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Do I need a new mattress or a bed or not at all? Many places and people are willing to sell you a new bed. And that’s a severe understatement. There are probably more than a few places and individuals in your town, many in your city, and many online. Add in affiliate marketers and…
Whether you call it “hemp tea” or “CBD tea” doesn’t matter. It’s the same thing. Hemp tea is full of CBD. Go ahead and call it whatever you prefer. In the United States, it can be confusing, almost purposefully so. There’s a patchwork of rules all across the United States. Herbal teas, on the other…
Sometimes the words of a language fail you. They come up short when describing a concept. There are numerous examples of this. To take one, waldeinsamkeit is a German word meaning being alone in the wilderness while relaxed, solitary, and contemplative. In English, we can group words with this meaning. The result doesn’t quite match.…
I slept like a baby. Saying that may or may not inspire an image in the listener’s mind of someone who slept well. Practically every parent has had the experience of trying to soothe a colicky baby all night at least once. However, babies sometimes sleep through all kinds of things. It’s a mixed metaphor.…
If a time traveler came from the 1980s, he or she might wonder where all the waterbeds went. Waterbeds were fairly common back then. Invented in California in the 60s, they grew in popularity over time. All together, waterbeds comprised about 20 percent of the bed market. Today, they make up a much smaller segment,…
After a busy day, listening to sleeping sounds with a pair of sleep headphones as you drift off to Dreamland can be like going on a vacation. Maybe it’s the best kind of vacation. There are no crowds or airport security at the airport. There’s no lost luggage. There are no lines to wait in…
You may have seen rows of them in grocery, drug stores, discount, and big-box stores alike. They usually have an attractive drawing on them. The ones found in the United States are often dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Virgin Mary, St. Michael, St. Joseph, or another sacred concept, and are mostly sold…
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard of sleep technology. If not the term, then at least one sleep technology item. There are literally hundreds of gadgets on the market and they all get advertised, some heavily. In fact, the industry has a show in Houston around March every year. The show…
Why illustrate an article about how to stop someone from snoring with a picture of Charles Atlas? Charles Atlas was not known to snore. Because… Isometric exercise is nothing new. They work. They’re safe. They’re simple. You can do them anywhere. Charles Atlas was known for his ads in comic books and for building his…
Crisp rice cereal at bedtime combined with dried cherries makes for a naturally sedating combination that contains both melatonin and tryptophan. It could help you get some shuteye. You can call this midnight snack insomnia “the cereal cure.” As they say in clickbait hype, “Drug companies probably would rather you not know about this!!!” Seriously…