How to sleep like your relationships depend on it (with Wendy Troxel)

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  TED audio collective.

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  What does it mean if you and your partner sleep in different beds?

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  Is that okay?

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  You're listening to how to be a better human.

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  I am your host, Chris Duffy, and on today's show, we're going to be answering that question and so many more.

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  We are talking all about sleep.

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  Personally, I have always thought that there are two kinds of sleepers.

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  There's light switchers like me, which are the people where we turn off the light switch and then we instantly go to sleep.

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  And then there are the people like my wife, who I call doomsday preppers because they have to spend hours before bedtime preparing for the apocalypse.

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  That is the night.

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  Do either of those sound familiar to you?

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  Well, whether you have an easy time falling asleep or it is a constant struggle, we've got some serious insights for you.

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  On today's episode, we're going to talk about how to sleep like your relationship depends on it, because it very well might.

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  We're going to talk about how sleep affects our relationships, and we are going to be asking that big question that I started with at the top.

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  Is it okay if if couples sleep apart?

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  Sleep doesn't just affect romantic relationships.

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  It also has major impacts on society.

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  So there's going to be useful information for everybody, whether you are currently single and sleeping alone or not.

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  We're also going to be exploring what the most effective bedtime habits are to make it so you can actually fall asleep in the first place.

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  And we're going to talk about why sleep has all of a sudden become such a hot topic.

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