Because learning about your brain and sleep can be fun . . .
Is making your bed every morning pointless? What’s the psychology behind making your bed every morning? Besides sometimes seeming pointless, not making your bed in the morning seems like a no-brain way to save a little time every day. Editing those odd moments out can add up until they amount to a lot of time…
Some nights the last thing you want to do is go to bed. There are too many things tempting you to stay up. So many more things seem more appealing than shutting off the lights and closing your eyes. Do these self-defeating temptations sound familiar? You could be watching something on YouTube. Texting a friend.…
From Monday, September 27 to Friday, October 1 ChiliSleep will host the Back to Sleep Challenge. It’s an online, free, five-day event featuring prominent speakers from the world of performance improvement and sleep medicine along with a dedicated Facebook group and homework to practice implementing what you learned. The lineup includes: Kelly Starrett—physical therapist and…
The big secret to sleeping on a busy, noisy street is getting used to it. The smaller secret is how to deal with occasional spikes in noise. That’s it. Getting used to traffic noise and the occasional spikes like blaring car horns can happen for almost anyone. Eventually. When they go out to the country,…
Cannabis today isn’t the same plant it was 50 years ago. It’s important to update our perceptions and forget about using it to aid sleep. Jeff Spicoli, Sean Penn’s much-loved character in 1982’s Fast Times at Ridgemont High, is an example of the old stereotype of the typical marijuana user. Richard “Cheech” Marin and Tommy…
Go walking before bed whenever you can. It has many benefits. It’s okay to take a leisurely pace unless there’s another reason to walk faster. Fitness experts consider walking at a leisurely pace a medium to light physical activity. Brisk walking is 3 to 3.5 mph and is considered moderate physical activity. While you should…
Over the last two thousand years, Christians have developed a lot of different prayer methods and aids. The newest of the aids is the Christian bedtime pray app. Each app is geared toward a different audience of Christians. Each takes a different approach. One feature common to all of them are offerings of that include…
They’re natural, whether you call them naps, siestas, or something else. Work structure, social class, the environment, and other considerations dictate whether you get to take them. Thank you, COVID-19. I guess. More freedom for more people is better than less. The pandemic triggered massive changes in work habits, at least among some social classes…
It doesn’t have to be difficult to sleep with GERD GERD, acid reflux, and waking up suddenly in the middle of the night coughing and hacking: the terms and experience go together—especially after you eat a little too much a little too close to bedtime. They don’t have to. Until you develop what they call…
Zapped by zolpidem: part 1 of 2 Back in my teens and twenties, back in my days of work in food service and the Army, my coworkers and classmates would to talk about how wasted they got on alcohol. These drinking stories would inevitably involve a tale of someone drinking a lot, passing out, and…
The Bedtime Stories We Tell Ourselves and Others: Part 4 of 4 Lots of people are hungry, hungry to get better. Some are more than hungry; they’re starving. In the United States, the personal development/ self-improvement industry was worth almost $10 billion in 2019. That number represents serious spending. It’s a competitive world out there.…
Creating your own affirmations is an effective way to help you achieve your goals if you employ the principles. Taking medicine first thing in the morning is common. It’s easy to remember. It can be done after using the commode, washing hands, and brushing your teeth. You can wait until after breakfast, too. Morning affirmations…
Which is the most important when it comes to good health? What’s the most important when it comes to losing weight? They’re all important, of course. But which is the most vital? What’s the health priority? First, we won’t put air or oxygen on the consideration list. That gas is simply the most important health…