Mona SharmaCelebrity nutritionist and wellness advocate

You’re Not Tired… You’re Out of Rhythm 💤 | Rooted in Wellness x The Sleep Doctor

31 Oct 2025 · 1 min

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In this interview, wellness host Mona Sharma talks with sleep specialist Dr. Michael Breus about sleep chronotypes, focusing on the "lion" or early‑bird type. Mona mentions taking the SleepDoctor.com sleep phenotype quiz, which identified her as a lion. Dr. Breus explains that lions are naturally inclined to rise early, thrive on structure, and often assume operational or leadership roles. He describes their behavioral habits—making daily lists, progressing step‑by‑step, and valuing order. Biologically, lions’ melatonin production shuts off earlier than other chronotypes, while their cortisol levels rise sooner, aligning their internal clock with an early‑day schedule. The conversation highlights how understanding one’s chronotype can explain feelings of fatigue when out of sync with natural rhythms.

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Let's dive into sleep chronotype then. So everyone go to sleepdoctor.com and do your sleep phenotype quiz. It kind of makes sense. When I did the sleep quiz, I'm a. I'm a lion.
So early birds, we call them lions. They're up and they're ready. Lions like to make a list every day and go from step one to step two to step three. They like to have some sort of an order and organization to their life because they're up early and they're ready to get shit done. Lions have a tendency in my world to be CEOs. Not CEOs. They're organizational, they're operational. They are know getting the things to happen. Here's what's interesting is lions, their melatonin turns off earlier than everybody else's and their cortisol turns on.