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Metallica’s “Enter Sandman” is a great song about a child and his nightmares, but there’s nothing great about shaking with fear and lying in a pool of sweat from having a bad dream. Nightmares can shake the strongest, toughest person to their core. That’s because they reveal our deepest fears. Some people feel once you’re…
Intuition is the feeling of relative certainty without proof or evidence. Does this mean that it’s another way of saying that you’re jumping to conclusions? Maybe, but “jumping to conclusions” connotes more of a knee-jerk response. Intuition, on the other hand, describes an inspired judgement. If you’ve ever recovered information from a dream you’ve not…
Defeating insomnia in your life starts with a positive mindset. For some, getting a regular amount of sleep is the same as trying to make any other life improvement—a seemingly impossible feat! With a little bit of commitment and dedication, it’s not impossible. Sure, it may take days, weeks, months, and even years of trying,…
There are more than a few mysteries when it comes to behavior and sleep. When it comes to staying awake, why would a reasonably prudent person get hooked on meth when there are so many bad examples of what can happen? It would seem that almost anyone could see the first dose of methamphetamine would…
Hope is good; it’s important to be optimistic. It’s important to keep an open mind and to be perceptive, too. That’s how you go about improving things and fixing problems. That mindset leads to solutions. When it comes to alternative healing therapies, however, there’s a long history spurious treatments being long on promises and short…
Over the last two thousand years, Christians have developed a lot of different prayer methods and aids. The newest of the aids is the Christian bedtime pray app. Each app is geared toward a different audience of Christians. Each takes a different approach. One feature common to all of them are offerings of that include…
Sleep takes up a major chunk of the day. That can conflict with your other goals. How can you sleep less yet maintain health? I spend hours every week writing a sleep blog. I’m also longtime a sleep science enthusiast with a 25-year background in healthcare. I’ve both read and experimented a lot with sleep.…
The Bedtime Stories We Tell Ourselves and Others: Part 2 of 4 Kids are always going through phases. When I was around seven or eight back in the 70s, I went through a phase that lasted for weeks. I wanted to listen to fairy tales at bedtime. That particular phase was before superheroes and after…
The Bedtime Stories We Tell Ourselves and Others: Part 1 of 4 If you asked me ten years ago, hypothetically, “What is a bedtime story?” (and I had a bit of time to think of an answer) I’d reply with something like, “A story is a tale of what happened. It could be either true…
God grant me the serenity… Why it’s a great idea to memorize at least the first verse of the Serenity Prayer. Internalize it upon your heart and mind. It happens to every man and woman too. Sometimes you feel powerless. You feel like you’re a member of the security detail on Star Trek, the crewmembers…
You’d be better off if you had Thanksgiving every day. Not the eating part. If you had a Thanksgiving feast every day you might end up extremely overweight. That wouldn’t be good for your health. I’m referring to the giving thanks part of Thanksgiving, the part where people having the dinner together sometimes go around…
Creating your own affirmations is an effective way to help you achieve your goals if you employ the principles. Taking medicine first thing in the morning is common. It’s easy to remember. It can be done after using the commode, washing hands, and brushing your teeth. You can wait until after breakfast, too. Morning affirmations…
Sleep deprivation can be deadly when the going gets tough. Some people lead a staid, predictable life. Lucky them. They can count on being at home almost all the time.  They’ve got a consistent routine. They’re the furthest they can be from sleep deprivation. Nothing bad ever seems to happen to them. They live…