⁠Dr Linda Schachter⁠ is not only a medical doctor and a respiratory and sleep specialist, she also has a PHD in sleep studies. She is also the owner of Sleep Services Australia which specialises in home based sleep monitoring and professional treatment for a broad range of sleep problems, including ⁠Sleep Apnoea⁠, ⁠Snoring⁠, ⁠Periodic Leg Movements⁠, and ⁠Insomnia⁠. This lady knows sleep!

You might have seen her on Sunrise where she regularly offers her no-nonsense advice on what to do about sleep issues.

Insomnia and sleep disturbance are in the top three symptoms perimenopausal and menopausal women in Australia report. They were also in the top three topics that our SHINE listeners wanted to discuss and Linda has a wealth of knowledge and advice to offer. She has walked the walk, having suffered significant sleep issues herself after her divorce.

Not only is Linda the definitive sleep expert - she generously shared her own story as a pioneering women specialist doctor in Australia and as a women who has tried hard to have it all. She is raw and honest and her story will inspire many.

Linda has developed her company - Sleep Services Australia to address the gap in the market and offer home-based monitoring for sleep disturbances. She explains why this is preferrable to hospital based testing and details what testing involves.

She also offers numerous practical tips to combat sleep disturbances. Linda clearly loves her work and her journey to this place is just as fascinating as the knowledge she conveys about sleep. I'm sure you'll enjoy listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed recording it.