Because learning about your brain and sleep can be fun . . .
If you think every dream you journal will be profound, surprising, or funny, you’ll be sorely disappointed. Here’s a little acknowledged secret: Some dreams are boring. The themes of some dreams are so dull, so mind-numbingly obvious, they’re like training produced by the human resources department at a large company. They’re reminders more than anything…
You can get in trouble when you treat relationships as tools. You can also have problems when you treat tools as relationships. Your body, however, falls into a grey area. You need to treat it both as a tool and a valuable relationship. This can be tricky and hard to do. If you manage this,…
Many have found grounding (also called “earthing”) to accelerate healing and speed recovery while sleeping. How about you? If you haven’t had much in the way of results, here are some things to try. Grounding (also known as earthing) can sound, at first, like a bunch of hokum. When proponents talk about how it works,…
After a busy day, listening to sleeping sounds with a pair of sleep headphones as you drift off to Dreamland can be like going on a vacation. Maybe it’s the best kind of vacation. There are no crowds or airport security at the airport. There’s no lost luggage. There are no lines to wait in…
You may have seen rows of them in grocery, drug stores, discount, and big-box stores alike. They usually have an attractive drawing on them. The ones found in the United States are often dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Virgin Mary, St. Michael, St. Joseph, or another sacred concept, and mostly sold to…
The Centers for Disease Control has a great article about what to do if you’re sick with COVID-19. It has another one, too, about caring for someone at home who has COVID-19. These instructions are pertinent for a wide group of people. For others with preexisting conditions, they don’t cover the whole existing dilemma. Think…