This Is How Often You Should Replace Your Pillow It’s time for some pillow talk. And no, we’re not talking about bedtime conversations with your special someone. It’s actual pillows we’re interested in. When was the last time you replaced yours? If you can’t remember, you’re not alone; pillows are an afterthought for most of […]
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Sleep Resolutions for You and the World This article was originally titled Cast Your Vote for Sleep as posted on October 28, 2020. Though the election went to bed, now it’s your turn. The issues raised in the article will continue to impact you and society at large.
Sustainability and Sleep: Protecting the Environment Within and Around You In this time of COVID-19, sustainability has taken on new dimensions. We must ask ourselves: How can we sustain not only our own health but that of our loved ones, our communities, and our planet? What can we learn from the natural environment’s response to […]
Sleep & COVID-19 As you face schedule changes, isolation, anxiety, economic worries and other impacts of the COVID-19 crisis, it is clear that much is out of our control.But …
Comfort in the Darkness: How Sleep Will Help Us the Most Right Now In Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet, Hamlet the character begins a soliloquy, asking himself, “To be, or not to be, that is the question.” He is contemplating life vs. death, pondering mortality and the meaning of life. He speaks of dreams, “For in that […]
Breathing & Sleeping Your Way Through the Covid-19 Crisis As we navigate the unknown and the attendant stress, fears, and challenges of the global Covid-19 coronavirus crisis, it can be difficult to stay relaxed, function normally, and tend to life as usual. Taking preventative measures is important and the medical and media communities are providing […]
How to reset your sleep schedule after the holidays TORONTO — Long nights and late mornings during the holidays often make returning to a regular sleep schedule difficult. This common struggle is a phenomenon neurologist Dr. Brian Murray calls “social jet lag.” “People on vacation for the holidays tend to sleep in because they’re often […]
IS YOUR SLEEP IN ORDER FOR 2020? Distinguishing Disordered Sleep & Sleep Disorders THE GENESIS OF “DISORDERED SLEEP” In 1996, the impact of my spouse’s snoring on my sleep was becoming all too apparent. While helping in my daughter’s kindergarten classroom, my exhaustion was evidenced by my struggle to keep my eyes open.
THE ABCs of ZZZs Whether a youngster at the opening of the door to a lifetime of learning or an elderly adult winding down from decades of accumulating information, three similarities regarding sleep are stark: 1. Each requires sleep to live. 2. Many are not getting the sleep required for good health, be it compromised […]
Our Lousy Sleep Habits Are Ruining Our Health. But Rest Easy-Help Is On the Way. In 2017, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings identified his company’s top competitor. It wasn’t, he claimed, “FX, HBO, or Amazon.” He wasn’t worried about video games or Instagram or all of us just up and getting social lives. “Think about it: […]
Why Sleep Is Worth the Time Investment – Future of Personal Health Life offers us 24 hours a day. Yet amidst the barrage of responsibilities, opportunities and distractions that engage us these days, time devoted to sleep often gets compromised. While 76 percent of Americans say they want to improve their sleep, the seven to […]
Here’s How Your Shower Time Affects Your Health Lucy Wallace, a 28-year-old consultant from Brooklyn, New York, refuses to go to sleep without showering first. It doesn’t matter if she already showered in the morning after working out-Wallace is obsessive about her bedtime routine. “I hate the idea of climbing into bed covered in the […]
Welcome to the restless era of commercialized sleep Ever lie in bed, completely restless, thinking for hours on end about how you’re lying in bed, completely restless? Compound that with the stress of your Fitbit reading – you’re averaging only one-quarter of the night in a state of deep sleep?
A DREAM COMES TRUE AT THE NATIONAL SLEEP FOUNDATION SLEEP SHOW: It’s Sleep Awareness Week, sponsored by the National Sleep Foundation, an opportunity to recognize that sleep is essential and to take action to prioritize our sleep. Yet for some, the basic essentials for a good night’s sleep remain an unfulfilled dream. For far too […]
‘Sleep Ambassador’ Nancy Rothstein: ’15 Minutes Isn’t Enough’ To Pick A Mattress Nancy Rothstein recently took a ride in her friend’s Tesla – her first experience in the car – and was struck by how extravagant, and costly, it was. It left her pondering how dissimilarly we appreciate the value of a car – “$15,000,” […]
Being a Night Owl Really Can Hurt Your Mental Health Ben Franklin may have had it partly right with his belief that “early to rise” makes one “healthy, wealthy and wise.” Natural early risers may experience greater overall well-being and better mental health compared with night owls, a new study suggests.
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Pulling Off the Perfect Power Nap Napping is having a moment. Starting a few years ago, industries looking to boost the creative productivity of their workers – in Silicon Valley and beyond – caught wind of research showing that a short afternoon nap can refresh the body and recharge the mind in ways similar to […]
The 10 Most Influential People in Sleep Search “most influential people in health” and you’ll see lists of celebrity trainers and best-selling nutritionists. The results for influential people in sleep? Zilch. We think it’s time sleep advocates get some recognition, too. After all, sleep is just as important as any other pillar of wellness .