Are you taking a new look at your life with the new year? You won’t find much room for creating or letting go until you honor what’s served you.  The morning of New Year’s Eve, I was [...]

I respect the urge to take sleep medications. Still, most people who take them would rather not – perhaps because of their short- and long-term problems, or simply for feeling dependent on them. [...]

Weighted blankets are all the thing. I heard of them long ago for children with autism or Sensory Processing Disorder (over- or under-responding to sensory experiences, which affects sleep, [...]

I heard the news last Saturday as I arrived to teach the workshop on Finding Rest in Turbulent Times. This time, news was the synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh. The day before, execution of two [...]

It’s kinda hellish when you don’t know what causes your insomnia. Is it coffee or chocolate, lack of exercise, too much screen time late at night? Or maybe an underlying illness, thyroid or [...]

I’m teaching a workshop for those who are reeling from political affronts We are managing hard times, with grief, shock, anger, fear, and too often, sleeplessness. Which makes our feelings [...]

Do you remember these lines from the children’s book, Madeline? In an old house in Paris All covered with vines Lived twelve little girls In two straight lines And a few pages later: In the [...]

Rest seems simple, doesn’t it? I mean, you just stop and let go. But it’s not always easy. That’s because obstacles rear their ugly heads, leaving you frustrated with a non-stop mind, tense body, [...]

As we work together, my client Charles notices how his desperation for sleep keeps him agitated and awake. His firmly ingrained “I need to sleep” belief means that: If he doesn’t [...]

Cancer occurs when cells begin to grow uncontrollably: That’s carcinoma. Seattle is also growing uncontrollably. Over 1000 people each week moved here during the last census year. This city has [...]

Please check out this amazing interview with Kerry Hummingbird of the Skills Not Pills Movement. We discussed sleepless hours, the value of rest, and how to get there!   Get the free e-book, [...]

Many people are so frustrated about not sleeping, they feel they have to take drugs. I respect why they do that – insomnia stress can get really intense. But these medicines are powerful, and not [...]