
About this episode
Jordan Raynor sits down with Dr. Benjamin Long, Sleep Medicine Physician, to talk about the one shockingly simple thing you can do today to drastically improve your sleep, what scientists are learning about the correlation between faith and sleep quality, how we can help our neighbors—especially the marginalized—get better sleep, and Parks and Rec and Pitch Perfect.
Links Mentioned:
- Benjamin Long
- Benjamin Long on Instagram
- The Wholehearted MD website
- Deep Sleep Bible Study
- Redeeming Your Time: Seven Biblical Principles for Being Purposeful, Present and Wildly Productive
- A Scientific Man and the Bible
- Abraham Joshua Heschel
- The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry
- Edmund Pellegrino
- Why We Sleep
- The Way of Medicine
- The Divine Conspiracy
- The Divine Conspiracy Continued
- Theosomnia
- Kevin "K.O." Olusola
- Jordan Raynor
And don't forget, if you pre-order a copy of Jordan's new book, Redeeming Your Time, you can enter to win a trip for two to the Holy Land (or a cash prize of equivalent value)!
Entering to win is super simple:
- Step 1: Pre-order Redeeming Your Time on Amazon or one of these other retailers (1 entry per copy, maximum of 3 entries)
- Step 2: Fill out the form at JordanRaynor.com
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