Dr. Amy is the Director of Clinical Sleep Science at Cerebra in Calgary Canada. Sbe has a PhD and Masters of Science in Experimental Psychology from Washington State University, specializing in Sleep EEG.
She is a former athlete herself, notably a hall of fame basketballer, keen mountaineer and has completed in 2009, completed an ironman. Dr. Amy's interest in sleep crosses over both health and performance and she is the go to Sleep Science consultant for many elite-level teams including Team Canada who are about to head off to the Olympic Games in Tokyo.
In this episode Dr Amy breaks why we sleep, how our body regulates it, what the stages of sleep are, and answers a few age old myths with a big dose of science.
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