# Lindsay Scola

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Governing Drunk: Sleep & Power, with Lindsay Scola

What happens when the people making decisions on your behalf are running on fumes? In this episode, I talk with Lindsay Scola — former advance person for Barack Obama, Hill staffer, and now sleep health educator — about the always-on culture of American political life, and what it actually costs us…

Sleep Is Not a Luxury. It's a Strategy.

We thought this was going to be a conversation about rest and self-care tips for burnt-out organizers. We were not prepared for what actually happened. Lindsay Scola (former Obama campaign advance staffer turned sleep expert) joins us to talk about why so many of us are exhausted, why our doctors a…

Ep. 14 — How to Advocate for Yourself When Nobody's Listening

Lindsay Scola on late diagnoses, medical gaslighting, and never taking "you're fine" for an answer Have you ever known something was wrong — in your body, your gut, your bones — and had someone else tell you that it's just fine? Lindsay Scola knew something was wrong at 16. She didn't get answers…

Why ADHD Brains Struggle to Sleep (It's Not What You Think) ft. Lindsay Scola

This week I’m joined by the AMAZING Linsday Scola - a sleep expert to discuss all things sleep with ADHD We dive into why ADHD'rs tend to struggle more with sleep and some tools to improve it that aren't the typical 'just wind down'A MUST listen if you have ADHD!Where to find Lindahttps://www.insta…

The Story We Tell About Sleep: Lindsay Scola on Narcolepsy, Shame, and Rest | 100 Stories 002

What if your exhaustion is not a personal failing? Sleep educator and patient advocate Lindsay Scola lived with symptoms of narcolepsy for 19 years before receiving a diagnosis. During that time, she hid naps in public bathrooms, pushed herself to keep pace with high-performing colleagues, and beli…

Queued for Thought - Expanding the AI Conversation, Part 1

Welcome to Queued for Thought, my curated podcast playlist designed to satiate your brain with insightful ideas! I'm Renaissance Woman Sara Kobilka, host of the podcast Connecting the Dots with The Renaissance People. Queued for Thought is a project I created where we can practice the skill of conn…

19 Years Tired. It Was Narcolepsy. | Lindsay Scola

Ever been told your exhaustion is "just stress"?Lindsay Scola spent 20 years at the center of politics and entertainment, advancing events for President Obama and working the Emmys, while secretly fighting to stay awake. It took 19 years, two "normal" sleep studies, and a meltdown in her doctor's o…

I thought I was lazy. Turns out I had a sleep disorder | Lindsay Scola

For more than two decades, sleep health educator Lindsay Scola attributed her never-ending exhaustion to long hours and demanding jobs. When she was diagnosed with narcolepsy, she finally got the wake-up call that transformed her life. In this rousing talk, she discusses the epidemic of undiagnosed…

575: How AI Can Help Law Students with ADHD or Dyslexia

Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! In this episode, we explore how AI tools can support law students with ADHD, dyslexia, or other learning differences -- covering strategies like text-to-speech for dense reading loads, dictation to capture thoughts after class, converting handwritten …

Ep216 - I Slept Fine — So Why Was I Always Exhausted? Lindsay Scola on the Sleep Disorder That Took 19 Years to Name

We spend a third of our lives asleep, yet most of us were never taught what healthy sleep is actually supposed to feel like. In this powerful episode, Dr. Yishan welcomes Lindsay Scola — a former political staffer who worked on the Obama campaign and at the U.S. Mission to the UN — who was diagnose…