What keeps you awake at night? Tune in to our discussion of "Sleep & Dreams," with clinical psychologist Dr. Gary Astrachan and Dr. Thad Shattuck of St. Mary's Center for Sleep Disorders. Learn about the necessity of sleep as a foundation for well-being, and delve into dreams as a tool to discover the hidden potential that lies dormant in us all...

Listen on Sunday, August 12th, at 7am (WPEI Portland, 95.5 & 95.9 FM) & 12 pm (WLOB Portland 1310 AM/streaming wlobradio.com), download the Podcast or click the link below. 

Sleep & Dreams: Dr. Lisa # 48

Click here to read the article referenced in our "Wellness Innovations" segment, sponsored by the University of New England.

Individual interviews with our guests are available here.

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Our first featured guest is Dr. Gary Astrachan. Gary D. Astrachan, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist and Jungian analyst in private practice in Portland , Maine. He is a faculty member and supervising and training analyst at the C.G.Jung Institute in Boston and lectures and teaches widely throughout North America and Europe. He is the author of numerous scholarly articles in professional journals and books and writes particularly on the relationship between analytical psychology and Greek mythology, poetry, painting, film, postmodernism and critical theory.

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Our second featured guest is Dr. Thad Shattuck. Dr. Shattuck is a sleep specialist at St. Mary's Regional Medical Center's Center for Sleep Disorders.  Dr. Shattuck earned his Masters in Public Health from The Dartmouth Institute and his medical degree from Dartmouth Medical School in Hanover, New Hampshire. He completed his Fellowship in Sleep Medicine at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts. He did his residency in psychiatry at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, where he was a chief resident in his final year of training.

Dr. Shattuck is a member of the American Psychiatric Association and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. He is board certified in Psychiatry and board-eligible in Sleep Medicine.

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Join us next Sunday, August 19th for the next Dr. Lisa Radio Hour & Podcast. Our topic will be "Meditation," with Dr. Joseph Semmes from True North and  Surya Chandra Das of Rolling Meadows Retreat.