In Episode 13 of the What a Stranger Told Me podcast, Jon meets Anna—a sleep coach on a working holiday, helping CEOs, trauma-affected kids, and exhausted parents learn to sleep well again. This storytelling podcast uncovers honest moments from everyday lives. Escaping Sydney’s “head down, butt up” grind, she’s house-sitting in a client’s off-grid palace, surrounded by silence and stars. “Here, I I can breathe.”

Anna’s mission is simple but urgent: sleep well to fix health, mood, and focus. She coaches high-performers for months—some on 10 meds, two hours a night, fearing heart attacks. One woman got off most meds, reclaimed her life. Others run her Sleep to Thrive course at work. Her charity, Sleep and Dream Foundation, trains women’s shelter staff and gives kids sleep packs. A scientific study is underway.

She drops gold: in 1942, we averaged 7.9 hours. Now? Six, and it’s junk. Phones, artificial light since the 1930s, stress—they’ve hijacked our rhythm. Her fix? Five minutes outside at dawn and dusk. “Say hello to the sun. That’s it.” No screens, no over-exercise, no forcing exhaustion. “We’re like kids—the more wound up, the worse we sleep.”

Favourite time of day? Waking naturally, no alarm, feeling the day begin soft. Anna gets 7–8 hours—her “hero sleep” hits nine. “Most of us need seven and a half. Only 2% truly need six.”

This episode of What a Stranger Told Me is about rest, rhythm, and reclaiming your nights. It’s warm, real, and full of heart—proof a quick chat can reset your life. Want to sleep well? Press play. Join Jon to hear Anna’s story, a gentle reminder every stranger carries wisdom worth waking up for.

 

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