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By Posted on Posted in Falling Asleep, Sleep Obstacles, Stress, Uncategorized

  Have you ever felt too afraid to sleep? Or maybe too anxious or worried to sleep? It’s not a good feeling. So on this scariest of days, it might be a good time to talk about what to do when you’re feeling scared or troubled or agitated and you just can’t fall asleep. One of the most frustrating obstacles to sleep you may encounter is the vicious circle of being too anxious to sleep, so you lose sleep, which makes you less able to deal with or even solve what’s making you anxious in the first place. And around …

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By Posted on Posted in Holidays, Seasons, Uncategorized

It’s that spooky time of year once again, but that doesn’t mean you have to stay up all night listening for ghouls and scary creatures. In fact, autumn is often a time when we sleep particularly well. It’s all about the cooler weather, cozy jammies, cocoa before bed and a relaxing bedtime audio like this one. Enjoy! Nighty-night and spooky dreams!

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It can be hard to let the easy days of summer go as they slide into autumn. Vacation time is done. Kids are back in school. Those warm summer nights get a little cooler as the days get shorter. Let’s try and hang on to that summer feeling a little longer. Enjoy the sounds of a late summer night as you relax into a deep, wonderful sleep.  

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We all want 2021 to be a much different year than 2020 was, and it’s clear turning the page on the kitchen calendar hasn’t swept away all the worries and challenges we’ve faced through these last ten plus months. But looking ahead to how we want this new year to go, one thing we can do is focus on the good things in our lives. All of them. Everyone has blessings to count. Family we treasure, friends we laugh with, neighbors who watch out for us.  A nice home, a safe neighborhood, a dependable vehicle. A good job, a supportive …

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Have you ever dreamed of someone after they died? Dr. Joshua Black had a vivid dream of his late father, and it changed the course of his life. One day, he and his father were planning to go to a hockey game together. His dad never showed up, and soon Joshua found out his dad had died suddenly. “It definitely destroyed me. It took all the joy out of my life.” But Dr. Black goes on to describe how a dream of his father, something he now calls a grief dream, helped him begin to cope with his loss. He …

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By Posted on Posted in Sleep Science, Uncategorized

William Dement may have been one of the greatest scientists nobody ever heard of. In 1953, as a young medical student, he helped change the way the world thought of sleep. Dement performed some of the first in depth studies using the electroencephalogram (EEG) to measure brain waves during sleep. Through a painstaking series of countless observations, he established the fundamental difference between REM and non-REM sleep and identified the basic stages of sleep which occur in predictable cycles throughout the night. He showed that sleep was not just a period when the body and brain shut down. It was …

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By Posted on Posted in Stress, Uncategorized

Are we sleeping differently during this pandemic? What a time we are living in. Our world changed practically overnight, and it remains to be seen when it will go back to normal, not to mention what normal will look like as this crisis passes. Anyone who is battling this awful virus, or who has a loved one who is, it is taking over their life. And for the heartbreaking thousands of people around the world who have lost their lives and for all those who lost them, the ravage of this pandemic is permanent. Keeping ourselves and our families safe …

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