940
Sorry.

970
00:41:54,940 --> 00:41:58,660
Cause he's listening to something, but I can't see the air pods in his ears and I'm talking,

971
00:41:58,660 --> 00:41:59,660
thinking he's going to respond.

972
00:41:59,660 --> 00:42:00,660
He's like, say it again.

973
00:42:00,660 --> 00:42:02,780
I'm like, oh no, no, no, no, no.

974
00:42:02,780 --> 00:42:04,660
I'm not saying it again.

975
00:42:04,660 --> 00:42:05,660
Figure it out.

976
00:42:05,660 --> 00:42:09,420
I'm like, what is this penis gland?

977
00:42:09,420 --> 00:42:10,420
How are you married?

978
00:42:10,420 --> 00:42:12,500
How are you still married?

979
00:42:12,500 --> 00:42:15,900
Cause he's like, I'm listening to your podcast.

980
00:42:15,900 --> 00:42:16,900
Bullshit.

981
00:42:16,900 --> 00:42:19,900
That's a lie.

982
00:42:19,900 --> 00:42:22,940
But yeah, no, that's just as dangerous.

983
00:42:22,940 --> 00:42:25,100
I mean, everything's going to kill you.

984
00:42:25,100 --> 00:42:26,100
Right?

985
00:42:26,100 --> 00:42:27,100
So, figure it out.

986
00:42:27,100 --> 00:42:28,100
Yeah.

987
00:42:28,100 --> 00:42:29,100
Figure it out.

988
00:42:29,100 --> 00:42:33,460
No, I just, it's, it's.

989
00:42:33,460 --> 00:42:36,340
The formula is pretty easy to do.

990
00:42:36,340 --> 00:42:37,340
Yeah.

991
00:42:37,340 --> 00:42:40,020
It just, it's a matter of doing it.

992
00:42:40,020 --> 00:42:42,100
And you need to cut out the distractions.

993
00:42:42,100 --> 00:42:43,100
That's all.

994
00:42:43,100 --> 00:42:44,100
But it is interesting.

995
00:42:44,100 --> 00:42:51,180
It is interesting that melatonin is something that we create for the darkness in the sunlight.

996
00:42:51,180 --> 00:42:52,180
Yeah.

997
00:42:52,180 --> 00:42:54,980
Podcast could have been over after that sentence.

998
00:42:54,980 --> 00:42:55,980
I'm sleepy.

999
00:42:55,980 --> 00:43:03,340
So for your real tip, let's get into tips.

1000
00:43:03,340 --> 00:43:12,340
So for your real tip, it's doing one of the nighttime routines to make your room your

1001
00:43:12,340 --> 00:43:13,340
sanctuary.

1002
00:43:13,340 --> 00:43:16,420
So for me, I already have the mattress that I love.

1003
00:43:16,420 --> 00:43:20,980
I just actually got a new topper and it's been a game changer.

1004
00:43:20,980 --> 00:43:22,100
I have the sheets that I love.

1005
00:43:22,100 --> 00:43:23,820
I have, you know, whatever.

1006
00:43:23,820 --> 00:43:28,340
I am going to actively draw my shades.

1007
00:43:28,340 --> 00:43:32,780
I have shades in three giant windows.

1008
00:43:32,780 --> 00:43:37,260
They're almost ceiling to floor windows, which is fantastic, but not at nighttime.

1009
00:43:37,260 --> 00:43:43,540
So I don't necessarily close them so I can see the stars and like the trees outside.

1010
00:43:43,540 --> 00:43:46,220
And I don't know why I just, I don't put it apart in my routine.

1011
00:43:46,220 --> 00:43:51,820
So I'm going to actively be shutting them and pulling them down every single night and

1012
00:43:51,820 --> 00:43:54,780
see if like darkening my room even more.

1013
00:43:54,780 --> 00:43:59,860
Even the moonlight is the only thing that's brightening my nighttime like sleep.

1014
00:43:59,860 --> 00:44:00,860
Right.

1015
00:44:00,860 --> 00:44:02,180
I'm going to, I'm going to add that into it.

1016
00:44:02,180 --> 00:44:07,340
And if not, I will get black light curtains, blackout curtains, blackout curtains, blackout

1017
00:44:07,340 --> 00:44:10,260
curtains to, to aid in that as well.

1018
00:44:10,260 --> 00:44:11,540
But pick one thing.

1019
00:44:11,540 --> 00:44:14,980
If your bed's not your favorite, change it.

1020
00:44:14,980 --> 00:44:19,460
If the sun and the light is part of your problem, change it.

1021
00:44:19,460 --> 00:44:24,660
If you need a little bit more of a sunlight UV infrared wake up, get that alarm clock.

1022
00:44:24,660 --> 00:44:25,660
Right.

1023
00:44:25,660 --> 00:44:30,740
Do something for your bed situation to help your melatonin production, which is going

1024
00:44:30,740 --> 00:44:32,300
to be overnight.

1025
00:44:32,300 --> 00:44:33,300
Okay.

1026
00:44:33,300 --> 00:44:35,300
I like that.

1027
00:44:35,300 --> 00:44:36,300
Thanks.

1028
00:44:36,300 --> 00:44:39,820
And now for your real extra tip of the week.

1029
00:44:39,820 --> 00:44:43,420
It's called nighttime is the right time.

1030
00:44:43,420 --> 00:44:44,420
Oh my God.

1031
00:44:44,420 --> 00:44:48,420
What does nighttime is the right time mean?

1032
00:44:48,420 --> 00:44:59,020
It means that for my birthday, Victoria, Victoria got me this really new thing that

1033
00:44:59,020 --> 00:45:00,940
I never heard of, it's a sleep aid.

1034
00:45:00,940 --> 00:45:02,900
It's called moon brew.

1035
00:45:02,900 --> 00:45:09,500
And if you're anything like me and you need that end of the night sort of sugar gummy

1036
00:45:09,500 --> 00:45:16,060
or that sugar hit or like a dessert, this is hot cocoa in water and it's magnesium.

1037
00:45:16,060 --> 00:45:17,060
It's a sleep aid.

1038
00:45:17,060 --> 00:45:21,900
It actually does not have melatonin in it, but it aids in your sleep.

1039
00:45:21,900 --> 00:45:26,980
It has rachy mushrooms as you're like calming aid.

1040
00:45:26,980 --> 00:45:33,220
It's an alternative to melatonin and it's basically a sleep aid that helps you calm

1041
00:45:33,220 --> 00:45:37,100
at the end of the night, which I love because to me it's like a dessert.

1042
00:45:37,100 --> 00:45:38,980
You just heat up hot water.

1043
00:45:38,980 --> 00:45:43,180
You put one scoop of this cocoa powder in.

1044
00:45:43,180 --> 00:45:46,940
And what I do is I add a little of my oat milk creamer.

1045
00:45:46,940 --> 00:45:52,500
So because I don't use almond milk, I use the water, the water, and it just gives it

1046
00:45:52,500 --> 00:45:55,580
that little bit of extra like creaminess.

1047
00:45:55,580 --> 00:46:00,060
And it is so delicious right before bed while you're watching all the things that you shouldn't

1048
00:46:00,060 --> 00:46:05,700
be watching and you should just be doing it in the pitch black of your bedroom.

1049
00:46:05,700 --> 00:46:06,700
But I love it.

1050
00:46:06,700 --> 00:46:10,740
It's a great, again, alternative to melatonin if that's not your thing or if you see melatonin

1051
00:46:10,740 --> 00:46:11,740
is not working for you.

1052
00:46:11,740 --> 00:46:18,980
But they do say, which I'm in my second week of it every single night, 60 days to see a

1053
00:46:18,980 --> 00:46:20,940
difference if it helps with your sleep.

1054
00:46:20,940 --> 00:46:26,300
So I'm on my way and I am going to do it every single night because I want to see if this

1055
00:46:26,300 --> 00:46:28,860
is helping me and it makes you wake up refreshed.

1056
00:46:28,860 --> 00:46:32,820
Well, you need to purchase more because I gave you one month of my three.

1057
00:46:32,820 --> 00:46:33,820
I know.

1058
00:46:33,820 --> 00:46:37,780
So for 16 days, you're going to need to buy more.

1059
00:46:37,780 --> 00:46:44,820
But they sell it in three bags for that reason because they are one month supplies per one

1060
00:46:44,820 --> 00:46:49,060
scoop per day for each month.

1061
00:46:49,060 --> 00:46:52,500
And I am not consistent with it, but I love it.

1062
00:46:52,500 --> 00:46:53,500
I love it.

1063
00:46:53,500 --> 00:46:55,900
It doesn't have any added sugar in it.

1064
00:46:55,900 --> 00:46:56,900
No.

1065
00:46:56,900 --> 00:46:57,900
And that's the best part.

1066
00:46:57,900 --> 00:46:58,900
It's no added sugar.

1067
00:46:58,900 --> 00:46:59,900
It's a superfood.

1068
00:46:59,900 --> 00:47:01,780
It's got a lot of vitamins in it.

1069
00:47:01,780 --> 00:47:08,500
It's great for right before bed and I'm a big advocate for it.

1070
00:47:08,500 --> 00:47:11,500
So get the rise coffee that we talked about, the mushroom coffee.

1071
00:47:11,500 --> 00:47:14,300
Get this magnesium superfood cocoa before you go to bed.

1072
00:47:14,300 --> 00:47:15,500
It'll be good to go.

1073
00:47:15,500 --> 00:47:16,500
You're feeling good.

1074
00:47:16,500 --> 00:47:17,500
Yeah.

1075
00:47:17,500 --> 00:47:19,860
You're feeling great and you're set.

1076
00:47:19,860 --> 00:47:22,220
And that is, like she said, a melatonin alternative.

1077
00:47:22,220 --> 00:47:24,420
There's no melatonin added into it.

1078
00:47:24,420 --> 00:47:29,380
The calming is the magnesium and the reishi mushroom.

1079
00:47:29,380 --> 00:47:33,020
So it is 100% natural, which I'm a big fan of these days.

1080
00:47:33,020 --> 00:47:37,660
Yeah, except when you add the oat milk creamer with a little bit of sugar, that's not natural.

1081
00:47:37,660 --> 00:47:39,340
That makes it a little less natural.

1082
00:47:39,340 --> 00:47:40,820
You don't have to do that.

1083
00:47:40,820 --> 00:47:41,820
That's just my...

1084
00:47:41,820 --> 00:47:43,100
You're always a little bit off, you know?

1085
00:47:43,100 --> 00:47:45,060
So it's on par for you.

1086
00:47:45,060 --> 00:47:46,060
So it works.

1087
00:47:46,060 --> 00:47:47,060
It totally works.

1088
00:47:47,060 --> 00:47:52,100
But yeah, just as a little cap, melatonin is a hormone that we make and it is the hormone

1089
00:47:52,100 --> 00:47:53,260
of darkness.

1090
00:47:53,260 --> 00:47:57,540
You make it during the day so that you use it at its highest point at night and really

1091
00:47:57,540 --> 00:47:58,540
get that good sleep.

1092
00:47:58,540 --> 00:48:04,060
So it's that circadian rhythm, that cycle that we really need to keep functioning and

1093
00:48:04,060 --> 00:48:05,060
keep moving.

1094
00:48:05,060 --> 00:48:09,060
Don't you want to feel good during the day?

1095
00:48:09,060 --> 00:48:13,980
And if you can prepare yourself all night long and set yourself up for a good, refreshing

1096
00:48:13,980 --> 00:48:15,940
day, wouldn't everybody do that?

1097
00:48:15,940 --> 00:48:16,940
Yeah.

1098
00:48:16,940 --> 00:48:20,980
But doesn't that sound like an amazing plan?

1099
00:48:20,980 --> 00:48:22,180
It sounds amazing.

1100
00:48:22,180 --> 00:48:24,700
Get a good night's sleep so you can have a great day.

1101
00:48:24,700 --> 00:48:26,300
Yeah, it really does.

1102
00:48:26,300 --> 00:48:27,740
Oh my God, I want that.

1103
00:48:27,740 --> 00:48:28,740
Yeah.

1104
00:48:28,740 --> 00:48:29,740
Too bad we don't do it.

1105
00:48:29,740 --> 00:48:37,980
So what we do do though, is we hope you're always remembering that you are fit to be

1106
00:48:37,980 --> 00:48:49,220
real and always allowed to be a little extra.

1107
00:48:49,220 --> 00:48:50,220
Extra.

1108
00:48:50,220 --> 00:48:51,220
Extra.

1109
00:48:51,220 --> 00:48:52,220
Extra.

1110
00:48:52,220 --> 00:48:54,220
Name them.

1111
00:48:54,220 --> 00:48:55,220
Extra.

1112
00:48:55,220 --> 00:48:59,580
For legal reasons, we have to tell you that this podcast is meant for entertainment and

1113
00:48:59,580 --> 00:49:01,380
educational purposes only.

1114
00:49:01,380 --> 00:49:03,580
We are not healthcare professionals.

1115
00:49:03,580 --> 00:49:07,700
For all of your health, wellness, fitness and self-care needs, please refer to the medical

1116
00:49:07,700 --> 00:49:09,380
professional in your life.

1117
00:49:09,380 --> 00:49:14,460
Your primary care physician, your therapist, a certified coach, whoever it may be.

1118
00:49:14,460 --> 00:49:18,500
And then let us know what they say because I guarantee we need to know what to do.

1119
00:49:18,500 --> 00:49:19,500
Okay?

1120
00:49:19,500 --> 00:49:38,420
Okay, bye.