Rowan Jacobsen

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1,919 appearances 4 recordings 4 series first heard Jul 2022 last heard 26 Jun

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Age Better with Liz Earle · Why sunlight is key to a longer, healthier life – with Rowan Jacobsen · 26 Jun 2026 podcast

I had a watch that was tracking and it took a little while to kick in.

And for it to really kick in, I had to make sure I was getting out and hiking during the day and getting a lot of light because that amplitude, that change in amplitude seems to be what triggers the good sleep.

And ever since middle age, I tend to suffer from like middle of the night insomnia.

I'll wake up for two or three hours.

I did, by the end of the month, I had...

squeeze that out of out of me which was great did you carry that home with you for for a while and then you know if I if I don't stick to it if like my life is is on a laptop right I'm a writer yeah so winter you know I kind of slipped into some of my old bad habits for sure

Now summer's here, so I think I can get back on it.

Yeah, I'm more light conscious too, like you.

And I, I, I'm okay.

What I found for myself at least is that, you know, a couple hours after dark in winter, I don't mind the light because you, you know, you can get too much dark, too much sleep.

Like, you know, in the middle ages in, in Europe,

They had their two sleeps, right?

And they would wake up in the middle and do stuff for a couple of hours.

Or shouldn't we ask?

Well, right.

There was some of that for sure.

All the things you might do.

But they would even go visiting in the middle of the night.

Really?

And then go back to sleep again?

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