Master Your Sleep & Be More Alert When Awake
What it is
Andrew Huberman's podcast episode on what makes us sleepy, helps us sleep soundly and keeps us alert. It lays out the science and a set of behavioral tools such as light timing.
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN users repeatedly credit it with fixing their sleep, especially its advice on morning light and dimming lights in the evening.
- 7 people recommended it
- 7 different months
- 4 strong recommendations
- first 2021, last 2024
What HN commenters said
“The whole podcast is great.”
Detailed brain explanations, several episodes devoted to sleep
makison, 2021-06 · Strong recommendation · in “Why Can’t I Sleep?”
“I highly recommend it. The key is light.”
Fixed sleep via light timing from this episode
yamrzou, 2021-11 · Strong recommendation · in “Ask HN: How did you correct your sleep patterns?”
“I followed the Huberman protocol for sleep [1] and daily tools [2], with profound results.”
Huberman sleep protocol sped burnout recovery
musesum, 2022-01 · Strong recommendation · in “Ask HN: Burned Out. What Now?”
“This episode in particular is what started me down the path to correcting my sleep”
This episode started fixing the commenter's sleep problems
moshferatu, 2022-02 · Strong recommendation · in “Ask HN: Sleep supplements that worked for you (excluding melatonin)”
“Prof Andrew Huberman has some good tips[2].”
Huberman has good tips on sleep and body needs
afarrell, 2021-01 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: How To Overcome Information Addiction?”
“Andrew Huberman's video on sleep is also quite good”
Good video on sleep
slothtrop, 2021-06 · Recommendation · in “Why Can’t I Sleep?”
“Andrew Huberman goes to great extent explaining the effects of pretty much everything related to neurobiology”
Huberman explains how blue light affects sleep
mabil, 2021-10 · Recommendation · in “Blue light from monitors no danger to eyes or sleep”
Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.
Topics: sleep, huberman, circadian rhythm, light exposure, neuroscience
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