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#263 Dr Jemma King — Why 65% of Australians Are Getting Sleep Wrong & What to Do About It

Season 1 Episode 263 Published 6 days, 13 hours ago

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This week I sat down with Dr Jemma King, and this one is going to change the way you think about sleep forever.

Jemma is a behavioural scientist and sleep researcher with a PhD in Human Behaviour, a Research Fellow at The University of Queensland School of Psychology and a specialist external advisor to McKinsey & Company. Her brand new book Sleep First is out now through Wiley.

65% of Australians report that poor quality sleep is affecting their focus and wellbeing. Yet despite endless wellness advice, most of us still don't understand what is actually happening in our brains and bodies when we sleep. Irregular sleepers carry roughly a 50% higher all-cause mortality risk than consistent sleepers — not people sleeping less, but people sleeping at different times. There is even a name for the weekly version of this: social jet lag.

Jemma is sharp, practical and genuinely one of the best communicators I have spoken to on this show. This one will stick with you.

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