So we talk a lot about sleep in this blog. But what about other aspects of living well? Food, for example, is a big one for a lot of us. Recently, one of us had a conversation with his wife about this. It was randomly sparked by the sudden, unfortunate need to replace the radiator…
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Why Americans Have So Much Trouble Sleeping
Tired of not getting enough sleep? (The pun is old and exhausted, yes. But puns are fun so bear with us.) We want to help you fix that. But this blog is not about sleep. This blog is about the reasons why we see so many people so tired in our society. Arianna Huffington, a…
How Sleep Affects Your Love Life
Let’s say you have a hot date tonight. Yay! You’re going out for drinks at some swanky spot downtown. You’re excited…and a tad bit nervous. According to the experts, your dating experience could go very differently, depending on the quality of your sleep the night before! Dating is far from simple, but here’s a deliberately…
Bedtime Stories for Better Learning
So we’ve been thinking a lot this time of year about getting kids back on that school-night schedule, hard as it may be for youngsters and grown-ups alike. It’s important, because sleep is even more crucial for kids than for adults and the average elementary school student needs 11 hours per night. Experts say bedtime routines—some people…
Better Back-to-School Bedtimes
We always get spoiled in the summers. We let our kids stay up and sleep in a little later, we go on vacations and get all thrown off our regular schedules. Some parents manage to maintain consistent bedtimes, but lots of school-aged children go to bed later in the summertime. The days are longer, after…
How to Travel Restfully
This is the time of year when many of us peel ourselves away from work and head out on vacation, that blissful week or so of relaxation, new experiences and “getting-away-from-it-all.” But oftentimes, traveling is anything but restful. (Especially if you’re traveling with young children!) There’s packing and driving and flying and waiting for your…
The Restfulness of Being Outside
There’s a video circulating these days that we like a lot: a quick glimpse at the childhoods of three generations. It’s a little bit sweet and a little bit sad. The silver-haired folks on the video remembered picking berries, watching things grow, fishing and escaping bears in the woods. The middle-aged fondly recalled building forts…
Why Bad Dreams Are Good for You
You’re terrified. You need to escape, to do something. But no matter what, you just.can’t.run. You can’t yell for help. Your mouth seems glued shut and your legs drag like lead and the terrible thing (fill in the blank) chasing you is catching up. You can feel it behind you, closing in It’s not a…
The Secret to a Long Life: Sleep!
Want to live long and prosper? Well, nerdy Star Trek references aside, you should sleep a lot! Don’t take our word for it: the world’s oldest woman attributes her longevity to getting “lots of sleep”…along with prodigious amounts of bacon eating. Susannah Mushatt Jones just turned 116 on Monday, making her the oldest living human and…
To Sleep Soundly, Organize Your Life!
Are you someone who loves to have a place for everything and everything in its place? Do you color code your closet and create nerdy labels for everything? Are you religious about checking off tasks? Or maybe those questions are rather hilarious to you. Maybe the busyness of life has made organization seem like a…