Posts Tagged ‘sleep’
How Trauma Impacts Sleep
According to the National Center for PTSD, roughly 60 percent of men and 50 percent of women will experience at least one traumatic event in their lifetime. These traumatic events may be physical and/or psychological and can have devastating impacts on one’s life. While the effects of trauma differ greatly from person to person, the…
Read MoreSpring Break Sleep-In? (Not!)
So what does Spring Break mean for you? In just a few days, many of us will learn it will be different than what we envisioned it to be. And, while things will happen that will be out of our control (for example, our daydream of vacationing in the islands might not become reality), we…
Read MoreCreating a Bedtime Routine.
Guest Post: Samantha Kent with The Sleep Help Institute. We humans tend to like our routines in every part of our lives. When things go the way we expect them to, we’re much more comfortable and happier, no matter what part of our day it applies to. This includes when it comes to bedtime. Setting…
Read MoreLights, Camera…Sleep?
In 2007, acclaimed journalist and founder of The Huffington Post, Arianna Huffington, suffered “the wake-up call that changed (her) life.” (Sleep Revolution, 2014) It was a major collapse just as she was developing her now famous online news portal. In her book, The Sleep Revolution, she says after much testing, her doctors said the episode…
Read MoreAthletes Need Sleep.
Usually conversations post-Super Bowl revolve around the type of (extreme) regimen professional athletes are committed to. One of the more common myths in sports is that athletic training equals performance to the point of exhaustion without consideration for recovery. Mind over matter, push more, strive more — be more (than the average person) and that…
Read MoreSpotlight Self Care: How to Relax Anywhere.
Close your eyes. Imagine that you are in a place where time has no meaning. What do you see? Is it a calm, crystal blue ocean with white sands? Is it a remote cottage in the middle of the forest? Is it the quiet nook in the corner of your living room? Was it hard…
Read MoreSpotlight: Self Care. Easy to Sleep In 1, 2, 3…
We’ve all been there. The pull-out sofa at Aunt Connie’s house, the top bunk at Cousin Dave’s, the cheap motel we booked last minute because “we’re not going to be spending that much time in the room after all.” Even the times we splurge for a suite, when it comes to sleeping in that unfamiliar…
Read MoreSpotlight: Self Care. Where Does Sleep Fit Into Your Routine?
It’s 2019. By now, we’ve heard the constant drumbeat of why wellness, and mindfulness and other-ness’ are essential to our well-being. We “so can relate” to the barrage of imagery depicting the stressed and frizzy employee (and parent). We vehemently nod “yes!” when an assortment of memes, pithy quotes and Ted Talk® videos remind us…
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