Turn Off The Tap On Night Sweats

Turn Off The Tap On Night Sweats

Clammy hands. Cold, sweaty feet. A cold, sopping pillow. The drip, drip, drip of a faucet keeping you awake is bad enough. When the dripping is coming from your head, back, and armpits into your sheets, it has to be worse. Cold night sweats have to be one of the most troubling sleeping problems there are. …

Be Your Own Coach

Be Your Own Coach

Whether it’s sleep or some other issue, roll up your sleeves, and get to work on solving it yourself first If a man or a woman has questions and they want answers, what do they do? It depends. There are several things they might do. Exactly what might depend on their personality and what resources…

Try These Things the Next Time You Wake Up Too Early

Try These Things the Next Time You Wake Up Too Early

It’s 2 a.m. You don’t have to be up until 6:30 a.m. That’s four long hours away plus 30 minutes more. If this goes on for the whole time, what, are you supposed to do with yourself until then?  This sucks!  You’re irritated! You may or may not be able to get some sleep later…

Don’t Let Perfect Be The Enemy Of The Good

Don’t Let Perfect Be The Enemy Of The Good

Perfect is the enemy of “done.” Learn to say está bien and mean it! On June 13th, Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Zack Greinke didn’t allow a single Washington National player to reach base—until the seventh inning. If he had kept every opposing player off the bases until the end of the ninth inning, it would have…

Does Learning While You Sleep Really Work?

Does Learning While You Sleep Really Work?

Sitting back with earphones while a tape or CD plays seems like an effortless way to learn. You might imagine your brain to be like a sponge or paper towel as if it would soak up information the way a kitchen sponge soaks up spills. The trouble is, that learning doesn’t work that way, especially…

Bedtime Prayer For Better Sleep

Bedtime Prayer For Better Sleep

When going to bed, people brush their teeth. They put on some loose, comfortable clothing. They tighten their bedsheets.  It’s all part of a routine in getting ready to go to bed. Rituals like these routines help one get in the mindset for sleep success.  According to a multinational 2013 survey, 50 percent of the people…

What To Eat At Night Before You Go To Bed

What To Eat At Night Before You Go To Bed

Bonzo, the monkey, knew what to have before bed. For people, it’s not so simple. This, in a nutshell, is the hungry person’s bedtime dilemma: if he or she eats something too heavy before bedtime, it’s going to sit in the stomach all night like a rock. Yet if the hungry person doesn’t eat anything…

How To Be A Super Sleeper and Sleep Well Every Day

How To Be A Super Sleeper and Sleep Well Every Day

Practice makes perfect.   If it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well.  The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is practice.  Those are the things people say about getting good at all kinds of activities.   Individually these sayings have been applied to all kinds of sports, art, and games. Sleeping, on the other hand, is viewed as a…

How To Use Lavender For a Better Sleep

How To Use Lavender For a Better Sleep

When the day is trying you, try soaking in a tub with a lavender bath bomb while using lavender soap. Set your mind right, dry off, and head to bed. Some scents are more soothing than others. Lavender is one of those scents, along with roses, Roman chamomile, and jasmine, that have been demonstrated in…

Everything You Need To Know About Sleeping Well On an Intercity Bus

Everything You Need To Know About Sleeping Well On an Intercity Bus

Congratulations on both deciding to and being able to see the big, beautiful world on an intercity bus. This planet is full of adventure, both the good kind and the not-so-good. The key in life is to have more of the good kind of adventure and less of the bad.  Yet even what seems to…

Can Remembering Your Dreams Replace Hallucinogen Use?

Can Remembering Your Dreams Replace Hallucinogen Use?

It has to be a thought thunk by every stick-in-the-mud who refuses to touch hallucinogens: I’m no fun. Here I am holding a regular job. Here I am fulfilling my responsibilities to my family and society. There they are. They’re tripping out. They sure look like they’re having a good time getting wasted. Damn them!…

Americans Slept Better In 1968 Even With A War Going On

Americans Slept Better In 1968 Even With A War Going On

Fifty-one years ago the nightly news was full of gory, gut-wrenching images from Vietnam. Nevertheless, the prospect of fighting that war or fleeing didn’t keep people up at night the way smartphones do today. The smartphone is apparently worse for sleep than a war. The effect of screens on sleep Adults often read and tell…

Hypnos Got a Bad Rap from Hesiod and Society

Hypnos Got a Bad Rap from Hesiod and Society

Ancient Greeks also had a mixed relationship with sleep. The stigma didn’t start with us. It might not have begun with them. Hesiod and other ancient Greek writers had a choice. They could have made the god of sleep part of a family of positive deities. They didn’t. Instead, the family consists of a bunch…

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