Gab With The Gurus With Connie Bennett

My guest today is Tracey Marks, MD, an Atlanta psychiatrist and psychotherapist, and author of Master Your Sleep: Proven Methods Simplified. Dr. Marks works with professionals who struggle to find balance between life and work -- many of whom have a habit of going to bed with their iPads, laptops, and smart phones. In 2011, Dr. Marks wants to help people understand why trouble with “turning off” – digitally or emotionally – often leads to troubled nights and compromised sleep patterns. Underneath burnout, depression and stress, Dr. Marks often finds that sleep problems are the root of her patients’ problems. Dr. Marks says that reclaiming your sleep in 2011 means putting on-screen distractions, like email, Twitter, Facebook and Farmville, to bed. In this show, Dr. Marks will help burned-out, stressed-out and over-stimulated professionals. While one third of the U.S. population (more than 100 million people) suffers from clinically diagnosed sleep disorders, she says our tech toys are responsible for a new gen