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Get the Best Sleep of Your Life

Happy Snooze Year: How to Recover from the Holidays and Get the Best Sleep of Your Life The holidays can be seriously disruptive to your sleep schedule. And getting your snooze habits back on track after the break isn’t always easy. So we called on sleep expert Nancy Rothstein, aka The Sleep Ambassador, for advice […]

The Unspoken Menopause Symptom

Tossing, Turning, Sweating and … Snoring? It’s the Unspoken Menopause Symptom By Nancy Rothstein The Sleep Ambassador If you’re a woman over 40, you may be a snorer and not even realize it. Or if you know you snore, you may not talk about it with your partner or your doctor….

How to Get a Good Night’s Sleep

How to Get a Good Night’s Sleep (Published 2017) Or do as Mr. Rose at M.I.T. does. Mr. Rose lives with a collection of interactive furniture and animated objects, like Alexa by Amazon and Personal Assistant by Google and Aura, a sleep tracker and alarm clock by Withings that looks like a ship’s funnel and […]

Are You Breathing Properly? Are Your Children?

Are You Breathing Properly? Are Your Children? We enter the world with a breath and the process continues automatically for the rest of our lives. Although breathing is an involuntary function, the manner in which we breathe has an enormous effect on our health. Breathing is an innate bodily function which most of us take […]

Sleep is the New Status Symbol

Sleep Is the New Status Symbol (Published 2017) At M.I.T.’s Media Lab, the digital futurist playground, David Rose is investigating swaddling, bedtime stories and hammocks, as well as lavender oil and cocoons.

Promises to Sleep: New Year’s Resolutions You Can Keep

Promises To Sleep: New Year’s Resolutions You Can Keep In his poem, Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening, Robert Frost writes, The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep.

A Post-Election Vote Is In: Sleep Remains Essential

A POST- ELECTION VOTE IS IN: SLEEP REMAINS ESSENTIAL The election is over. I had written a recent article on Huffington Post, Are You Ready To Put This Election to Bed?…So you can get some sleep. , that gave some guidance to getting a good night’s sleep amidst the election turmoil and intensity. Yet, I […]

Bridging the Gaps for Sleep Apnea Patients

Bridging the Gaps for Sleep Apnea Patients The Sleep Apnea Patient-Centered Outcomes Network (SAPCON) is a virtual patient-powered research network initiated in 2013. Available online at MyApnea.org, the network was stimulated by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) vision of creating a “network of networks” of diverse stakeholders collaborating to accelerate patient-centered comparative effectiveness research.

Nancy Rothstein on SLEEP – Part 1

‎vidalSPEAKS: 24 – PART 1 – Nancy Rothstein on SLEEP – All You Didn’t Know But Need To Know About SLEEP! on Apple Podcasts ‎Let me introduce you to the SLEEP AMBASSADOR Nancy Rothstein. Once you hear what she has to say you will begin your sleep revolution! She tells us how have never been […]

Style a Master Bedroom as a Sleep Retreat

Style a Master Bedroom as a Sleep Retreat There’s big buzz these days about the importance of getting enough Z’s for health, happiness, and productivity. Help clients analyze if a master bedroom can incorporate all the essentials to promote a good night’s sleep.

Why Major Corporations Now Realize They Can’t ‘Outsource Sleep’

Why Major Corporations Now Realize They Can’t ‘Outsource Sleep’ In our lightning-fast, on-demand, plugged-in workforce, top executives can outsource pretty much any task they can’t find the time or energy to do themselves. Except, of course, sleep. Lately, a growing wave of top business leaders have been pulling out all the creative stops to encourage […]

Your Sleep Revolution Begins

Your Sleep Revolution Begins With Arianna’s book release, The Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life One Night at a Time , it’s a great time to begin and commit to your personal sleep crusade. While longstanding poor sleep habits do not change overnight, simple shifts can give you swift feedback and recognizable results to inspire a […]

Simply Surrendering to Slumber

Simply Surrendering to Slumber For babies, it appears so easy. Remember, you were once an infant who could surrender to slumber without much of a fuss, short of colic, a dirty diaper or unmet hunger. But today, as an adult, do you find yourself struggling for something once so simple and now so elusive?

Thirsty for Sleep?

Thirsty For Sleep? When your body and brain send signals that you’re thirsty, likely you respond by getting something to drink. It’s not likely you find excuses that quenching your thirst can wait a few more hours. When your body and brain send signs that you’re sleepy, what do you do?

The ROI of a Good Night’s Sleep

The ROI of a Good Night’s Sleep For cost conscious employers, it’s time to regard employee sleep as a core corporate investment. Employee sleep is a valuable asset with an ROI demanding attention. The question is not when you will offer Sleep Wellness initiatives, but if you can afford not to.

How To Break Your Sleep Procrastination Habit

How To Break Your Sleep Procrastination Habit Just as we procrastinate when it comes to work, exercise, or other activities, we are probably also procrastinating when it’s time to go to bed. A June 2014 study published by researchers at Utrecht University in the Netherlands found that the 177 participants typically experienced moderate levels of […]

Start Your Year with a New Lease on Sleep

Start Your Year with a New Lease on Sleep Sleep. Most of us don’t get enough of it… or at least don’t get enough quality sleep. But, it’s SO very important. It takes up about a third of your life (and impacts the other two-thirds). Part of the problem, of course, is the hectic nature […]