Improve your Sleep with Physician Meeta Singh

Dr. Meeta Singh joins us on this week’s episode of the podcast. Dr. Meeta Singh is a board-certified physician focused on the applied science of sleep. Her approach concentrates on improving sleep health with the aim of enhancing physical and mental performance, health, and quality of life. She has a clinical practice where she is a service chief of sleep medicine and section head and medical director at the Henry Ford Sleep Center in Michigan. She is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She also serves as a Consultant for multiple NFL, NBA, NHL, and MLB teams. She has worked with college sports teams, large organizations and CEO’s aiming for success in this world. In this episode, we discuss setting yourself up for success from a sleep perspective (6:00), how she thinks about sleep (9:00), how everything relates to sleep (12:30), sleep and the medical field (17:00), circadian rhythms (21:20), NBA schedule and sleep (23:50), her life as a kid (25:10), why psychiatry (28:50), what the art of what she does looks like (33:30), how to be an effective sleeper on the road (37:40), setting your schedule (43:00), what she does when working with a sports team (47:20), exposing yourself to light (50:00), darkness at night and brightness in the morning (51:30), what to do if you’re having difficulty sleeping (54:30), working smarter and not harder (58:40), working with sports coaches (1:01:10), why we sometimes feel better when waking up earlier (1:08:30), and what she does to be her best (1:09:30). Thank you to Meeta for coming on the podcast. We encourage you to check out her website https://meetasinghmd.com/, and find her on social media on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram. I wrote a book called “Shift Your Mind” that will be coming out in October 2020, and you can pre-order on Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Additionally, I have launched a company called Strong Skills, and I encourage you to check out our new website https://www.strongskills.co/. If you liked this episode and/or any others, please follow me on Twitter: @brianlevenson or Instagram: @Intentional_Performers. Thanks for listening. -Brian