As promised last week, this week we show you some ways to improve on your sleep and how you can get the most out of your sleep. When you have problems falling asleep, some simple bedtime routines will help you wind down and prepare you for bed. Few people manage to...
About 30% of people suffer from poor sleep, and they often blame stress, computers and taking work home as the culprit. Many of us have experienced the fatigue, short temper and lack of focus that often follow a poor night’s sleep. And although an occasional...
Why do we sleep? Sleep is a biological necessity. All complex organisms have a sleep-wake cycle, from simple fruit flies to humans. In humans, sleep has many vital functions for both physical and mental health. Important experiments with individuals who were sleep...
For most of us it feels like there are just not enough hours in a day and not enough days in a week to get things done. The forty-hour work week is some far away, hazy memory. It is hard to find the time for all the things we have to do, let alone the things we want...
Overwhelm Part I dealt with quantity, as in “too many/too much” to do/see/process; Part II considers quality, as in “too intense” with regard to physical pain/emotional overload. Yikes – how much easier Part I was!! As a reminder, this writer is looking through the...
In today’s world, most of us give preference to our careers, studies or personal commitments over a good night’s sleep. We often justify this in our minds, thinking our sleep is something which can be compromised on compared to our personal or professional lives that...
