Sleep is the foundation for a good life. When you get optimal sleep you feel grounded, make better decisions, feel energetic, make healthier food choices, and simply feel better. Around 50% of midlife women find that obtaining quality sleep is challenging during perimenopause and perimenopause, which is why Dr. Val is back on the show to help us navigate all things sleep! Dr. Cacho is an integrative sleep medicine specialist (MD), wellness consultant, and writer. Her interests and expertise include: diagnosing and treating medical sleep disorders during perimenopause and menopause, women’s sleep concerns, mind-body approaches to insomnia, self-compassion training, clinical hypnotherapy, and promoting sleep health and wellness. I asked all the questions you wanted to know as it relates to sleep. This is a deep dive. Please share it with your friends.

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GUEST BIO: Dr. Valerie Cacho is double board-certified in sleep and integrative medicine. She has been a practicing sleep physician for over 11 years. She is passionate about inspiring her patients to obtain optimal sleep health and wellness through integrative, holistic and lifestyle medicine approaches. She is also an expert in the field of women’s sleep health and is the founder of Sleephoria and online educational company promoting sleep health and whole living for women. She also creates videos about sleep tips on YouTube.

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