Because learning about your brain and sleep can be fun . . .
Staying in bed all day: not going anywhere, doing nothing—some have called it “bed rotting.” Rotting away is a very apt way to describe it. Bed rotting is a good way to make your health rotten. It’s a good way to ruin your sleep. The name is too cutesy for something so easy to avoid,…
Be careful with what you listen to and do first thing in the morning. First impressions are important. Make your first impression of the day a good one. A common saying in the media is, “If it bleeds, it leads.” People find stories featuring some emotional impact the most interesting. They like conflict. Media experience…
Water and sleep go together. And lots of people end up with a lot of reusable water bottles. Many collect them. Many are given promotional ones. Some of them are appealing, on sale, and people end up with them at the last minute when they’re checking out of a store. Or they get influenced by…
A child of seventeen—a girl—country bred—untaught—ignorant of war, the use of arms, and the conduct of battles—modest, gentle, shrinking—yet throws away her shepherd’s crook and clothes herself in steel, and fights her way through a hundred and fifty of hostile territory, never losing heart or hope and never showing fear and comes—she to whom a…
Dopamine is a drug that you make for yourself. Have you ever noticed how talking and joking with friends makes you feel happy? How about when you’ve been inspired and whip up something tasty in the kitchen? Have you ever taken a walk in nice weather and been happy that you got outdoors? You’ve taken…
When your AC calls it quits during the summer, getting a good night’s sleep can seem impossible. Fear not. We’ve got you covered with tips on how to catch some Z’s when your AC is broken. From creating a DIY cooling system to optimizing your sleeping environment, we’ll show you how to beat the heat…
There’s not a whole lot of creativity or originality when it comes to the way different people sit in a room. People tend to use a room in the same way. They favor the same chairs and the same places. Choices are dictated by the unchanging features of the room like the placement of the…
The headline asks a trick question. None of them are “best.” Each option is terrible. Don’t smoke. Do something else to deal with your stress. Whether consumed as a cigarette or in a pipe, whether tobacco or marijuana, none are good choices. It’s just not good to become dependent on any substance. Getting into the…
Did you break your diet? It can be hard to keep a diet, especially when foods that tempt you to break it surround you. You’ve got to have some wins sometime. If you don’t, you can start to feel like a loser, like being at the weight you want to be at is impossible. If…
Reishi mushrooms are not your average fungi. The bioactive components found in reishi mushrooms (Ganoderma lucidum) have been shown and suspected, among other things, to have a soothing effect on the nervous system. One such compound is triterpene, which can ease anxiety. While unfamiliar to many Americans, reishis have long been used for general health…