Because learning about your brain and sleep can be fun . . .
In the specialized jargon of the medical profession relating to sleep, it’s called “microsleep.” Everyone else calls it “nodding off.” Calling it nodding off is much clearer. The common, layperson’s term lends itself to being recognized for the problem it is. The specialized language is sterile, drained of meaning. Nodding off is the same as…
In many ways, Bernarr Macfadden was the “father of fitness. He had strong opinions about how to avoid insomnia. Bernarr Macfadden started a magazine and a popular movement. The movement and magazine had the same name: “physical culture.” Watching what you ate and seeing that you got exercise wasn’t as popular among Americans before he…
Everyone, now and then, has difficulty falling asleep. It’s the way life is. It’s aggravating. Consider the situation stoically: it’s your turn to have trouble tonight. There could be a lot of reasons you’re having trouble right now. Did you drink too much coffee or have one of those energy drinks too close to bedtime?…