Because learning about your brain and sleep can be fun . . .
Is there a high-speed underground transcontinental railroad that extends underground from coast to coast in the United States? I’m not sure. You might not be sure either. Common knowledge suggests no. The bias, therefore, would say “no.” The existence of such a transportation system isn’t realistic. When would something like that have been built? How…
So what do you call it when you know something without using your sense of sight, hearing, touch, taste, or smell? This poorly defined other sense has been called the sixth sense, extra-sensory perception (ESP), second sight, psychometry, clairvoyance, precognition, and intuition, among other things. It also often is referred to as a “gut feeling”…
Christmas is over but the Nativity story doesn’t end. On December 28 western Christianity celebrates a time when the Jesus’s family was saved by his stepfather. This incident came to be known as the Feast of the Holy Innocents. This incident as well as some other incidents in the life of Jesus’s stepfather, St. Joseph,…
You don’t always have to ingest or inject some substance to take medicine. Your body, wonderful living “machine” that it is, is like a compounding pharmacist—it makes a lot of its own. People don’t think of their body making medicine, but it does every hour of every day of every year. Your body produces a…
Informally analyzing other people’s dreams is a whole lot like analyzing their handwriting or telling them about their personality by looking at their palm. It’s not science. None of the assumptions can be tested and they take a lot of leaps in logic. Don’t take it too seriously. Keep it fun. Take inspiration from other…
The events culminating with a love bombing can leave one wondering. Why did I disregard my suspicions? Was there a way to stop it from happening? Maybe, maybe not. However, it’s just one reason to up your game regarding dream interpretation and spirituality. Friends and family are a blessing. They add enjoyment and richness to…
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…
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…
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…
In the Bible, God communicated with people in dreams. The angel Gabriel announced to the Virgin Mary that she would bear the Savior. Another angel came to St. Joseph and told him of Herod’s plans to kill off the oldest son of every Jewish family. There are many other instances in both the Old and…
Reason and emotion, represented by the head and heart, fight at night. The two of them keep us awake and ruin our sleep. Be careful about taking sides in the fight. Both the heart and the head are important. You won’t go far by favoring either one. How can we get them to sign a…
Asking 5 big questions can raise the value of personal experience Sometimes they call learning by experience “The School of Hard Knocks.” Going at something blind without the benefit of someone else’s experience can be painful. They also call it experiential learning. “Hard Knocks” sounds like a painful way to learn something. It can be.…
Heroes can be thought of as a type of goal to strive for. Heroes are someone you want to be like. Most of us don’t have heroes anymore. And that might be an indirect cause of many sleep problems. Why do the things you need to do to make sure you sleep well if whether…