Dial in Your Sleep, Save Your Relationship: Wendy Troxel

How can we sleep better? How is sleep a social activity? What are
the gender differences between male and female sleep? How does
your partner’s sleep impact your sleep? What strategies can
couples implement to co-sleep more successfully? Why should we
not take melatonin? How do you get your partner to not
snore? 


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Wendy Troxel is a clinical psychologist, author, and sleep
medicine expert. She joins us to discuss sleep, how sleep is
actually a social activity for many and needs to be optimized as
such, the physical and mental issues that come from sleep loss,
the gender differences between male and female sleep, how to
better co-sleep with your partner, why we should not take
melatonin, how to deal with a snoring partner, and more. 


“Sleep in the real world doesn’t occur in a vacuum. Sleep in the
real world is often messy and noisy, and really for most people,
shared. In fact, two-thirds of adults regularly share a bed with
a bed partner.”


“We can’t neglect to consider the social environment when we
think about risk factors for sleep as well as who is affected by
our sleep.” 


“Sleep itself is a highly active and dynamic state; it is not
just one solitary state through the night like a light switch
going off.”


“Sleep is critically important for our cognitive function, our
memory. Sleep loss is associated with cognitive decline, even
increased risk for Alzheimer’s disease. We know it affects our
concentration, our productivity, our ability to problem solve.
Sleep is also profoundly linked with our mental health and our
wellbeing.” 


“Women are twice as likely to have insomnia as compared to
men.” 


“Because there’s so much stigma attached to the marital bed,
there’s just the assumption that all couples, from the time they
fall in love and are together, their sleep habits should be
perfectly compatible; and that’s not always the case.”


“There is not a one-size-fits-all sleeping strategy for all
couples, and the more we subscribe to this belief, the more we’re
pigeonholing people and couples into strategies that may not work
best for them.” 


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Connect with Wendy:
Website
Sharing the Covers: Every Couple’s Guide to Better Sleep


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