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Daylight savings/standard/confusion time drives me nuts. Despite setting my clocks ahead during the day (which helps a tiny bit), my body and time orientation is all skewed for days. I heard [...]

Do you get irritated when you can’t sleep? Angry? Pissed off? Raging mad? Join the club. Anger is a terrible lullaby—no surprise. Instead of getting the rest you want, you spend the night [...]

While I still get insomnia, it doesn’t bother me much anymore. Except for the last few nights…. I traveled rocky sleepless roads filled with non-stop thoughts and stress. I had to [...]

Every time I drove by the corner of Brooklyn Avenue and 53rd Street, I’d get mad, even after 15 years. That’s when a stoned-out driver darted in front of me. I swerved, but we still crashed at [...]

Get this! There are over 2.6 million “relaxing” videos online of women and men whispering, tapping their fingers, folding towels, rustling paper, brushing fake fur, pretending to cut hair, and [...]

  Insomnia Meds and Alzheimer‘s As a society, we’re so used to taking pills—for infection, anxiety, depression, heart function, blood pressure…and insomnia. But we often forget how [...]

How to Rest in Really Challenging Places Some of my clients hate spending the night in an unfamiliar motel room. Others blissfully relax, letting go of daily life and stress. But what about [...]

Do you feel down to your one last nerve when you struggle for sleep and are unable to rest? Well, if that one remaining nerve is your vagus nerve, you may be in luck. That’s because the [...]

Have you ever had a harder time resting when a storm was moving in? If so, you aren’t alone. One night last week, during a lighter part of my sleep cycle, I was flooded with plans about tasks to [...]

Ever tried getting through the night when you been laid up with the flu or a bad cold? Remember what it feels like when you lie down? You can hardly breathe, your head aches, fever is giving you [...]