Podcast | This Right for Me? Sleep Trackers: Do Oura and Whoop Actually Help You Sleep?

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You wake up feeling rested, check your Oura Ring, and suddenly you're tired. In this episode, Jeff Krasno examines whether sleep trackers like Oura, Whoop, and Apple Watch are genuinely improving our health or actually creating a new kind of sleep anxiety.

 He explores:

• What sleep trackers actually measure versus what they only model
• Orthosomnia and the rise of tracker-induced sleep anxiety
• Where Oura, Whoop, and Apple Watch are reliable, and where they aren't
• HIPAA gaps, FDA clearance, and what your data is worth
• Who benefits from wearing one, and who probably shouldn't 

This episode is for anyone wearing a sleep tracker, considering one, or wondering whether the score on their wrist is making them healthier or just more anxious.

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About the Commune Podcast

Hosted by Jeff Krasno, the Commune podcast features thoughtful conversations for modern times. Not always comfortable but definitely needed, we explore both humanity and our human-ness. How can we live healthy, purpose-filled lives and be in service of something bigger? Guests include spiritual teachers, poets, scientists, philosophers, and activists for food sustainability, functional medicine, mental and physical health, and collective healing.