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Why Midlife Women Can’t Sleep: The Sleep Doctor’s Fix for the 3AM Wakeup Cycle with Dr. Michael Breus
Understanding why your sleep falls apart in midlife isn’t just about melatonin or “getting older”—it’s about biology, hormones, and your chronotype finally demanding to be heard. In this episode, world-renowned Sleep Doctor Dr. Michael Breus breaks down the real reasons so many women over 40 struggle with 1–3AM wake ups, racing thoughts, exhaustion, and “wired-tired” nights.
We get into the science of sleep disruption during perimenopause and menopause, how caffeine and alcohol actually hit your system after 40, why hydration plays a bigger role than anyone tells you, and how simple daily…
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