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Improve Your Sleep with These Simple Tips I E12 Lee Chambers

Author
Justin Peters
Published
Mon 06 Jul 2020
Episode Link
https://fiminded.captivate.fm/episode/improve-your-sleep-with-these-simple-tips-i-e12-lee-chambers

Today’s guest is Lee Chambers, a Workplace Wellness Consultant that wants to help people live a healthier version of themselves.


At a critical time in his life with a young child and a pregnant wife at home, he lost the ability to walk. After 11 months of rehabilitation, he regained mobility and decided to start a coaching business called Essentialise.


During our conversation, Lee shares advice on practical ways to improve your sleep including caffeine curfews and bedroom optimization.


 


Key Takeaways:


[2:17] Why Lee started Essentialise


[8:08] How Lee responded when he lost the ability to walk


[20:25] Lee’s thoughts on the culture around sleep deprivation


[31:16] Strategies for balancing coffee and alcohol with sleep optimization


[36:30] How to redesign your bedroom to optimize your sleep


 


Favorite Quotes:


[9:52] You get a lot of time to reflect when you’re stuck in a hospital bed and can’t move.


[12:06] By the time she’s walking, god dammit I’m going to be walking too.


[25:03] In the past 10 years people have started to realize sleep is the fundamental driver of health and performance.


[37:55] Your bedroom should be for sleep and sex.


[45:05] We don’t even embrace boredom anymore.


 


More of Lee:


Instagram: @essentialisecoach


Website: https://www.essentialise.co.uk/


Website: https://leechambers.org/


YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClTzVmPvXM09HB7uL-gWPag/


 


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