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…
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Techniques to Help You Relax: Part III
In this three-part series on techniques to help you stave off stress, relax and sleep better, we’ve written so far about 10 things you can do to bring on the peacefulness and beat that insomnia. We’ve discussed the benefits of making time for yourself, being present, focusing on your breath, tuning in to your body,…
Tips to Help You Relax: Part II
Stress and sleep are not good bedfellows. Stress can mess with your rest and cause a vicious cycle of anxious days and sleepless nights. And these days, who among us doesn’t have experience bit of stress? Perhaps you read our last blog with the first five of 15 relaxation techniques to help you get to…
Techniques to Help You Relax: Part I
It’s time to go to bed. But your heart rate is up and your mind is racing with the events of the day, expectations for tomorrow and things on your pesky to-do list. Sound familiar? If so, you’re not alone. Roughly 60 million Americans deal with insomnia and about one in three will have insomnia…
Relax: An Economist Said It’s OK
Do Americans dislike R&R? Well, that seems unlikely. But we don’t seem to be very good at it. New economic research suggests that U.S. adults don’t relax much, even on nights and weekends. The economists found that Americans work longer hours and are more likely to work late nights and weekends than their counterparts in…
Daylight Savings Time Is a Beast
Even if Spring hasn’t officially sprung yet, the advent of daylight saving time always reminds us that warmer weather is on its way. “Springing forward” and all that. But that doesn’t mean we feel like springing out of bed when the alarm sounds. Especially these first few days… As happy as we all are to…
The Miracle of Holiday Travel
It’s that time of year when the world falls in love. When more people get bumped in shopping malls or rear-ended in traffic yet manage to remain cheery amid the melee. When everyone and their mothers try to get on a plane and some don’t make it because they misjudged the misery of the security line. The holidays…