dream journaling + sleep self-help
Why do they tell people to count sheep when they can’t sleep? Here’s a guess: among domesticated livestock, sheep are pretty docile. When you look at your typical flock, you’ll see the fluffy quadrupeds blankly munching away on grass or feed. They’ll stare back at you blankly. Time stops. Clouds float by in the sky.…
What happens if you’re going to be away from home, and you don’t want to risk losing your journal or worry about leaving it behind? Consider writing your dream down on a notecard. It’s portable. Smaller than a journal, a notecard or a small pack of them take up less room when traveling. A notecard…
Psychics and others with psychic tendencies often display a lack of skepticism when dealing with discarnates. Just because they’re disembodied doesn’t make them automatically credible. If anything, one needs to be more on guard. Skepticism merely for the sake of skepticism doesn’t lend an accurate outlook of the universe. Having an accurate set of beliefs…
When it comes to the supernatural, there’s a difference between real-life and fiction in the movies and books. More than that, there’s a real difference between real-life and the nonfiction presented in movies, books, and TV shows. This is true for a lot of areas. It’s easy to forget because of the sheer number of…
An area that intrigued me when I started writing this blog was the spiritual side of sleep. It seemed to be the health dimension nobody else was writing or thinking about. The spirit is one dimension of health along with emotional, environmental, intellectual, occupational, physical, and social. This means that as the other health dimensions…
Not every dream is symbolic of something, though many are. People tend to ignore the dreams without symbols unless they’re an instance of deja vu where one has the feeling they’ve been somewhere or done something before. Dream journalers tend to talk about dreams with symbols more often. They’re more interesting because we learn from those dreams.…
In general, there are many reasons to try to remember and understand your dreams. The No. 1 reason is that it’s an excellent way to understand yourself better. By understanding yourself, you can become more certain about who you are and what you believe. When you do that, you’re confident. Confidence is a positive state.…
Meditation has become a big business. Venture capitalists are investing millions in it. When they put so much money into it, that means they’re hoping to make a lot back. Meditation has been studied as a treatment for high blood pressure, stress, pain, irritable bowel syndrome, ulcerative colitis, anxiety, depression, and other conditions. Results are mixed…
Many health professionals and others promote meditation these days. Combined with stretching, Instagram is filled with images of attractive people in athleisure attire contorting themselves amid beautiful scenery. The Veteran’s Affairs Administration recommends it. Your health plan probably does too along with your workplace wellness program. Far be it from me to discourage it. I’m…
Recently, over a couple of weeks, more than half of the dreams one man who kept a dream journal featured the coronavirus in some way. He wasn’t alone. Lots of people around the world were dreaming about COVID-19. In his dreams, close friends were dying of the virus. Or he was lost back in 1918,…