Ep097: Covid19 and Sleep: How the Pandemic Affects Sleep Quality - With Hailey Meaklim

OVERVIEW

There are many reasons why you can't sleep at night during a pandemic. It can be due to problems that keep on running inside your head, while lying on your bed or simply poor sleep hygiene that is contributing to your inability to sleep. There is an obvious link between sleep and Covid19. But the question is does the pandemic give you the privilege to sleep as much as you want to? Or does it negatively change your quality of sleep?

In this episode, I interviewed Hailey Meaklim, a psychologist and research scientist with a special interest in sleep psychology. In this interview, she will share with you tips on how you can tell if you are actually sleeping or not at night. Hailey will also tell how Covid19 can actually affect your sleep quality. If you want to improve the quality of your sleep during the pandemic tune in to this episode as she shares how you can do it.

WHAT WILL WE LEARN

01:00 Who is Hailey Meaklim
02:03 How to find the right sleep doctor
05:27 What is the difference between practicing sleep hygiene vs. seeing a sleep physician when it comes to treating sleep problems
09:30 How to tell if you are actually awake or you’re asleep at night
10:56 When is the right time to seek help from sleep professionals
12:38 How to measure sleep
15:13 What impacts sleep
16:23 How Covid19 affects people's sleep
21:00 The pros and cons of the pandemic to people when it comes to sleep
23:33 Hailey’s advice to people on how to improve the quality of their sleep during the pandemic
28:46 Hailey’s advice to people who are having sleep problems
31:33 How to reach Hailey and her clinical services