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Since the human body makes it for itself, everyone should always have enough vitamin D. Reaching a level of 20-50 ng/ml shouldn’t ever be a problem. Yet sometimes it is. When you don’t have enough of that particular vitamin, you get profoundly tired. It doesn’t even matter if you’ve slept enough hours. When the sun…
So you’ve seen something you think you’ve seen before, somewhere. They call the phenomena déjà vu. Time is supposed to be linear where one thing happens after another in a logical sequence. Every occasion is supposed to be all-new and never-before-seen. When your experience of time doesn’t match that it can be jarring. Here are…
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…
Sleep takes up a major chunk of the day. That can conflict with your other goals. How can you sleep less yet maintain health? I spend hours every week writing a sleep blog. I’m also longtime a sleep science enthusiast with a 25-year background in healthcare. I’ve both read and experimented a lot with sleep.…
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…
Plenty of people have had psychic experiences. These experiences transcend every culture, every country, every time period. Why are you worried about talking about your psychic experience then? Everyone has their own reason, but a common one is you don’t want to sound crazy. You don’t want people to doubt your mental health. Some psychic…
Energy body? Energy healing? I was skeptical. To me, energy healing, also known as energy therapy, was some kind of a joke. Then I went to a Therapeutic Touch (TT) seminar in the mid-90s. Attending the seminar was more about spending some time out of town with my wife. We were always busy with work,…
Like sleep, distraction is disreputable in Western society. Sleep is convoluted with laziness. Distraction is conflated with inattentiveness. Done right and at the right time, distractions can help you cope with fear, pain, sadness, and other problems. Distractions can give you a break from thinking about things which you have no control over. They can…
Heck yes! You CAN Sanitize With Sunshine. Some people don’t have a bedroom so much as they have a lair where sunlight is never allowed. It’s true. They’ve got a place where they crash at night that’s positively subterranean. During the day, they keep the blinds closed, the drapes drawn, and the window shut. The…
Sleeping well, managing stress, and good nutrition help someone stay healthy and avoid disease. There has been plenty written and said about ways to avoid spreading and contracting the coronavirus. Cited are usually general steps, the things you’re told to do to combat any illness. Commonly mentioned are hand washing, covering coughs, being careful when…