Dr. Rangan Chatterjee

But I'm guessing when your kids were younger, what you didn't do before bed was put all the lights up as loud as possible, get the music blaring, give them loads of sugar, and then try and get them to sleep.

But I'm guessing when your kids were younger, what you didn't do before bed was put all the lights up as loud as possible, get the music blaring, give them loads of sugar, and then try and get them to sleep.

We as adults are no different, right? With children, what do we do? We dim the lights. We lower our tone. We might read them a story. We create the environment that is conducive to winding down. One of the most toxic things about the modern world is this separation between work life and home life has vanished.

We as adults are no different, right? With children, what do we do? We dim the lights. We lower our tone. We might read them a story. We create the environment that is conducive to winding down. One of the most toxic things about the modern world is this separation between work life and home life has vanished.

We as adults are no different, right? With children, what do we do? We dim the lights. We lower our tone. We might read them a story. We create the environment that is conducive to winding down. One of the most toxic things about the modern world is this separation between work life and home life has vanished.

with emails, with social media, with whatever it is, we can still be working in our bedroom, in bed, and then somehow wonder why we can't afford a seat 10 minutes later when we've just had a stressful work email. I think the most important thing for many people, and certainly it has been for me, is one hour before bed, I make a mental switch in my head. I'm now on wind down time, okay?

with emails, with social media, with whatever it is, we can still be working in our bedroom, in bed, and then somehow wonder why we can't afford a seat 10 minutes later when we've just had a stressful work email. I think the most important thing for many people, and certainly it has been for me, is one hour before bed, I make a mental switch in my head. I'm now on wind down time, okay?

with emails, with social media, with whatever it is, we can still be working in our bedroom, in bed, and then somehow wonder why we can't afford a seat 10 minutes later when we've just had a stressful work email. I think the most important thing for many people, and certainly it has been for me, is one hour before bed, I make a mental switch in my head. I'm now on wind down time, okay?

So for me, and again, I want to be clear, Mel, Everyone's got a unique life, right? So what works for me may not work for someone else. But what I do one hour before bed is I make sure my laptop's closed. I will not do a work email in the one hour before bed, barring an exceptional situation. Okay, let's be honest. Sometimes stuff is going on that you want to handle.

So for me, and again, I want to be clear, Mel, Everyone's got a unique life, right? So what works for me may not work for someone else. But what I do one hour before bed is I make sure my laptop's closed. I will not do a work email in the one hour before bed, barring an exceptional situation. Okay, let's be honest. Sometimes stuff is going on that you want to handle.

So for me, and again, I want to be clear, Mel, Everyone's got a unique life, right? So what works for me may not work for someone else. But what I do one hour before bed is I make sure my laptop's closed. I will not do a work email in the one hour before bed, barring an exceptional situation. Okay, let's be honest. Sometimes stuff is going on that you want to handle.

But by and large, I won't do that. I have educated my family over the last few years. And it was hard at first, but everyone understands now that in the evening... Past, you know, one hour before bed, I don't want to talk about finances. I don't want to talk about household items.

But by and large, I won't do that. I have educated my family over the last few years. And it was hard at first, but everyone understands now that in the evening... Past, you know, one hour before bed, I don't want to talk about finances. I don't want to talk about household items.

But by and large, I won't do that. I have educated my family over the last few years. And it was hard at first, but everyone understands now that in the evening... Past, you know, one hour before bed, I don't want to talk about finances. I don't want to talk about household items.

My mum, my brother who lived nearby, they now know if it's something to do with mum's care, unless it's urgent, I don't want to know about it in the one hour before bed.

My mum, my brother who lived nearby, they now know if it's something to do with mum's care, unless it's urgent, I don't want to know about it in the one hour before bed.

My mum, my brother who lived nearby, they now know if it's something to do with mum's care, unless it's urgent, I don't want to know about it in the one hour before bed.

okay so by educating the world around me i have a wind down for that one hour what do i do i'll try to be off my screens i'm usually pretty good i'm not perfect you know for me if i bring my phone into my bedroom i'll look at it yeah so i live in a house so what my wife and i try and do is we make a commitment to each other that we're going to leave our phones in the kitchen to charge

okay so by educating the world around me i have a wind down for that one hour what do i do i'll try to be off my screens i'm usually pretty good i'm not perfect you know for me if i bring my phone into my bedroom i'll look at it yeah so i live in a house so what my wife and i try and do is we make a commitment to each other that we're going to leave our phones in the kitchen to charge

okay so by educating the world around me i have a wind down for that one hour what do i do i'll try to be off my screens i'm usually pretty good i'm not perfect you know for me if i bring my phone into my bedroom i'll look at it yeah so i live in a house so what my wife and i try and do is we make a commitment to each other that we're going to leave our phones in the kitchen to charge