The CDC is now categorizing insufficient sleep as an epidemic, associating the problem with increased risk for numerous health conditions and injury.   Mark and Dr. Gladden discuss the slippery slope of poor sleep habits, the “fly-wheel” effect that can have a negative impact on your health in so many different ways.   Sufficient, quality sleep supports our health, creativity, intellectual capacity and much more while we’re awake.   Mark and Dr. Gladden explain the natural, complex process of the sleep-wake cycle. They offer a number of suggestions to reduce things that often hinder good sleep and recommend good habits to improve sleep.