Because learning about your brain and sleep can be fun . . .
Happy 2024, dear readers! It’s always popular to make New Year’s resolutions about health. Why not? It’s the most valuable thing you own if you have it. According to some surveys, more than half of the resolutions deal with aspects of health. Sleep, of course, plays a big role in overall health. Sleep and dreams…
It makes sense to put some thought into how you’re going to get the most you can out of your morning. The rest of the day might be disjointed and busy. Or it might not be. But the morning can usually give you uninterrupted time to concentrate on getting the things done that matter most…
Superficially considered, the dreams don’t necessarily relate to each other. One dream, say, might be about some birds. Another dream might be about swimming at a beach. The themes of the dreams, however, are related. And there’s a lesson for you in how your subconscious expresses the dream.
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…
Discover the understanding and essential part of self-growth by embracing your shadow self. Uncover hidden aspects of your personality. Explore the power of shadow work, and experience transformative healing and personal development. Shadow work is a practice that delves into the depths of our psyche, shedding light on the parts we often ignore or suppress.…
Dreams are fun but it’s best to acknowledge it and not to get stuck on that aspect. It’s cool when you do something like holding seven men at gunpoint in your dreams. Or when you save a life. Or when you ride a horse fast. Unfortunately, the long-term dream journaler pseudonymously named “Barb Sanders” had…
Going to Spain and Portugal two years ago was relaxing. The environment was peaceful. That’s not to say those two countries are peaceful all the time. Going back in their history, the Spanish Civil War was anything but. Neither was the Reconquista! That’s not to say they don’t have their problems; every place does. It’s…
You don’t have to sit cross-legged on a cushion in the middle of a room with a candle burning in front of you to meditate. Meditation doesn’t have to be this complicated/inconvenient. If you do all that, you’re wasting time. Dream Focus provides a way to get the benefits of meditation without the inconvenience. What…
That there’s a connection between religion and sleep hygiene is not a new idea. People have been praying at bedtime since the day after forever ago! Yet it’s a connection the medical establishment doesn’t talk about in our mostly secular society. Many healthcare practitioners don’t feel comfortable addressing the issue. In a survey of 3,257…
Try to figure out why. To do that, look for clues as to why you feel about the place the way you do. It might be a profane space. So you’re somewhere with bad vibes. Are there problems and troubling things you can see with your own eyes? Is the place rundown? Are there broken…