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The Power of Rest with Matthew Edlund July 29, 2010

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Dr. Matthew Edlund

Category: Personal Growth & Change, The Mind & Neuroscience

Rest is as essential as food, yet radically undervalued. Dr. Matthew Edlund, author of The Power of Rest, joins Armand DiMele to explain how strategic rest rebuilds memory, why late-night eating harms the body, and how paradoxical relaxation, music, and rhythm can transform daily life. Callers share their own sleep struggles.

The Science of Being Awake March 20, 2008

Host: Armand DiMele

Category: Depression & Mood, The Mind & Neuroscience

Wakefulness is not the opposite of sleep but a spectrum of its own. Armand DiMele surveys the science of staying alert, from circadian rhythms and brain waves to caffeine and cortisol, then connects it all to how people like the chronically sleepy, the manic, and the depressed actually move through the world.