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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 …

Autumn Calm and ASMR – for Relaxation and Sleep Read more »

By Posted on Posted in Lifestyle

It’s your last day of vacation. Aside from sad that it’s coming to an end, how do you feel? That simple question will elicit a lot of different responses, but they all seem to fall into several main categories: I feel wonderful! I did and saw so many new things. I’m energized and ready to get back to it! Ugh! I can’t believe I’m more tired than I was before this vacation. I was so busy the whole time, I never sat down to just relax. I feel renewed and rejuvenated. Having the time away from normal life responsibilities and …

Back From Vacation – Are You Well-Rested or Totally Exhausted? Read more »

By Posted on Posted in Sleep Science

There’s a little creature called a hydra, and it’s made news recently because it can sleep. Why is that newsworthy? Because the hydra doesn’t have a brain. It may not be obvious, but that is a pretty big deal. Think for a second. Do you know of anything that sleeps that doesn’t have a brain? Okay, get it out of your system. You know your brother-in-law/neighbor/coworker sleeps, but it’s questionable about them having a brain? Yep, we’ve all got those people in our lives. And yes, it felt good to say it. Brains Need Sleep We are all fairly comfortable …

Go To Sleep Little Hydra Read more »

By Posted on Posted in Sleep Science

Have you ever had a sleep study done? Or known someone who has? Or have you avoided having one because you didn’t want to have to sleep away from home in some clinical setting with electrodes stuck to all parts of you and strangers watching you on closed circuit TV all night? Is it just your imagination running wild thinking they might laugh at your mouth hanging open, or your talking in your sleep? Did you feel like there’s no way those clinicians with their fancy equipment were going to get an accurate picture of how you actually sleep in …

Is a More Comfortable Sleep Study Possible? Read more »

By Posted on Posted in Sleep Obstacles, Stress

Has this ever happened to you? You’re so exhausted by the end of the day, you can barely keep your eyes open. All you can think about is falling face-first into your soft bed. You’re on your way there and then you get a shock that’s so horrifying you go into full blown fight-or-flight mode. You fear for your own safety and that of your loved ones. Your heart pounds, your legs go weak, your hands tremble. Sleep is the absolute last thing on your mind now, and with the adrenaline coursing through your body, it’ll be quite awhile before …

Is Fear Keeping You Awake? Read more »

By Posted on Posted in Sleep Hygiene

Tell me if this sounds familiar. You’ve read the advice about getting better sleep and taken it to heart. You try and do what you can to get yourself to bed at a decent time and get enough sleep. You don’t eat heavily or drink alcohol close to bedtime. You do your best not to consume a lot of caffeine past late afternoon. You don’t exercise right before bed. You turned on the blue light filter on your phone so when you check your emails or social media right before bed, the glow won’t trick your brain into staying awake. …

Wait…Blue Light Filters Don’t Help? Read more »

By Posted on Posted in Help Sleeping

Sometimes all you need to fall asleep more easily is a little help in the form of a distraction, or some relaxation. Better yet, something that does both. I often find my mind spinning a thousand miles an hour after I climb in bed and turn the light off. That’s when my brain decides it needs to “solve the world’s problems” (mom quote!). I used to watch TV to distract my monkey-mind, and I would quickly fall asleep. Unfortunately, then I would wake up a half hour later, or an hour, or  even three, with the TV still flashing and …

Just a Little Extra Help Falling Asleep Read more »

By Posted on Posted in Uncategorized

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 …

2021 Here We Come Read more »

By Posted on Posted in Holidays

2020 hasn’t been the year any of us expected. When it started, it seemed like any other year. Another holiday season survived. A new round of New Year’s resolutions. A fresh start. New possibilities. What we got was, well…2020. It’s not an original sentiment, but we’ll say it anyway… we’re not all that sorry to see the back of it. So, as we move further into the Holiday Season and closer to the end of this very different year, Merry Christmas Happy Holidays A Healthy, Happy and Prosperous New Year and Night after Night of Great Sleep!  

By Posted on Posted in Holidays

It’s going to be a little different… Thanksgiving in 2020 isn’t going to be typical. Everything is a little different this year. Actually, a lot of things are wildly different. Everyday life has changed in ways we couldn’t even have imagined this time last year. It seems like a whole bunch of things are conspiring at once to make 2020 a worldwide annus horribilis. We’ve got social and political division. We’ve got a contentious election season that drags on. And we’ve got COVID-19. That’s the biggie. All of these things are causing major stress in our lives. Stresses of all …

Thanksgiving 2020 Read more »

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