What is healthy sleep? Is it sleeping through the night, or getting 8 hours of sleep each night? Or is it waking feeling refreshed? How can healthy sleep be defined? We'll explore this topic, with help from Prof Daniel Buysse, Professor of Sleep Medicine at University of Pittsburgh and Brigid Walsh, General Manager of Golden Door Health Retreat.

Dr Moira Junge (Health Psychologist) and Dr David Cunnington (Sleep Physician) host the monthly podcast, Sleep Talk, talking all things sleep. Brought to you by SleepHub.

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Audio Timeline:

• 00:00 - 00:55 Introduction
• 00:55 -  05:04 What's in the news about sleep?
• 05:04 - 38:20 Theme: Healthy Sleep  
  • 05:04 - 08:54 What is health?
  • 08:54 -  21:56 Guest interview - Prof Daniel Buysse: What is healthy sleep?
  • 21:56 - 25:50 Moira + David discuss healthy sleep 
  • 25:50 -  34:35 Guest interview - Brigid Walsh: Health & Wellbeing in a residential retreat
  • 34:35 - 38:20 Healthy sleep isn't just managing sleep disorders 
• 38:20 - 39:05 Clinical tip of the month - Ability to adapt and self-manage
• 39:05 - 40:28 Pick of the month: David - Insomnia: A Cultural History
• 40:28 - 42:17 What's coming up in the next month?

Next episode (November 7th 2016): Dreams

Links mentioned in the podcast:

• Apple iOS 10 - Bedtime feature
• What is health? - British Medical Journal
• Sleep health: can we define it? - Article by Prof Buysse in Sleep
• Golden Door Health Retreat Elysia 
• Sleep.org - National Sleep Foundation
• Insomnia: A Cultural History - book excerpt
• Insomnia: A Cultural History - book review in New England Journal of Medicine
• Australasian Sleep Association annual scientific meeting