3513: How to Calm Catecholamines for Deeper Sleep
September 18, 2025
3513: How to Calm Catecholamines for Deeper Sleep
September 18, 2025
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Do you ever feel wired, anxious, or restless at night even when you’re exhausted?
The reason often comes down to catecholamines, the stimulating brain chemicals (dopamine, norepinephrine, and adrenaline) that keep your mind and body in overdrive.
While these neurotransmitters are essential during the day for focus, motivation, and energy, when they remain elevated into the evening, they disrupt your ability to relax, lower stress, and fall into deep sleep.
On today’s show I explain the real reason your body struggles to switch off, the lifestyle habits that can push your nervous system into overdrive, and the simple rituals and natural nutrients that can help calm your system, lower nighttime cortisol, and improve sleep quality.
So join me on today’s Cabral Concept 3513 to find out how to calm catecholamines for deeper sleep. Enjoy the show and let me know your thoughts.
Show Highlights & Big Takeaways
1. What are Catecholamines Catecholamines are stimulating neurotransmitters and hormones like dopamine, norepinephrine, and adrenaline that help regulate focus, motivation, energy, and the body’s fight-or-flight response. While vital during the day, excessive catecholamines at night can leave you feeling wired, anxious, and unable to sleep.
2. How to Regulate Catecholamines Keep catecholamines in check by cutting stimulation early. Avoid caffeine after 12–1 PM, limit evening workouts and screen time, and have a balanced dinner with some carbs to calm cortisol. Then, ease into rest with a wind-down ritual like dim lighting, herbal tea, light walks, or breathwork to shift your body into parasympathetic “rest-and-relax” mode.
3. Support with Nutrients Adaptogens like ashwagandha, L-theanine, magnesium, and phosphatidylserine can help lower stress hormones, calm the nervous system, and improve sleep quality.
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