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By Posted on Posted in Falling Asleep

Adults love bedtime stories? Really?? Did you feel skeptical when you read that? Would you get funny looks if you declared it to your family, friends, co-workers? We all know that kids love bedtime stories. That’s a given. But as adults, we like to think of ourselves as mature, and sophisticated. Beyond anything so childish as a bedtime story. We are well-adjusted people who get into bed, turn the light out immediately, and simply fall asleep. Right? Hmmm…. I’ll admit it. That doesn’t always happen for me. Calming Your Nighttime Mind When I get in bed and turn off the …

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By Posted on Posted in Kids Sleep

Kids love bedtime stories. Parents, grandparents, and babysitters around the world know it well. If you’ve started this wonderful routine with your kids, you know they want – need – expect – crave this precious time with you. It may not feel like it when they’re doing everything possible to resist your efforts to get them ready for bed. But once you’ve corralled them and gotten them bathed and teeth brushed, you turn the lights down low, and you get all snuggled together in a comfy chair or their cozy bed. You have their favorite storybook, or maybe a new …

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By Posted on Posted in Help Sleeping

So…to sleep better, I need to have a positive mindset? Lack of sleep = negative mindset You probably intuitively understand that when you don’t sleep well or enough, you often wake up in a bad mood or feeling pessimistic. Waking up “on the wrong side of the bed” as it were. And there are studies showing that may be true. One such study published in the Journal of Sleep Research notes that we may be “more likely to be irritable and frustrated” when we’re short on sleep. The study also “suggests that sleep-deprived people are likely to perceive emotional stimuli …

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By Posted on Posted in Help Sleeping

Falling asleep fast is a skill I have been blessed with for most of my life so far. I’ve been one of those irritating people who can basically just go horizontal and drift off within minutes. On the floor, on the couch, in a recliner, in bed. It hasn’t seemed to matter. My brain just seems to have been wired to easily fall into slumber when I give it the cues of lying down and closing my eyes. For most of my life, I said. Oh, I would still call myself a “good sleeper” in comparison to a lot of …

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By Posted on Posted in Sleep Obstacles, Stress

When your body is tense, it’s really hard to fall asleep. Have you ever been lying in bed – very much not falling asleep – when you realize all your muscles in every part of your body are tensed up? When you realize how rigid you are, you might consciously start commanding each part of your body to let go. Suddenly you realize how tense you were when you feel your body start to sink into your bed instead of lying stiffly atop your mattress. If you’re like me, you might then go through that cycle of realizing you’re tense, …

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By Posted on Posted in Sleep Science

Has it ever occurred to you that if you haven’t gotten enough sleep you should drink some water? The idea of hydration and sleep being related is not all that obvious or intuitive. When you get up from a too-short night of sleep or one where you didn’t sleep well, and you feel like…well…crap warmed over, having a nice glass of water is probably one of the last things you think of to help get you up and going. Many of us tend to rush for the nearest coffeepot, coffee shop, or can of pop to feel human again after …

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By Posted on Posted in Bedroom
Woman Making Bed

How do your bed making skills measure up? Yeah, right. You’re funny! Not bad. I throw the comforter up over the rest of the mess. Pretty good. Not everything is tucked perfectly, but you can’t tell that under the bedspread. Excellent. Everything is smoothed, straight, and tucked nicely. Perfection. Hospital corners, quarters bounce, the works. Depending on the day, I would say my answer would be somewhere in the pretty good to excellent range. Some days I take the time to plump the pillows, smooth the sheets, and make sure everything looks just so. Other days, it’s neat and tidy, …

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By Posted on Posted in Seasons

Have you heard of ASMR? ASMR stands for autonomous sensory meridian response. According to Wikipedia, it provides an experience of “low-grade euphoria” that is brought on by hearing or seeing very specific (and very individual) sounds or sights. Low-grade euphoria, huh? Sign me up! While I could go on and on about this fascinating subject – and maybe I will in some future blog post – what I want to share with you today is a beautiful, calming, autumn scene. You’ll hear not only the sounds of birds singing and a breeze blowing through the fall leaves, you might also …

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