The Sleep Is A Skill Podcast

Amanda is an alcohol-free lifestyle expert. She’s a holistic life coach, speaker and author living, working and playing in Austin, TX. As a coach, Amanda helps ambitious, soul-centered women stop drinking and start manifesting the life they deserve and desire.

She teaches a modern approach to personal development, self-actualization and spiritual enlightenment through the lens of elective sobriety. Amanda’s first book, Unbottled Pot...

Ulrich Dempfle, CEO and co-founder of CAROL, built on his background in mechanical engineering to develop the world’s only Reduced Exertion HIIT (REHIT) bike, alongside leading exercise researchers. 

Ulrich heads up all aspects of product development at CAROL—from data science to software and hardware. Making him the perfect person to talk you through the science and technology behind CAROL’s signature workout.
 

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🚴 The Caro...

Dr. Gominak grew up and attended college in California, moved to Houston for medical school at Baylor College of Medicine, where she received an MD degree in 1983. Her Neurology residency was done at the Harvard affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. She practiced Neurology in the San Francisco Bay area from 1991-2004 then moved with her husband to Tyler, Texas.

Starting in 2004 she began to dedicate more of her practi...

Peter Adams, Senior executive manager with consistent track record of high achievement in Europe, USA and Canada. Depth of experience in the building of technology based organizations, quickly developing and implementing strategies and creating market awareness. Experience developed through blue chip, startup, and consulting organizations plus management of independent business. Consistently exceeds targets within budget limits. Ex...

Introducing Shyla Smith, the visionary founder of Muslin Comfort, a Central California-based, family-owned, and operated B2C company that has become a true e-commerce "unicorn." Shyla, an attorney by profession, embarked on a remarkable journey, leading her business to unprecedented success, with sales soaring from $162K in 2019 to an impressive $14.5 million in 2022.

The inception of Muslin Comfort can be traced back to May 2018 wh...

NOA|AON, also known as Pavel Stuchlik. Pavel is an ex-professional cyclist, an expert in self-realization technique and application, an internationally conscious DJ/producer, serial impact entrepreneur and investor, certified Ambassador of Peace, and Wim Hof Instructor.

As the founder of NOA|AON, Pavel's mission is to bring people back to their center and connect them with others through the power of movement and harmony. The name N...

Dr. Sara Pugh has a background in genetics, biochemistry and biophysics and has worked on protein folding, dopamine receptors, membrane proteins  genetic promoters in moss, statins & heart cells . She later trained in hypnosis ,  functional movement, functional neurology, ketogenic diets and quantum biology and has worked with clients since 2010. She has studied Christian mysticism, kabbalah and other religious practices by past ci...

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Chuck Hazzard is an entrepreneur and wearable expert. Chuck is currently working with Heads Up Health, the leading connected health platform being used for remote patient monitoring, precision medicine, and individuals seeking to achieve peak performance. Chuck is also an advisor to CardioMood, a Swiss-made, and clinically validated wearable device.

In the past, Chuck has designed and built computer networks, developed software...

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Chroma was created when the founder was looking at natural solutions to speed healing after a climbing accident.  When there were no other high power density devices on the market, the Ironforge was born, quickly followed by a handful of other light devices designed to make a big impact with only a small lifestyle adjustment.

Meet The Founder...

Chroma began when Michael Chapiro, a NASA, NSF, Air Force, and MDA funded engineer, i...

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Philip Welch is the owner and creator of WAKN, where he designs and manufactures custom blue light-blocking screens for TVs and computer monitors. In addition, I have a deep knowledge of red light therapy. I'm a former college football kicker from the University of Wisconsin. After facing health challenges in 2011 that ended my athletic career, I delved deep into discovering ways to heal and improve my health. Currently, my pas...

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Andrea is a Functional Medicine Nutritionist and educator, who has led thousands of clients, and now teaches even more coaches and clinicians around the world in a revolution reclaiming ownership of both their own and their clients’ health. As the host of the 15-Minute Matrix Podcast and the founder and former CEO of Functional Nutrition Alliance, Andrea draws on systems biology, mental models, root cause methodology and the th...

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Mike spent years in the wildfire and flood restoration sector, witnessing firsthand how much polluted air can damage people’s well-being. 

Throughout his experience, he discovered that none of the conventional air purifiers on the market could make a meaningful dent in air quality. The only thing that worked was industrial air scrubbers but no one wanted to keep a loud, ugly machine running in their home. 

So he decided to make s...

Joshua Rosenthal, M.D. is a Board Certified Sleep and Regenerative Medicine Specialist. In his dedication to understanding true health and wellness, he had to unlearn the current model of healthcare’s approach to holding off disease. After using light and circadian biology to successfully treat his own weight and health issues, he continued studying biophysics and discovered why healthcare is failing miserably at helping the popula...

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Kris Gethin is widely known across the health and fitness space as one of the leading body transformation specialists in the world - he has been voted as the worlds #1 transformation coach and Personal Trainer on various platforms and governing bodies. As the former co-founder of Kaged supplements, former editor-in-chief of BodyBuilding.com, Kris has helped educate and change the lives of millions of people. Kris is the co-found...

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Ryan Blaser is the accomplished Founder and CEO of Test My Home, an environmental company dedicated to improving people's health and wellbeing. As a functional medicine doctor for your home, Ryan uses his expertise in building biology and healthy home consulting to identify and address toxic sources that could be impacting your health.

Ryan's extensive educational background in electrical engineering, environmental toxicology, a...

😴 Glucose regulation and sleep

😴 Metabolic health and weight loss

😴 Oatmeal and sleep experimentation

😴 The interface on the Cygnos app

😴 Behavioral change and sleep

😴 Different chronotypes and carb spikes

😴 Nightly sleep routine

😴 Impact of sleeping with light

😴 Morning meditation and email boundaries

😴 Quality of sleep and snoring

😴 The impact of mindset

😴 Remembering dreams

😴 Using technology to improve health

😴 Discover how yo...

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Nicole Moyen is the Director of Science & Clinical Research at Eight Sleep and is an expert in thermoregulation and exercise science. She got her Ph.D. from Stanford University and has 30 peer-reviewed publications. 

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😴 Temperature and sleep

😴 Temperature regulation and sleep

😴 Sleep and temperature regulation

😴 Cold therapy and heat therapy

😴 Brown fat and improving sleep

😴 Improving deep sleep with heat

😴 Clothing a...

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Aaron Bromberg is the Chief Executive Officer of StimScience. He has over sixteen years of experience launching and managing new hardware and software products at Amazon, Bose, and other startups. He earned a B.S. in Operations Research from Cornell University and an MBA from Duke University. Aaron joined StimScience to apply his experience with consumer devices to help people to sleep better, and to use neuroscience to improve...

Nishi Bhopal MD is board certified in Psychiatry, Sleep Medicine, and Integrative Holistic Medicine. She is the founder and medical director of Pacific Integrative Psychiatry, an online practice in California where patients receive a whole-person approach to anxiety, depression, and sleep disorders, including nutrition, mindset coaching, psychotherapy, yoga and meditation, and integrative and functional medicine.

In addition to her ...