The Common SLEEP MISTAKES You Make That DESTROY Your Health! | Matthew Walker

[@TomBilyeu]

What is the biggest challenge you encounter that prevents you from getting enough sleep?

[@juddotto3660]

Running mind

[@susanharrison2941]

Waking up every 2 hours.

[@davidguarin5412]

I'm 49 and I was born with insomnia I wake up 4 to 6 times during the night. And I sleep between 3 to 4 hrs a day Overall I'm a healthy person. Again I was born like this . I trying all kind of things and sadly I take temazepam 30 milligrams since the last 8 years every single night, and seems the only thing helps me to achieve 3 to 4 hrs a night.. Tks tom for your program, now is part of my life. Namaste 🙏

[@tommytouch]

Obsessing over sleep..

[@raewise6345]

Stressful life issues...

[@Wesley-wg2qi]

One thing not mentioned here that cured my sleep maintenance insomnia - practicing gratitude before going to sleep. Sounds corny but reminding myself of a few things I'm grateful for before falling asleep stops me from waking up randomly at 3-4am and not being able to go back to sleep. I tried a lot of other sleep hygiene recommendations first and none worked, but this simple corny thing of practicing gratitude did work.

[@allanjafri3096]

Wesley, I will like to know other things that helped you treat insomnia. I always wake up from 2am-4am and finds it difficult to go back to sleep.

[@Wesley-wg2qi]

@@allanjafri3096 Only practicing gratitude helped for me. I got the idea because I found out this type of insomnia is caused by depression, or negative expectations for the future. Practicing gratitude helped me change my mindset and my insomnia disappeared.

[@evadeanu1]

Thx FOR sharing Wesley

[@evadeanu1]

@@allanjafri3096 same here

[@allanjafri3096]

@@Wesley-wg2qi Thank you for sharing.

[@DoctorHemi]

I remember when I was a kid, my mom always told me that sleep was when your body does most of its healing and that's always stuck with me.

[@tamashumi7961]

Interesting how Western medicine is reinventing now what people have known for millennia. I mean, it's good to know more details about processes taking place in our body but the approach "there is no evidence for that" makes us missing on many helpful things.

[@RachaelDivers]

My mum did too 😊 My dad still tells me the same if I’m not sleeping like I should.

[@minimushrom]

@@tamashumi7961 It also helped us to get rid of a lot of silly misconceptions ;)Edit: ...but I totally get your point! It's just a topic that has to be viewed from both sides.

[@faith6575]

Yes

[@thoticcusprime9309]

@@minimushrom who cares

[@noraarico1313]

Simply put, sleep repairs the mind, body, soul, and spirit.

[@thoticcusprime9309]

soul and spirit dont exist

[@benjii2909]

@@thoticcusprime9309 shhh loser

[@timeinvestors-motivation456]

“A good laugh and a long sleep are two best cures for anything.” - Irish proverb

[@stormfallen323]

Wahay!!! Now you're sucking diesel! 😁😂

[@dianeorr8937]

Yes! My heart arrhythmia was off beat too long. Considered the dreaded doctor visit. Blessed of a good long cry brought on of from a visit of a loved one long over due. They apologized for risking my health. I hugged them and said they saved my life and a worthless trip to the doctor. 💔💔💔

[@glenroy8589]

Love it

[@michael-kjellluminis9230]

[Baumgartner jumped from high above & landed on a plane. Awakening souls will innerstand this message.]

[@enriquecastillo3729]

I like how we all love sleep, this subject is so easy to do! Haha

[@tj_fiji]

First time I've heard Dr. Mathew and I gotta say the guy is just all heart and such a kind compassionate soul. The way he explains these complex subjects and breaks it down into layman terms is just incredible. I didn't think I'd spend 5 mins on this video but was surprised when it got to the end. Great video

[@kyalscott3202]

Man, Matthew is awesome. So affluent in sleep knowledge and incredibly open, relatable and easily digestible. A legendary Gem.

[@avaceleste]

My theory on post-partum depression: new mothers become extremely sleep deprived , which influences their mental and physical health.

[@MoneyStrategiesSOULutions]

Aha!

[@Boxer4ever]

For sure...however, hormonal storm and in-balance does it’s part as well.

[@caroljohnstone497]

Yes, absolutely. And weird fluctuations in hormones.

[@robindick2802]

Having bipolar anxiety and ptsd do not help. Without meds I wouldn't be able to sleep.

[@deadmanswife3625]

Hypothesis noted

[@Aggarius]

Ever since hearing Matthew on the joe Rogan podcast I have completed fixed my sleep habits. So much great knowledge

[@silver2zilver]

And you provide no examples? Liar.

[@Tr4bant]

What were the most important changes that helped you?

[@ha4006]

Can you list out the things that you do and what is the things you avoid it ?

[@somewhereovertherainbow4012]

F

[@chair_force]

Make sure wake up in the morning and get 30-40mins sunlight, do a light workout while outside to get your heart rate up. Both are very important for setting your cycle up properly. You’ll naturally have enough melatonin production at bed time when following this strategy. Make sure no overhead lights, TV, or any screens or any sort 1-2 hours before bed. If natural light is gone, then so should you stop artificially light.

[@TheDhammaHub]

For most people, it is likely agitation. They bombard their minds with information until the minute they go to bed and the transition to "not thinking" is very difficult

[@Staplegunner]

try to think of wht youre gonna think about next, it usually shuts my mind up lol

[@TheDhammaHub]

@@Staplegunner It also works with doing or anything really - predicting is impossible :D

[@TheDhammaHub]

@jevf4a2 Why should the media be interested in propagating information that advertises against media consumption?

[@guscfer157]

I disagree. Thinking about stuff before sleeping is actually good for memory management and proper control of attention spam and overall good decision making, that is, if you work around your thoughts instead of making yourself worried about how you day went and whatnot. You have to avoid to think about stuff that makes you agitated or anxious, like, if there's a burglar in the house or if you forgot to lock the door or if there's an evil spirit waiting for you to sleep to attack you, it will suck up all your energy and make you weak and sleepy in the next morning. If you can, try to think about stuff that is interesting and fun to think about, reflect about how you day went but in a constructive manner, avoid to feel shame or regret, your priority is to think about tomorrow, not today. My best advice would be to think about interesting or relaxing stuff, thoughts that don't antagonize your well being. That's how I do and I sleep like a rock.

[@TheDhammaHub]

@@guscfer157 That sounds a lot like distracting yourself... not thinking has a more profound effect than that... but is a bit harder to achieve

[@Whale15]

I love his advice on how to scream loudly at the wall for 35 min before sleep each night. Helped increase my REM.

[@OneEyedJackNLD]

2/2 REM: - It’s during dream sleep that we take all the existing information and start to collide it with new information we’ve learned. - Dimitri Mandalea (inventor periodic table) couldn’t figure it out without dream inspired insights. - ‘Sleep on it’ exists in all languages and cultures. - Edison -> Creativity -> steel balls in hands -> wake up due to noise and then write down creative ideas - In REM sleep some parts of the brain becomes 30% more active than when you’re awake. Visual, motor, memory, emotional parts increase..... One goes in the opposite direction: prefrontal cortex gets shut of (rational logical thinking) - REM: cardiovascular system goes through periods of dramatic acceleration and the other way around. Brain also paralyses your body. DRUGS: - Marihuana and alcohol are very good at blocking REM sleep. The need for dream sleep gets build up. When you get a night of sleep without -> crazy dreams (REM sleep rebound effect) - Alcohol is sedation. Not sleep. - Delirium Trems: alcoholics get dreams while being awake because they never get REM sleep. They get delirious. LIGHT AND DARKNESS - We are a dark deprived society at the moment. - Light can suppress the hormone melatonin that tells your brain when it’s dark and time to sleep - One hour of iPad reading before bed vs dimmed light and real book: delayed the release of melatonin by three hours. It’s also 50% less in terms of its peak. And furthermore you don’t get the same amount of REM sleep and feel less rested the next day. STRATEGIES GOING TO SLEEP - Regularity (go to bed and wake up same time) - Last hour before bed: reduce half of all the light in your house and avoid screens - Make it cold! Faster sleep and deeper REM. Paradox: warm feet and hands to charm the blood away from the core out to the surface and radiate that heat. Or take hot bath: vasodilation. All the blood rushes to the surface so your core body temperature plumates and makes you fall asleep sooner. (Hunter gatherer tribes wake up because of temperature and not because of the sun coming up) - Don’t go to bed too full or too hungry. - Diets that are high in sugar and low in fiber tend not to be good for sleep. You tend to have less deep sleep and more fragmented throughout the night. - Melatonin is useful when you’re travelling between time zones. Your internal clock is out of synch. You can fool your brain by making it think it’s dark. Once people are stable within a new time zone melatonin does not seem to help with sleep. That said: if people think it helps they should keep taking it -> placebo effect is the most reliable effect in all of pharmacology. Older people might benefit from nightly melatonine use. BEING AWAKE FOR A LONG TIME - After 20 hours of being awake you are as impaired cognitively as you would be if you were legally druk - Every 30 seconds there is a car accident linked to sleeplessness. Drowsy driving, it seems, kills more people on the roads then either alcohol or drugs combined. They are so deadly because when you are under slept you suffer from micro sleeps. With alcohol or drugs it’s a problem of later reaction. With sleep it’s NO reaction. - Amongst teenagers it’s the leading cause of death in most first world nations. Suicide is second. In Wyoming they shifted the school start times from 7:45 in the morning to 8:55 in the morning. There was a 70% reduction in car crashes the following year. The invention of ABS dropped it by 20-25%... KNOWLEDGEABLE FACTS: - Wakefulness causes low level brain damage and it’s sleep that offers a repair-arty function. - One half of your brain doesn’t sleep when sleeping in a foreign environment (threat detection system) - Non REM and REM (dream) sleep. Non REM consists of 4 stages. Three and four are most beneficial for health. - Dip after lunch: brain wave activity shows physiological alertness drop between 14 to 16 pm. Doesn’t depend on diet. Even if you don’t have lunch or a big lunch. - Took mother nature 3.6 million years to put the 8-hour necessity in place. - Sleep finds problem points in your motor skill (e.g. a part of a sequence on the piano that doesn’t flow nicely yet) - Practice with a night of sleep makes perfect! Rats -> Maze -> Motor skills. After a night of sleep you are 20/30% better in terms of your skilled performance than at the end of your training session the night before. - You can’t keep using naps to self medicate short sleep of 4/5 hours each night. Your brain has no capacity to regain all of the sleep it has lost. We discovered that you only get 4/5 hours back if you missed like 8 hours of sleep. - One out of two adults are not getting the recommended 8 hours of sleep. Almost one out of every three people are trying to survive on 6 hours or less. In 1942 average 7,9 hours of sleep. Now it is down to 6 hours and 31 minutes on average (adult in North America). - Under slept employees take on fewer work challenges overall. They end up taking the simple ones. Produces fewer creative solutions. They also slack of when they work in groups. Less sleep does not equal more productivity… Kinda strange that we overvalue employees that undervalue sleep. - Prefrontal cortex region (ration / logical) is one of the first to go when sleep deprived. Deep emotional part of the brain which is normally kept in control by that prefrontal cortex erupts in terms of the activity. - Your biological rhythm moves forward in time in the later stages of adolescences and adulthood. You want to go to bed later and wake up later. Biological impossible to fall asleep very early for example. - There’s a small fraction of 1% of the population that has a gene that allows them to survive on five hours of sleep. The chance to get struck by lighting is bigger. - Margret Thatches and Ronald Reagan -> heroic statements about how little sleep they got (4-5 hours) -> Both ended up developing Alzheimers... - We haven’t found counter measures for a lack of sleep. - ADHD has the same kind of features similar to sleep deprivation. That’s why some paediatricians diagnose certain kids with ADHD who are actually under slept. They also might just be suffering from sleep disordered breathing (tonsils). - On average doctors get about TWO hours of sleep education in the medical curriculum. While it’s a third of their patients lives. - Residents in medical industry itself: Why do we accept treatments from people who have been awake for more than twenty hours? Unfortunately we place our residents in this position of acting, operating and decision making under conditions of insufficient sleep. One in five medical residents will make a serious medical error due to insufficient sleep. One in twenty will kill a patient because of a fatigue related error… At this moment there well over 20.000 medical residents. The data is very clear about this. - When they changed the constant bright light in the neonatal intensive care unit those infants ended up having higher levels of oxygen regulation (they were sleeping better), there weight gain was dramatically increased and they ended up exiting the ICU five weeks earlier. - Sleep is the elixer of life - We are with sleep where we were with smoking 50 years ago. We have all of the evidence but the public is not aware of the science. - Independent research: A lack of sleep costs nations about 2% of their GDP (Gross Domestic Product)

[@UncompressedWAVmusic]

One Eyed Jack - Your answer is truly incredible and worth re-reading. I cut and pasted it into Word to study it. I already get quality sleep and love it and agree with you.

[@OneEyedJackNLD]

My 1/1 message keeps getting deleted. Pfffff what the hell is going on?

[@OneEyedJackNLD]

0,5/2 Ok....One more attempt to share my notes of the JRE podcast with this amazing man: ALL STAGES OF SLEEP ARE IMPORTANT. If sleep wouldn’t serve an absolutely vital function it is the biggest mistake the evolutionary process ever made. That counts for all of the stages of sleep. It’s been proven that all have unique and separate functions. Necessity of two hour dream sleep? When mother nature burns calories it’s usually for a reason.... We need to radically rethink the importance of sleep in education, business, the work place and in medicine. Sleep isn’t the third pillar of good health (amongst diet and excercise)…it’s the foundation on which those two other things sit. For example: if you’re dieting but not getting sufficient sleep….70% of all the weight that you’ll lose will come from lean body mass (muscle and not fat). Your body doesn’t want to give up it’s fat when under slept. Human beings are the only species that deliberately deprive themselves of sleep for no apparent reason. Mother nature has never faced the challenge of coming up with a safety net for lack of sleep. We’ve never been forced to come up with that solution. That’s why we get such demonstrable disease, sickness and impairment when we get a lack of sleep. Only animals under extreme starvation might deprive themselves a bit. That’s why people who vast receive this ancient trigger that you need to stay awake and hunt for food. Epidemiological studies across millions of people: - The shorter you sleep the shorter your life. Short sleep predicts all cause mortality..... - You’ll be dead sooner and the quality of that now shorter life will be significantly worse.

[@OneEyedJackNLD]

1/2 SLEEP 6 HOURS OR LESS: - (Below 7 hours objective impairments become visible) - Men who sleep 5-6 hours a night will have a level of testosterone which is that of someone 10 years older. Muscle strength, virility, sexual performance also suffer. - Insufficient sleep across the life span now seems to be one of THE most significant lifestyle factors determining whether or not you’ll develop Alzheimers. It’s during deep sleep at night: there’s a sewage system in the brain that kicks in high gear and cleanses the brain of all the metabolic toxins that have been built up during the day. One of those toxic sticky proteins that builds up is called beta amyloid. That’s one of the leading causes of underlying the mechanism of Alzheimers disease. So the less sleep across the life span the more of that toxic amyloid is building up night after night, year after year. - Your time to physical exhaustion drops up to 30%. - Lactic acid builds up quicker - The ability of the lungs to expire carbon dioxide and inhale oxygen decreases - The less you sleep the higher the risk of injury. Almost perfect linear correlation with top athletes (9 vs 5 hours of sleep: almost 60% bigger risk). Stability muscles decrease dramatically as well. - You’ll be dead sooner and the quality of that now shorter life will be significantly worse. - The link between a lack of sleep and cancer is quit strong. Insufficient sleep is linked to cancer of the bowel, prostate and breast... The association has become so powerful that the World Health Organization recently decided to classify any form of night time shift work as a probable cause for cancer. - The hormone Leptin (you’re full: stop eating!) gets suppressed by a lack of sleep. Ghrelin (the hunger hormone) increases! People who sleep 5-6 hours a night will on average eat between 200 and 300 extra calories each day because of the under slept state. That’s about 70.000 a year = 10/15 pounds of obese mass a year. You also eat more of the wrong things! Researched very well! Plot the rise of obesity over the last 70 years and plot on the same graph it goes in the opposite direction. As sleep time is declined obesity rates have increased. (Obesity also has other factors that cause it but sleep is a big one) - The number of people that can survive on 6 hours of sleep or less without showing any impairment is 0 .-) - You don’t know that you’re sleep deprived when you’re sleep deprived. - Study: gave people 4 hours of sleep each night. They saw a 70% decrease in critical anti cancer fighting immune cells called natural kilo cells. These are wonderful immune assassins that target malignant cells. We all produce cancer cells during the day. What prevents those cancer cells from becoming cancer is in part these natural kilo cells. After one night of 4 hours of sleep there is a remarkable state of immune deficiency. This is why insufficient sleep predicts cancer. - Cardiovascular system: all it takes is one hour. Daylight savings time…. In the spring when we lose an hour of sleep we see a subsequent 24% increase in heart attacks around the world. In the fall when we gain an hour we see a 21% decrease in heart attacks. That’s how fragile and vulnerable your body is regarding sleep. - It will even erode your DNA code: Group of healthy adults 6 hours of sleep for a week. They compared their profile of gene activity relative to when those same people were getting eight hours of sleep. Two critical results. First: a sizeable 711 genes were distorted in their activity. Second: half of those genes were increased in their activity…other half were suppressed. Those that were switched off by six hours of sleep were related to your immune response. So you become immune deficient. The ones that increased were ones related to the production of tumors, long term inflammation in the body and genes related to stress and as a consequence cardiovascular disease.

[@OneEyedJackNLD]

@@mrstedrow9782 thanks for all your kind words! I didn’t come up with this. I made notes while watching Matthew Walkers’ talk on the Joe Rogan Podcast. I found all his information mind blowing. So I want to take NO credit for this information in any way, shape or form. He is a king. Not me. Look me up on Intagram or Facebook. I’ll be more than willing to share my story with you. And how my one good eye was taken away by somebody else’s fireworks. It’s the DJ/Producer name I came up with 😀

[@violet99994]

After reading Mathew Walker’s book, I had completely modified my sleep pattern. Thanks Tom for bringing him, to throw some light on this much needed topic.

[@bageshwaradhamanubhavreact12]

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[@rickabrams3422]

too modest of a guest. both are true gentlemen, scholars and (possibly) drinkers of fine wine. you both are making the world a better place. thank you so much.

[@Phasma6969]

What helped my sleep the most is routine, early blue-light exposure (sunrise) and eating low carb + more meat and less plants. Don't forget to cut out inflammatory foods, this will vary on an individual-basis, for me that was dairy. I own Matthew Walkers' book, it's good and you should read it for a wake-up call ;P

[@deanontheinterwebs]

This is a great interview. I know that I need to get more sleep -- which for me I need to get to sleep earlier, as when I go to sleep late (2am or 3am, I do work until about midnight), once I wake up and see daylight, I don't want to keep sleeping. Great message here for me about doing that. I have found a couple of good ways to fall asleep -- Marisa Peer's KZbin vids have been helpful with language I tell myself to go to sleep. I also have an exercise I do where I imagine I'm sitting in a warm room completely surrounded by windows, and I place my racing thoughts outside the room, where they can zoom around outside the windows and leave me in peace and quiet. Surprisingly it helps me get to sleep even when my mind has been racing along at bed time. Another good way is to find a nice boring KZbin topic (in my case, day trading) and play a video on my phone (which I leave upside down, so I can hear it, not see it) -- then I find I drop off quickly -- like Tom's Audio book idea. When needed, I also had an app that kept my screen brightness super low. And yes -- bedroom just for sleeping, not watching TV or working on a laptop etc.

[@shawnchaudhri2889]

Holy hell this guy was my Professor at Cal. And is literally the reason why I freak out about not sleeping, while not being able to sleep ironically. Thanks Professor Walker yet again (awesome teacher though for real)

[@reshmar5886]

Wow.. were you lucky or what to have him teach!

[@thoticcusprime9309]

@@reshmar5886 nope

[@katisugarbaker7349]

Thank you for validating my experience! For decades i tried to explain what happened when I was working 3 jobs around age 27. I would go 36 hours without sleep and said my body defied me and dreamed while I was awake! “If you’re not going to sleep, I’m going to dream anyway”. The pictures unfolding in front of me were just like my dream movies. So I KNOW this is true. But some people thought I was confabulating. How obvious it was once I went through it a few times. Makes me begin thinking about what’s happening with the brains of regular hallucinators, like schizophrenics.

[@lisayoga]

Me too...It's scary!!!!

[@tyedye.9]

I watched this video and am extremely discouraged. Right about at the 42:00 mark, Mr. Walker begins talking about sleep inertia. I have never heard of that before, but it is exactly how I feel upon waking, no matter when I go to bed or how much sleep I get. I've always thought this meant I wasn't sleeping well, but when the sleep expert here says he suffers from it as well, I feel hopeless. To hear that it is, "normal and real" doesn't solve any problems for me. Now I feel fated to never feeling refreshed when I wake up. Great. Thanks for the good news.

[@Alice_Walker]

Matt Walker is awesome. So passionate, knowledgeable, fascinating and accessible. Couldn't recommend his book more highly!

[@AndrewCameron77]

Yup audiobook’s has made the biggest affect on my sleep. I’ve been a brutal sleeper my for as long as I can remember. Now at 45, the last year and a 1/2 has been a game changer in sleeping just because of audiobooks. First it started with books of Movies that I’ve seen and instead of the TV on, listen to the book and play the movie in my mind. Now it’s endless books and loving it.

[@xmx005]

Very interesting, I struggle with chronic pain etc and it majorly effects my sleep...then the lack of sleep leads to more health issues. Finding ways to improve the quality of my sleep is constant journey.

[@ResetByGrace]

This dialogue got me so hooked that I couldn't turn it off. I learned a lot and loved how he answered all questions even those that he wasn't asked.

[@lauratabares9143]

I’m 21 with quite a good life but have been suffering from chronic insomnia for 6 months now. All these facts freak me out but all this info and Matt’s book I hope will be helpful over time. Please, You folks who willingly sleep deprive yourselves, set up your routine and try to find a balance among all the things you have to do throughout the day. Think of the privilege of going to bed and actually falling asleep a whole night. You have no idea how priceless it is!

[@pjmurphy920]

It is priceless to be able to go to bed and go to sleep right away! That is something to be grateful for! I have had insomnia for about 5 or 6 years. Indica THC so far, has helped the most, I think.

[@lisayoga]

Don't worry--try yoga! And yoga nidra before bed, and unloading all your problems down on paper :) You're nice and young and can totally change things now and have many blessed decades of good sleep and health ahead :)

[@Catalystresource]

If you have quite a good life as you say and you're not stressed and being disturbed by anxiety, then look into some of the obvious things especially for your generation. You've probably heard of all this already but eliminate screen time 1-hour before bed or use blue light protection lenses on computer and phone. Have absolutely no light in the bedroom or wear an eye mask (even a thin sock will do) and wear earplugs if there is any noise or remove ticking clocks and close windows in the early morning. Unplug electrical devices as much as possible and definitely do not have the phone or internet near you - put it on airplane mode if it is close by. No food or stimulants in the evening and that includes sodas, sugars and obviously caffeine and even alcohol turns into sugar once it breaks down in the body even though it initially feels sedating. Smoking pot may help you get to sleep but it has been found to interrupt deep sleep, tho CBD oil separately is excellent for sleep.

[@danacarpender2287]

As a life-long insomniac -- even as a small child I cannot recall simply lying down and falling asleep -- and one who is medicated for it, I listened to the audiobook of Why We Sleep with fascination and growing concern. I have recommended it to many. I need to get a sleep study.

[@2369drew]

Einstein was known to over sleep well his sleep is perfect 10 hrs while we are under sleeping at so called 8 hrs. He even took naps on top of those 10 hrs.

[@RobinsonWamaeGlobal]

WATCHING from KENYA 🇰🇪

[@nitahudson343]

I use a sleep meditation from Michael Sealey or Jason Stephenson on KZbin to help me wind down and get to sleep. I also restart it if I wake up in the middle of the night. They really help!

[@vanessavalencia3446]

Jason Stephenson is amazing. I really prefer his calm voice to many others!

[@laurahoffman4991]

Audio books are my trick too for falling back asleep in the middle of the night. Previously, I was wide awake with a racing mind for hours on end. Using the audio book, I usually fall back asleep before my 35 min sleep timer turns off the book. Also, I purchased sleep headphone and don't even notice them any more.

[@thecatvirusgotme889]

I love the audiobooks with professional orators. I find a great voice makes a big difference for enjoyment and to help me fall asleep.

[@chrisE815]

Never heard of sleep headphones. Now they are in my wish list. Thanks for the idea!

[@artm3961]

Last century psychology books do it for me.

[@Proverbs-fz6xo]

@@chrisE815 that is awesome. I'm definitely getting them.

[@pamelabrown3058]

Currently listening to Robert Monroe's, JOURNEY OUT OF THE BODY on Audible

[@princeekeson12]

I was told, "When you have a problem, sleep on it". Makes sense.

[@deepakdedhia2232]

My 20 yr old son and I have always believed that sleep is just a waste. This video was tremendously informative and made a lot of sense. Though we both don't have a problem falling asleep we always avoid it till it gets overpowering. No more! Thanks a lot.

[@scottkeefe5573]

Matthew Walker, Texas Ranger. The geeky Chuck Norris. Sorry, I had to. I love this guy!

[@IAMONELUVNOW]

I have experienced dreaming while I was awake driving. I had to pull over. Literally the dream state takes over your vision. I had gotten use to doing it in high school doing math. Teacher would ask me a question and I would answer correctly without out doing the problem. My eyes were open but not open. So I recognized it when driving at night long distance. Anyway, yeah a veil just washes over you. You have to know it's happening to you to pull yourself out of that state.

[@DRLAMMCHOP]

Whoever disliked this didn’t get enough sleep

[@gabriel.rieper]

I was thinking the same

[@simpleman7203]

Quite understanable

[@janet5360]

Hahaha, touché

[@baybay1056]

I believe the dislikes got tired of his interruption, and then talking about himself. I just didn't do an up or down.

[@bageshwaradhamanubhavreact12]

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[@Britishbluecats]

Vitamin D3/K2 during the day time, Magnesium Glycinate L-Threonate Taurate combination, Valerian Root and cup of Camomile tea before the bed time helps me stay asleep. Also keep your bedroom as dark as possible, to help your pineal gland release melatonin.

[@arttez8068]

When I was 21 years old I had two jobs I was sleeping only 2 hours a night actually a 30 minute nap at home and other time on the train. Also to add I wasn’t eating healthy at all after 3 weeks I contracted a bacterial infection. I had to go to the hospital and the doctor told me if I would’ve waited two days I would’ve died. From that day I made healthy eating and sleep a priority in my life. Sleep is very important!

[@annaheslop2786]

"Being awake is low level brain damage" LOL OMG . I loved this interview, found it fascinating, thank you.

[@easypeasy1216]

Eating whole foods...kicking high carb foods, junk food, industrial seed oils, grains, sugar to the curb, cured my 40+ years of insomnia. I'm 62, and never felt better. Getting a good night's sleep is of utmost importance to me, along with a proper human diet.

[@johnny970]

I've been dying for years feeling like a zombie not knowing I was having 105 episodes an hour while sleeping...now on C-PAP starting to slowly feel better. Thanks God.

[@brothaman1571]

Just go on a 3-5 day fast every 7 days until you feel better

[@kristenhansen1843]

You mean of course "Thanks, CPAP machine manufacturer"

[@Icarus-I37]

Look up Mewing. A method relating to orthodontics and "oral posture." The bottom line is to keep your tongue on the roof of your mouth.

[@keenansubramoney4920]

Mathew walker cured my sleep problem , I used to think I had insomnia.But actually if you listen to what he says about the circadian rhythm, your body can believe your in a totally different time zone.The solution for me was flooding my room with light in the morning .

[@Dr.Asif.Rasool]

Wow

[@Dr.Asif.Rasool]

Any specific color?

[@carloscastanheiro2933]

Fascinating, I loved this video. What an amazing human being,I loved when he said, read the book, you don't have to buy it, I didn't do it for the money, really shows how good of a person he is, bless him and bless you Tom, you're an amazing interviewer and always bring us fascinating and interesting wisdom. I'm very grateful, I wish I could afford to support your channel but I'm unemployed at the moment. Much love from Portugal and thank you so much.

[@carloscastanheiro2933]

@Swargam Sathvik Lol

[@carloscastanheiro2933]

@Swargam Sathvik Give to someone else, I can't pay.

[@bageshwaradhamanubhavreact12]

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[@Eadwine9]

I was impressed by that too

[@ellanola6284]

Carlos, shareTom's channel with your friends.More people need to know about his great interviews.

[@kylewoodcreations]

As an artist I was so proud of wearing the "Barely any sleep badge", especially when I was young. Wow! this is an eye-opener. I will no longer fight sleep! And I will be getting that book, probably on audible if available. Have a creative day!

[@the1stime]

As an artist myself I agree. Most creatives I know have an enormous amount of curiosity, observing everything and every detail. Inspiration comes in many forms and it’s hard to turn that off. I’m trying to incorporate a bedtime routine but some nights my brain is lighting up like a christmas tree.

[@RicardoBravo]

A medal Of humility for the guest who just wants you to read the book without buying! 🙏

[@trishwere141]

@Biblical Presciptions For Life jeez this scammer is also here! Smh!!

[@RV-there-Yet]

@@trishwere141 We have to keep reporting them, or they will never go away! Click the 3 dots, report as "Unwanted Content/Spam" & youtube will at least get the reports & start noticing. With you on that~ they drive me nuts, btwn the fake God ones & the x-rated, errgghh!

[@tmpEngine]

@Biblical Presciptions For Life oh its that nigerian rich prince scam now they use god... if u fall for it i guess u really deserve it

[@kaiulanisallas9005]

Wasn’t he the cutest. Oh my goodness. Those last few minutes were precious.

[@TheLeon1032]

ive had 12 hrs sleep the last 4 nights, everything feels smooth n well coordinated n its quite a buzz actually, I'm extremely interested in the timings. i often get 12 hrs actually but it starts at around 1am I've felt like crap for months and very low creativity, but the last 4 nights i was so bored i went to bed at 11 and i swear its made way more impact, im rested, focused and full of spunk, im going to try and create something today, maybe some music, this podcast was so unique, the timing is hilarious, thank you everyone

[@bageshwaradhamanubhavreact12]

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[@Fefe559]

omg, great podcast!! and ME TOO!!! I wake up ever night at 3-4 am... so annoying! So the ONLY THING that puts me back to sleep is a audiobook, OR A REALLY LONG PODCAST, like a university lecture on something, and hopefully someone who doesn't yell. WORKS LIKE A CHARM every time, no visuals please. Talking. I have so much anxiety and existential dread at 3am, I cant be thinking about my life at that time of day. I just will never sleep. One foot in tomorrow, (fear) and one in yesterday (regret etc) over the past is like pissing all over today (or the morning, cuz my day is trash without sleep! lol

[@bageshwaradhamanubhavreact12]

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[@reshmar5886]

Walker talks with such clarity and deep content.. why, I would be happy to buy a first-hand copy of his book. Thoroughly enjoyed this educative talk ♡

[@jasoncrump1886]

Really appreciate this podcast and all your guests Tom. Your a great man. Your helping more than you know my brother.

[@Bravosmom1]

Fantastic episode!! Thank you! My cardiologist, Dr Stanley Rockson, also at Stanford Hospital in Palo Alto, told me that my pulmonary hypertension is mostly caused from sleep apnea!!!! I have lymphedema and it is all tied together. Soooo sleep is priority…it’s the first thing on my bucket list ! 😊⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@patrickmork]

Read his book - Why We Sleep. It was a life changer and I've improved my life SO much since reading it and putting it's recommendations into practice

[@niyigenr]

I have this book; have had it for over 2 years. Definitely revisiting it again. 🙏🏾

[@superNowornever]

Even if I sleep 6 hours (my max), it's always in increments, sometimes as many as 4, with hour long waking periods in between. I really believe that disrupted sleep plays the largest role in my health issues.

[@walterscott2286]

The fuller, more enjoyable and stimulating your day, the more likely you are to have a deep and satisfying night's sleep. It seems like nobody talks about this, but only recommend silly rituals, mind games, movements, etc. to do, relating directly to the sleeping phase of living. These artificial promptings hardly ever work. I say the emphasis should not even be about the sleeping itself! Sleeping will take care of itself--if you will only pay heed to giving yourself a very active, energetic, stimulating, fully enjoyable day! Again, pay almost exclusive attention to the quality of your DAY! Then good, deep, natural sleep should follow.

[@joannavvark909]

Me too !!

[@louiswestra8403]

Do you follow a strict sleeping shedule? For that really helped alot!

[@InUrGirl]

Rem sleep just starts to begin around 3 hours into sleep so if you only get 4 hours of sleep you are only getting like 1 hour of REM which is terrible bro

[@MegaK111]

Matt Walker, what a cool and modest person!! I love to listen to him, and I love Tom Bilyeu as well. Hats off for both of you!!

[@RozzaMindset]

Great guest! Gratitude brings peace and helps a lot for a good sleep! Thank you for sharing with us 🌟

[@yadurocky]

Tom is really amazing interviewer ❤ My biggest challenge is - I think its waste of time and I procrastinate to sleep. With this book now I am waking up.

[@andrewjohnson6716]

The longest I ever went without a full night sleep was 86 hours. He is not joking about the hallucinations. There are serious and terrifying.

[@hassanhussain9515]

What did you see?

[@andrewjohnson6716]

@@hassanhussain9515 I honesty, that would be hard to describe. The really disturbing things were Lovecraftian horrors encrouching all around the periphery of my vision. Some people see illusions of regular objects or people. I saw amorphous tenticular masses squirming around the edge of my vision.

[@bzzi]

I went 36+ hours working on an ad in motion graphics. Around 33h in, when I looked at my monitor, I saw giraffes running across the screen, and told my co-worker about it. He looked at me weird, because he was also sleep deprived and seeing things too, but kept quiet :)

[@marianogilglz9049]

Once I worked 72 hours straight without zero hours sleep, that was when I was young. I did not felt tired at at all, I had very high endurance back then, not anymore at 53. Being young is a god given treasure.

[@bzzi]

@@marianogilglz9049 Youth is wasted on the young :)

[@heathermilnes7744]

Funny thing is that several years ago, in the middle of the night, when I couldn’t sleep, I switched on my phone went onto KZbin and searched for ‘what helps me to sleep better’. I started listening to 15 minute KZbin videos in the middle of the night in an effort to get back to sleep. I now fall every night with a KZbin video playing in the background. It was constantly searching for new interesting videos to listen to that brought me to this channel in the first place. I no longer suffer from insomnia but luckily I do listen to lots of Tom’s podcasts which are always so interesting (even then I still manage to fall asleep in the middle of them, usually :) Thanks Tom

[@captainobvious1252]

Thank you God for sleep 😊

[@gloriansien]

Right 😊😊

[@debbiepalmer1094]

I was on SSRI antidepressants for a while for anxiety and they really messed up my sleep. I'm sleeping so much better now that I'm off them. Check online that your medication isn't causing your insomnia, it's not always listed as a side effect on the pamphlet that comes with the tablets.

[@angelot2116]

Such a powerful episode with so many answers for mental or body “issues”. Easy to understand and apply in daily basis. Thank you for sharing this message, hopefully will help hundreds to improve their mental state.

[@michael_mackley]

Having pessimistic and negative thoughts at night is common, but in my experience the opposite is true also. I've had seemingly brillant, revolutionary, exciting ideas late at night only to have those ideas brought back to reality during the light of day and then seem only mundane or unrealistic.

[@thaile100]

Dream is an art by itself.

[@rickbiessman6084]

Not even 10 minutes in and I’m SO fascinated that I want to listen to the entire episode... even though I should really go to bed. :D

[@BuddyRathmell]

Tom, I know it sounds crazy but a cold shower often helps me to go back to sleep when I wake up in the middle of the night. The reason I think is that it lowers your body temperature to sleeping temperature and I've read it pulls blood away from your brain and slows down your thinking. Anyway, just thought you might want to try it. I learned it one weekend on a prayer retreat and it probably accounts for an extra 3-4 hours of sleep a week for me.

[@user-sn7yj7me4q]

A variation of this has worked for me as well. I put a very cold compress first on the back of my neck, knees, and back. It cools me down and I go back to sleep like a baby.

[@ryanbrown1181]

Cold showers also help relax you as you are in a way mediating---focusing on the cold. Cold showers have forever changed my life.

[@bageshwaradhamanubhavreact12]

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[@walterscott2286]

The opposite is also recommended to help people fall asleep: take a 10 minute warm shower or warm bath before bed. I believe this works because the warm water not only helps you feel more relaxed, but also causes your body's core temperature to drop a bit in reaction to the outer heat from the water. Cold showers are great! I understand it causes Dopamine (the "feel good") neurotransmitter in the brain to be released. For me, cold showers in the morning are a good way to rouse me out of my deep sleep stupor. But, I'd be interested to try a cold shower as you suggested, in order to get back into sleep mode. Thanks!

[@BuddyRathmell]

@@walterscott2286 Yes agreed. I have read that about 90 minutes before bed it's good to take a warm shower. I have tried it and still do sometimes but for me personally, the results haven't been as dramatic as the cold shower to get back to sleep.

[@hydat1]

what a brilliant and kind man

[@bageshwaradhamanubhavreact12]

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[@msgemmasgems]

I love these interviews. So many great guests. Also really appreciate the tabs you have created at the bottom of the screen. 😄👍🏻Excellent!!

[@richardordonez8331]

21:45 21:50 now that was a powerful statement. The little smile at the end was a nice edit.

[@pearlgirl5643]

It’s so synchronicitious to come across this, thanks to Uncle Al(gorithm) after just wondering today, following a particularly rejuvenating sleep, why I seem to need so much sleep and what I’m doing during all those “lost” hours. Brilliant podcast to listen to while I do yoga🙏

[@lisayoga]

And thank goodness you do yoga! I should do more before bed too!

[@kellycalvert3941]

Tom and Lisa have changed my 57 year old LIFE!!! Love you guys!! Always take care of yourself. I know you do.

[@juddotto3660]

Lots of love from South Africa 🥳❤️🇿🇦

[@akeshmaharaj3378]

Same here from the beautiful city of Durban South Africa

[@mskatefish]

@@akeshmaharaj3378 me too!

[@MaggieLoveMTC]

I listen to audiobooks to fall asleep. I try to stick to the same book until I need to listen to something else. I cannot sleep with ear pods on though, so I put the phone under or behind my pillow with very low volume so as not to bother my husband but where I can make out what is being said. This has helped me the most with falling asleep.

[@sutters7251]

I bought a sleep headband from Amazon priced between 10-20 £/$ awesome product. I also use it when I’m on nights as you can skip it down as an eye mask to block light out.

[@elisafrye2115]

I’ve read his book and it IS truly life changing. (Tom, your interviews are always excellent, but they seem to be getting even more impressive with each new one! )

[@thearodriguez5251]

His guests are great he interrupts too much.

[@leamaka2082]

@@thearodriguez5251 I guess I am not the only one thinking that. Tom keeps interrupting his guests, goes tangentially asking questions that are always technical in nature. That’s why I unsubscribed from his channel as he is particularly annoying. And he thinks he is so smart. Pathetic!!! In this video, I was still at the beginning, about 13 minutes or so when Tom interrupted his guest to go on asking him about MDMA, like we, the public, are supposed to know what MDMA is. He should have let his guest talk and eventually, it might have come naturally in the conversation as it progressed. But no, Tom had to interrupt at the beginning to show off his knowledge. I also saw the beginning of two other of his videos with other guests, and the minute Tom starts talking and goes tangentially into technicalities, the guests immediately get tired, their eyes start blinking as if they were going to fall asleep. I don’t know why Tom’s videos popped up on my KZbin fed as I unsubscribed from him. It must have to do with the subject and/or the guests. In any case, I just watched the beginning out of curiosity until I couldn’t take it any more. Additionally, the guests go on other podcasts so I can listen to them with with more attentive hosts, hosts who don’t show off.

[@marybusch6182]

Absolutely great dialogue between the two people. Love the questions and the perspectives.

[@Christymerferd]

“Sleep that knits up the raveled sleeve of care.” I’m pretty unraveled according to my Fitbit.

[@carolleeanne1567]

He's so very interesting, yet so humble.

[@brianbigtop]

Who else got this recommended to them at 2am in the morning?? Hahah!

[@SamuelAlder]

me

[@superNowornever]

4:30 AM

[@pamelamartin3568]

When my mind won't relax, I take a deep breath and hold it for a few seconds. Take in a little more air then let it out. Doing that gets me to start yawning then I'm relaxed to fall asleep. Sometimes I start yawning when I pull in the last bit of air before I release it. This might sound crazy, but it works, at least for me

[@jcub247]

For the past 8 years I've gotten about 4 hrs of sleep. Sometimes I get 8 on weekends. The last 3 months I've only been able to get maybe 2 or 3 hrs a night. No wonder I'm depressed

[@Diabolical3010]

Not trying to be a pessimist but you'll have to work on yourself a lot to improve that, it's probably going to be very hard. My dad is going through it so i know

[@jcub247]

@@Diabolical3010 yeah I've been trying. Well maybe not as had as I should. I'm gone from home 6 am until 11pm 5 days a week for work so I stay up late because its my only "me time"

[@Diabolical3010]

6 am to 11pm omg.

[@SaransCortex]

@@jcub247 what's your work line mate

[@jcub247]

@@whiteninja9481 kind of starting to lose it I think...

[@alicekok2122]

20 years ago, I've lost my late husband to a fatal car accident. Our children were 2 & 4 yo. Being one who were beaten few times a day, everyday as a child (trauma of childhood abuse), one could imagine my devastation when I lost my 'Tree'. I remember that for a good 2 months, if, I ever get any sleep, he would appear in my dreams, taking me in his arms, comforting me and he would take us to places that seems foreign. These past 20yrs, I've worked very very hard to raise our children. Sleep was barely 5 hrs per day. And in that space of time, when I do feel terribly sad, lonely and or sick, he would appear in my Dreamland and trust me, it's the best therapy. I totally agree on dream as emotional therapy. For the past 4-years, I'm trying to increase the hours of sleep as I'm getting to be incredibly forgetful 😑. THANK YOU for this expert session.

[@katarinamorvai4480]

The most helpful and information-packed interview in a long time.

[@lisayoga]

He's such a great guy! And great scientist! Gives GREAT advice and he's very humble! My sleep patterns are ATROCIOUS, so if I'm not too far-gone, he may be saving my life! I just wish it was his voice on the audiobook, cause I can't handle the voice of the guy whose reading it!! So, I bought the paperback and did his Masterclass :) Oh, and when I wake up in the middle of the night, I just do reiki on myself to fall back asleep! AND to avoid having my usual nightmares, I speed-write a journal of all my problems before I go to bed--about a page or so and unload them from my brain. REALLY helps. So does reading a good book to get my brain in a different groove! :) Meditation can help too :) AND writing a gratitude list :) I don't have insomnia, but I should have gotten out of my university-days habit of going to bed at 1am or later!

[@ElenaRata-iv5pk]

You’re so lucky!!

[@absta100]

I can not thank you enough for this episode Tom. I won’t bore you with the details but you have reconfirmed everything I knew was right and which someone was trying to tell me wasn’t the case. Thank you again.🙏🏻 its not a stretch to say you’ve saved my sanity.

[@bageshwaradhamanubhavreact12]

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[@lisayoga]

Saved me too! :)

[@theunscraven812]

I cannot believe...this VERY informative talk is in 2021....and in 2005 The Essex institute of Hypnosis in Bristol, under lead of David Newton, already knew and used this information regarding rem in Clinical Hypnotherapy very successfully. Especially with rapid change and trauma treatment. Just shows you the quality of practice!

[@ایرانوطنم-و4ظ]

Whatever happens to you has a reason. If you can't sleep, don't force it your body is correcting itself. The more you are anxious about it the more it drives you crazy. Accept the changes and relax. It's nothing wrong with you. Your body and mind does what it supposed to. Nothing is permanent. Give yourself time, you'll be fine. We have access to too many opinions by media and everyone is confused. The best way to survive this world is to be relax and accept. Don't allow yourself to be overwhelmed by these opinions. No one has experienced what you had, so no one knows what the solution is. Relax and don't worry. Some people get rich by your fear and anxiety. Listen to those who are positive. Don't get caught up with fancy words. Life is simpler than what these people talk about.

[@JC-fx3wh]

Great words buddy! I agree constant worrying leads to insomnia.

[@ElenaRata-iv5pk]

I agree with this

[@biblicalgodisonlytruegod]

Now that I don’t take my vitamins late in day, I sleep so much better!!! (Also no water so I don’t get up for the bathroom.) Sleeping sound straight for 9 hrs… and I wake up feeling great! I am making it the most important part of my life!

[@arrilmikeigot2786]

2 minutes in, I'm sleeping guys XD I'm gonna watch this tomorrow XD

[@tumimokoena4404]

😂🙌

[@footwalk688]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@archilizer2946]

What a wonderful human being! Honestly!

[@FishLubber]

Great video, thanks. You should let your interviewees finish their thoughts.

[@sarahepearce]

Great talk, as a someone who suffers delusional sleep deprivation every few years

[@airquetrindade8192]

Tom Bilyeu is such a great interviewer. That's Amazing!

[@brendapaint]

what a humble man. Thank you!

[@StephenVTran]

Daylight savings time is a sham. Just gotta get that off my chest

[@CerveloDoug]

I have intracranial brain pressure 24/7 that gets even worse when I recline. This pressure makes sleep extremely difficult so I lie awake for hours every night. This has been true for over 20 years for me.

[@staciewhite6442]

I'm so sorry. I have this too. I was just diagnosed last summer. The pain is excruciating.

[@karagraham9764]

Have you tried a wedge pillow? It keeps you at a 45 degree angle. Sooo helpful?

[@Limitlessluckyunique888]

how long is your sleep now?

[@michellekenny6577]

I adore his humbleness wow what an amazing speaker and individual

[@kristofkovacsRisy]

I usually sleep at least 8 hours and wake up slowly. Sometimes when I'm excited/highly motivated (also stressed also?) I sleep less, but can work immediately after waking up. However, I get tired doing that daily, when I go back to my "usual self". This was confusing, but I'm starting to understand it more.

[@timmah3496]

I always thought memories were recorded in the brain and stored in their original form. Essentially everything you have ever seen is saved somewhere.. It is just a matter of unlocking the brain to retrieve these recordings. Some ppl already have this ability and can recall what they were doing on any given day of their life!

[@deanmindock3680]

I think memories are stored throughout the body. There are stories of heart transplant patients recalling things that happened to the source of the new heart. You are right about everything being stored away. Even small details are all there. The brain and human body are beyond amazing.

[@luchiayoung]

Only if you are ages 0-6 or 7 when you can not think abstractly.

[@Vampirebear13]

Okay 8 minutes of this was more than enough. He started off basically saying sleeping is stupid, the proceeded to explain why it's important. Sleep is the body's healing method, especially mentally & emotionally. I NEVER get any "rest", I "sleep" in "fits" of 10 to 60 minutes & of course, my severe depression has become extremely over whelming.

[@gautamnandu5420]

I’ve been waiting for this episode this guy is Amazing. I read his book it just changed my whole perception about sleep and just as I expected Tom did a great job as well. Loved the episode 😍😍

[@bageshwaradhamanubhavreact12]

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[@youkasiia]

I LOVE this video, your guest and you, TOM! Thanku you so very much! Life and my knolage would be poorer without you. You ar eart of may almost every week, and sometimes of my every day, BEST REGARDS to you, to Mr Walker and to lovely and smart LISA ! Greetings from Stockholm.

[@elauadeinsf]

It's such a great interview with such a lot of insight. For any insomniacs I would only add (as one who was an insomniac once) that good full sleep requires harmony. I found my harmony by being sensible with my body: so I make sure I walk for an hour or more a day. Stress: is stress natural or artificial in your life? If artificial then choose Play - it's much better for you - be much kinder to yourself. And hot cocoa is better than coffee or tea near bedtime. And for me these things produce the necessary harmony and about my insomnia which lasted nearly two years? well, I haven't seen a trace of it for nearly 10 years. * re exercise: do you really think we evolved to sit in chairs all day, really?

[@Vicky_ana]

What did you do to recover your sleep ?

[@elauadeinsf]

@@Vicky_ana it is there in my comment friend - I fully eliminated stress from my life, was kinder to myself in all things, stopped some bad habits, it took a month to slowly get into a more playful and kinder routine, but stress is what you have to get rid of, that, your reaction to daily events and also what has happened to you - bring change to that. I hope this helps!

[@sayusayme7729]

So true, so simple ✌️

[@akashghosh1928]

What a great person, immensely happy and delighted to meet Dr.Walker