Dr. Jemma King is the founder of BioPsychAnalytics, a company specializing in advanced human performance optimization. Dr. King has been a consultant to Defense, the AIS, the Olympic swim team and is a research fellow at UQ and a lecturer to Sydney Uni's MBA program. Dr. King has recently paired up with WHOOP to conduct groundbreaking research on sleep and optimizing one's recovery while performing high strain levels. She works closely with the Australian Special Forces.  She can be reached at https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-jemma-king-76013328/?originalSubdomain=au ***TIMESTAMPS*** 2:57 - WHOOP device and its ability to account for sleep debt 12:35 - Sleep cycles (REM, SWS); humans being a strange creature not choosing to sleep; and naps 20:20 - Alcohol and its effects on sleep and hormones; CBD, THC, and melatonin on sleep 27:00 - Heart Variability and what that means on a WHOOP device (healthy vs unhealthy) 33:00 - Techniques to help with sleeping: saunas, earplugs, cold temperature, journaling, etc.  42:30 - Lighting and issue with Blue-light blockers! 47:10 - Cognitive deficiency from NOT sleeping 53:00 - Consistent sleep times and oversleeping ~ YouTube EPISODES: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyLKzv5fKxGmVQg3cMJJzyQ/videos ~Song provided by: Ayush Garg