Because learning about your brain and sleep can be fun . . .
Recently, I started a new job. My dreams focused on the new job, on worldwide events, and on my family. One dream, in particular, noted how all of these things were changing around me and how I was changing too. I could see how my environment and the people around me were shaping me. It’s…
Sometimes something happens during the day. Whatever it is, you can’t stop thinking about it. Or maybe you watch something on the Internet. Whatever it is, it fills your thoughts when you sleep. They’re not dreams. Oh, no. Dreams have more form and shape than these thoughts. These are ideas that you’re mulling. It would…
Have you ever noticed how you can become sleepy when you drink a glass of hot milk before bed? Now note we’re talking about hot milk without cocoa. Cocoa is a stimulant. That drink is also full of simple sugar—a source of quick energy, the exact opposite of what you want and need before settling…
4/7 Once you start keeping a dream journal, you’re not going to have a breakthrough every night for the rest of your life. That’s not realistic. Neither are you going to have one amusing dream after another, though there’s a certain joy in a dream that amounts to a fun hallucination. You’re going to have…
Can sleeping be considered a real hobby? You just lay there and close your eyes. Hearing that and thinking about it, some might say, What a boring idea for a hobby! People who pursue hobbies usually have events where they get together with other like-minded people. Motorcycle enthusiasts get together with other enthusiasts to ride…
Ajo, Arizona is a little down in the middle of the Sonoran Desert that used to be known more as a stopping point between Phoenix and the closest ocean in Mexico. As dreamscape murals have gone up all over the downtown area, it’s become more than that. It’s now trendy, at least regionally. Ajo’s murals…
HOUSTON — The National Sleep Foundation Sleep Show kicked off yesterday at a convention center downtown. It’s scheduled to run through Sunday. New and established companies from around the United States and the world, are attending along with thousands of people. The convention features seminars on various aspects of sleep, the sleep industry as well…