We’ve all been in that situation: because you are tired, you fail to pay attention at work. Sometimes, like being in an important business meeting, that lack of attention can be embarrassing. Other times, like working in dangerous situation, it can be life-threatening. Make no mistake: rest matters in your professional life. But did you know…
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Wellness for You. Wellness for Community.
Wellness. One of those precious consequences of taking care of yourself. Every person is a unique contribution to the world, but you can’t offer your contribution if you don’t first take care of yourself. Caring for yourself encompasses three main areas: body, mind, and spirit. The body is obvious enough, but consider all the systems…
Sleep is Important for Your Health
Many people assume that not getting enough sleep results in feeling fatigued the next day. They don’t link lack of sleep to serious health issues such as diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity. It may seem surprising that lack of sleep could cause health issues but it is common knowledge in the medical community. According…
Dangers of Irregular Sleeping Patterns in Adolescents
It seems that nearly every year we are provided with another new study that emphasizes the importance of healthy in growing and developing teenagers. Just as food nourishes your body, sleep is one of the most important ways that you can directly impact the overall health of your brain. Consumers will often times do their…
Four Tips to Improve Your Sleeping Patterns Today
Nothing sets the tone for your day quite like a good night´s sleep, and science continues to prove that proper amounts of rest is required for our bodies to function at their full potential. Sleep deficiency has been connected to memory loss, slow reaction times and overall moodiness, and for these reasons, many are willing…
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…
Do Women Need More Sleep Than Men?
Are you a woman who wakes up wishing she hadn’t? Do you bury your face in your pillow and sigh over the loss of dreamland, bracing yourself to face the day? If so, apparently you’re not alone. A recent international study found women tend to be grumpier in the morning than men, even after getting…
Why Successful Entrepreneurs Sleep More
A recent article in Entrepreneur magazine said it all—many entrepreneurs sleep less than they should. But that stereotypical sleep deprivation is a bad, bad thing that’s hopefully going away. As entrepreneurs ourselves, we know how tough it can be to build a successful business. There’s just so much to do and all of it is…
Why Work Could Be Ruining Your Sleep
We’ve heard a lot about how lack of sleep can harm productivity at work. But what if work harms sleep…and all of the other things in life that rely on it? New studies are showing that work is cutting into sleep and overall quality of life in a big way for many Americans. As a…
How to get the best sleep for learning
So we learned something new this week. Did you know that the times you go to bed and wake up can have different impacts on how well you perform on tests, musical performances or sports? If you’re prepping for an exam, working on your Klingon language fluency to impress everyone at parties, or seeking to…