In the late 1990's, Dr. James Maas coined the phrase "power nap" and since that time, there have been many trendy sleep terms. In this episode, we discuss three popular sleep concepts and the stories/science behind them. In this episode we will:define the term orthosomnia and learn more about the concept's originsunderstand how orthosomnia applies to the greater concept of sleep monitoringexplore what a sleep divorce entails and the difficulties with the termdissect the reasons why couples may choose to sleep apart, and how this can ultimately fail to address serious underlying medical conditionstouch upon relationship power imbalances that make sleep apart not an option for some individualsunderstand the origins of revenge bedtime procrastinationdifferentiate "in-bed" procrastination from "going to bed" procrastinationwork towards ways to minimize the factors that exacerbate bedtime procrastinationProduced by: Maeve WinterMore Twitter: @drchriswinter IG: @drchriwinter Threads: @drchriswinter Bluesky: @drchriswinter The Sleep Solution and The Rested Child Thanks for listening and sleep well!

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