Because learning about your brain and sleep can be fun . . .
“I just don’t sleep enough. But I’ve never met someone very successful who, at the end of their life, says: ‘I wish I slept more.’” Robert Herjavec—entrepreneur and shark on ABC’s Shark Tank Why brag about not taking care of yourself? Going around tired, showing poor judgment, having less energy…
Part 1/6 Scientists who study dreams can know a lot about their subjects, especially if they interview their friends and family, and really “dive deep” into their lives and writings. Even so, they can’t possibly know as much as the person being studied themselves. This is forgotten and the study of dreams is misapplied too…
I’m no psychic. I’m not a medium either, nothing at all like that. Some people apparently have that talent—I don’t. Yet, I’ve had some of the experiences from time to time. Anecdotally, it seems to be fairly common. Many people do. I’ll tell you a true story that happened to me. It might help you…
From Monday, September 27 to Friday, October 1 ChiliSleep will host the Back to Sleep Challenge. It’s an online, free, five-day event featuring prominent speakers from the world of performance improvement and sleep medicine along with a dedicated Facebook group and homework to practice implementing what you learned. The lineup includes: Kelly Starrett—physical therapist and…
In a previous post, I compared several weeks of my dream journal to Blue Opossum’s. He responded to the April 12 blog post by e-mail. Blue Opossum is a metacognitive dreamer. He’s aware of a whole lot of his dreams, far more than most people. There are misconceptions in your post, but that is to…
All I wanted was to sleep, but fear kept me awake. I fought back against insomnia with a time-tested sleep method employed by the United States Army. As a mother of two, I’ve known sleepless nights a bit too well. I was one of the 164 million Americans who contend with sleeping issues at least…
You slept a total of seven hours and 36 minutes last night. So what? You know the total because you wore a fitness monitor to bed. You synced it with your smartphone. In the morning, you looked at the result: 7 hours, 36 minutes. Now what are you supposed to do with this information? Sleep…
Travel can be an amazing amount of fun. There’s the opportunity to try new food, see new sights, meet new friends, and make lifelong memories. Many people have world travel on their bucket list. Travel is a goal for them. But, oh, that desynchronosis! Desynchronosis, the bane of travelers between time zones everywhere, is also…