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274: 5 Reasons Why You Wake Up at 3am

By Martha Lewis9/16/2026
274: 5 Reasons Why You Wake Up at 3am
274: 5 Reasons Why You Wake Up at 3am
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274: 5 Reasons Why You Wake Up at 3am

Episode 274

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Episode Show Notes

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In this episode, I walk through the five most common reasons I see clients waking up at 3am, and how I found every single one of them in my own body before I finally slept through the night again.


You'll learn:

  • The five most common reasons your body wakes you up at the exact same time every night
  • Why doing everything right with sleep hygiene still isn't enough to keep you asleep
  • The strange thing I picked up years before it finally caught up with my own sleep


00:00 Why 3 AM Wakeups Happen

01:34 Cortisol Night Spikes

03:17 Blood Sugar Rollercoaster

05:50 Tracking Glucose Data

07:05 Gut Pathogens at Night

08:48 Leaky Gut and Neurochemicals

10:25 Liver Detox and Toxins

12:23 Five Causes Recap

13:21 Test Dont Guess Approach

15:03 Complete Sleep Solution Program

16:33 Sleep Issues Are Fixable

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