Hi there it's Matt here and welcome back to the show and a warm welcome back to a

previous guest on the show and that is Dr. Wendy Trucksle. She is back by popular

demand. Now Dr Trucksle, Wendy, she is a senior behavioral and social scientist at the Rand Corporation and she is also

adjunct professor in psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh and the Department of Family and

and Preventative Medicine at the University of Utah. Her research gosh I reference it so much, it's wonderful, her research focuses on the interface between sleep, the social environment, health, relationships, sleep and sex, and also just the impact of sleep on society and also

also public policy.

She is a leading authority on sleep in the context of close

relationships, a topic that she's going to explore both in this podcast, but

also that she explores in great detail in a superb book that she's published

which you can find on Amazon and all other great bookstores called sharing the

covers every couple's guide to better sleep and the book it's wonderful it

really reflects her deep understanding as to how sleep affects and is affected by

our closest relationships and this is come by way of 20 years of being a licensed

clinical psychologist and a specialized researcher in sleep medicine.

She's got an extensive research program. She's led

multiple projects from the National Institutes of Health, the Department of

Defense, private foundations, corporations. She's got over 150 peer-reviewed papers. Her TED Talk, just

go online Google Wendy Troxel, that's TROXE L, Troxel. Wendy Troxsel, that's TRO X E L,

Tewxel, Wendy Troxel, Ted Talk.

It's such a great talk and it has some wonderful

key points as to how to discuss things that we need to change in society regarding policy,

for example school start times, how to improve adolescent mental and physical health.

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