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I guess it makes sense to start by asking, how was your sleep last night?

My sleep was not too bad.

I practiced what I preach.

And, yeah, I got my full seven hours, so I'm pretty happy

this morning. Yeah. Oh my God. Lucky you. I can't say the same for myself. I did the classic thing

where the second my head hit the pillow, immediately my brain like pulled out its top hat

and started like tap dancing away on all the things stressing

me out or one thing in particular and uh yeah an hour and a half later i was i was still awake

it was so frustrating but this is this is a really common thing isn't it it is extremely common

and it's actually quite natural uh So necessary, so elusive sometimes.

Three to five of every ten people, you just tap them on the shoulder and say, how did you

sleep? And they will say on a scale, I didn't sleep well or it was below average.

If you count yourself as one of those people, underslept and irritable,

with a brain that just won't shut up before bed,

this episode is for you, and it's definitely for me.

This is All In The Mind, I'm Sana Khadar.

We're going to run through some tips for better sleep.

Things you can do from the

moment you wake, throughout the day, and just before bed. Beyond the standard, don't look at your

phone at night. Today, an episode from our archives on how to win the battle for better sleep.

That scenario I just mentioned, how my brain went into overdrive at the precise moment I needed it to wind down.

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