Sound Sleep Guru

01/28/2026

👩🏻‍⚕️Orthosomnia

-A 2025 surgery conducted by the in over 2000 people showed the #2 reason 78% of people reported losing sleep was due to sleep problems. A close second to financial concerns but below job security, politics, AI, and work.

-Things that make me go hmmmmmmm🤔 How do you think we should go about solving this?

01/27/2026

👩🏻‍⚕️Here are mine


Your brain knows how to sleep. We just have to get out of its way.

Your brain learned this. We can unlearn it

We treat the fear of not sleeping, not just the sleep

One bad night doesn’t undo your health

Tell me yours 👇

01/25/2026

💨I sure am. I actually love Darth Vader.

01/23/2026

👩🏻‍⚕️Sleep and Depression

-There’s a reason those of us in sleep medicine recommend screening anyone diagnosed with a mood disorder like depression or anxiety) for obstructive sleep apnea, especially if it hasn’t responded to treatment.

-A longitudinal cohort study published in JAMA in Dec 2025 found that middle aged and older adults at high risk of OSA had consistently worse mental health outcomes.

-High risk was based on a score of 2 or higher on the STOP Questions:

1. Snore loudly?

2. Tired, fatigued, or sleepy during the day?

3. Observed to stop breathing during sleep?

4. Pressure (high blood pressure) or taking medication for it?

01/22/2026

Loved comparing notes with my colleague Sleep Is My Waking Passion

Podcast Episode · Sleep is My Waking Passion · 01/21/2026 · 33m

01/22/2026

🎤Great conversation with

-I’ll link the full conversation in my bio and stories!

01/21/2026

Really enjoyed this conversation!

Podcast Episode · With All Due Respect · 01/19/2026 · 52m

01/21/2026

📚The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddartha Mukerjee

-Fascinating to learn how the clinical trial was developed to prove causation and to see how groundbreaking discoveries like the PAP smear and the connection between H. pylori and gastritis came about through extreme individuals. As a sleep physician it made me think a lot about the corollaries between what we know about inadequate sleep and how public health initiatives to educate have to fight against tactical marketing.

-Towards the end, there’s a fascinating discussion around liquid biopsies and full body MRI and the nuanced nature of early detection, which is more complex than you might be aware.

-It also left me feel inspired by the incredible progress and the ingenuity of humans to make medical advances.

-Have you read it?

01/18/2026

⚡️Flashing back to 2016⚡️

-Seems like an eternity ago but also yesterday. Probably one of the most adventurous years of my life but inside I was at a crossroads. Do I continue down this adventurous road or take a detour down the road of becoming a parent? I wish I could go back to that former self and tell her there’s no wrong decision. When I looked at these photos I was surprised to see how many exciting things I did that year because I truly agonized with the decision, questioning how I could be a woman who wasn’t 100% sure I wanted to have kids and wondering if that was a sign I shouldn’t.

01/16/2026

🦉The Owl

-This is a very common case we see in the sleep medicine clinic. In the surface it looks like insomnia, but the diagnosis isn’t chronic insomnia. Listen as I break down the root cause. Very important because the treatment recommendations are different.