{"podcast":{"title":"The Thick Thighs Save Lives Podcast","slug":"the-thick-thighs-save-lives-podcast-461678","podcast_index_feed_id":461678,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/85ed1b8/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.constantlyvariedgear.com","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/1304318/1304318-1771874093196-5944473892a35.jpg","author":"Constantly Varied Gear","episode_count":398,"summary":"Powered By Constantly Varied Gear Kelsea and Rachael explore and challenge conventional standards surrounding women's wellbeing. Episode favorites: EP15: Abs Aren't Made in the Kitchen EP159: Be Bad at Something and Enjoy It Leave the Podcast a voicemail: https://www.speakpipe.com/TheThickThighsSaveLivesPodcast Join the CVG Nation app: https://www.constantlyvariedgear.com/pages/cvg-nation-app or search CVG Nation in your phone's app store. Join our group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/416198445414413/ or search Fitness Programming by CVG on Facebook","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T18:20:40.810339+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thick-thighs-save-lives-podcast-461678"},"episode":{"title":"S13 EP20: Dr. Jade Wu Knows Why You Are Lying Awake At Night","slug":"s13-ep20-dr-jade-wu-knows-why-you-are-lying-awake-at-night","published_at":"2026-03-31T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thick-thighs-save-lives-podcast-461678/s13-ep20-dr-jade-wu-knows-why-you-are-lying-awake-at-night","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thick-thighs-save-lives-podcast-461678","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ttsl/episodes/S13-EP20-Dr--Jade-Wu-Knows-Why-You-Are-Lying-Awake-At-Night-e3h60if","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/85ed1b8/podcast/play/117686287/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-2-30%2F421052494-44100-2-95ca9b58c6b4a.mp3","summary":"Does sleep feel like an old friend you desperately want to reconnect with? In this episode, we sit down with behavioral sleep medicine specialist Dr. Jade Wu , author of Hello Sleep , to talk about what actually fixes sleep, especially for women. We cover: Why women are more prone to insomnia The real reason your mind won’t relax Sleep drive and arousal How anxiety about sleep makes it worse How lifting weights helps you sleep deeper What you should do when you wake in the night How to taper off sleep medication safely Perimenopause and sleep physiology The truth about screens before bed And the wild science behind rewriting nightmares Yes. Read that again: REWRITING NIGHTMARES! It’s a thing. If you’re tired of being tired, this episode is your reset. Sleep isn’t something you chase.It’s something you rebuild. Links: https://www.drjadewu.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/drjadewu/ And her book!: Hello Sleep: The Science and Art of Overcoming Insomnia Without Medications (00:00:00) Why women struggle more with sleep (00:07:30) Sleep drive vs. arousal (the real sleep equation)(00:15:40) The vicious cycle of being “too tired” (00:20:00) Getting off sleep medication safely (00:28:00) Kids and sleep meds? (00:41:30) Perimenopause, hormones & sleep apnea (00:49:00) You CAN control nightmares (00:56:00) Helping kids fall asleep (01:00:00) Where to find Dr. Wu Want to leave the TTSL Podcast a voicemail? We love your questions and adore hearing from you. https://www.speakpipe.com/TheThickThighsSaveLivesPodcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The CVG Nation app, for ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠iPhone⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The CVG Nation app, for Android⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠…","meta_description":"Does sleep feel like an old friend you desperately want to reconnect with? In this episode, we sit down with behavioral sleep medicine specialist Dr. Jade…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3865,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-thick-thighs-save-lives-podcast-461678/episodes/s13-ep20-dr-jade-wu-knows-why-you-are-lying-awake-at-night/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-thick-thighs-save-lives-podcast-461678/s13-ep20-dr-jade-wu-knows-why-you-are-lying-awake-at-night.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}