dream journaling + sleep self-help
You don’t always have to ingest or inject some substance to take medicine. Your body, wonderful living “machine” that it is, is like a compounding pharmacist. It makes a lot of its own. People don’t think of their body making its own medicine, but it does every hour of every day of every year. Your…
Analyzing other people’s dreams is a whole lot like analyzing their handwriting. People used to write in cursive handwriting almost all of the time. Now, when they take up a pen, they mostly print. While the Palmer method and other handwriting systems are still taught in some places still, it’s becoming less common, though calligraphy…
Sometimes you need to get your engine started. People often have a cup of coffee for that. Sometimes you need to turn it off. Heart 7 (HT7) and Gallbladder 20 (GB20) are two handy acupressure points to activate when you want to sleep. Heart 7 is illustrated above. It’s located on both your left and…
The United States military knows coffee. It’s a “mission essential.” Generally speaking, they don’t know coffee as a gourmet, though brands like Starbucks and Seattle’s Best are available in many military facilities. The military knows coffee in the way that it’s a tool used to get the mission accomplished. Whether it’s to clear early morning…
Why illustrate an article about how to stop someone from snoring with a picture of Charles Atlas? Charles Atlas was not known to snore. Because… Isometric exercise is nothing new. They work. They’re safe. They’re simple. You can do them anywhere. Charles Atlas was known for his ads in comic books and for building his…
Learning anatomy and physiology is hard under the best conditions. It’s important as it’s the class giving would-be healthcare students an in-depth understanding of the human body. Year-after-year, it’s one of surest ways colleges weed out students for their programs. The classes have ended many dreams. Beyond healthcare students, basic anatomy and physiology is essential…
Ideas flash into your mind triggered by an inspiration. Good or bad, unfortunately they leave in a flash too. If you ask “what if?” If you’re comfortable in your environment. If your mind wanders and smashes two or more ideas together unbidden, you’re probably someone who comes up with a lot of random ideas during…
Sofa sleeper or, conversely, sleeper sofa. Pull-out couch. Couch mattresses. Sofa bed. Any variation of that or the above. Whatever you want to call them, they’re not actually meant for sleeping in unless you’re around five. Even if you’re five, whether they’re meant for sleeping is highly debatable. It’s one of those products that sounds…
Sometimes meeting the need for sleep calls for mental and emotional flexibility. Stuff happens. Airlines cancel flights. You end up sleeping on the floor of an airport lounge. Sometimes you run over something and that something puts a hole in your gas tank. You end up having to sleep on the side of a lonely…
In our day, probably the greatest obstacle to getting a refreshing and recharging night of sleep is non-stop activity. Both we and our electronic devices are always on. Smartphones and computers interfere with our ability to fall asleep with their beeps, notifications, and addicting design. Their addictive lure beckons when we should be asleep. Sleep…