If you wake up in mental overload—and it happens to be the same day your sister is leaving after a long visit—the problems in your mind might not be the problem. I know because this happened to [...]
Do you ever walk to the kitchen and forget what you wanted? That’s how your mind works. When I wrote my books on brain fitness, I learned that the cognitive cortex is entwined with your [...]
What hypes you up? It might be chocolate, alcohol or caffeine, watching the news, too many screens. And how do you get to rest? I’m such a lightweight, even chocolate dessert interferes with my [...]
Stephanie did things “right.” She followed the sleep hygiene rules to the letter—regulating her sleep time, using her bed just for sleep, etc. Even after several months, none of that helped. She [...]
I was trying to record my video series, The 7 Pathways to Rest…but construction across the street interfered. The noise and my irritation was a perfect segue to my newsletter… so [...]
This coming Sunday, I will be fully invincible. I had my second Covid-19 shot on March 21; after two weeks, I’ll have super powers! Maybe I won’t need health insurance or any kind of [...]
Our poor eyes! It’s not enough that we’re staring at screens all day. We’re also looking at: A grid of faces, some who’d rather not be there. Our own weary reflection or bad hair days. [...]
Why do so many people scroll so late? They stay up well after the time they’d like to go to bed… maybe for hours. Could it be “Revenge Bedtime Procrastination”? You might get caught up in this [...]
Can a poem change your life? This one did for me. Luna Jaffe (financial planner, artist, poet, and more) helped me see how my “non-essential” values and efforts have created true wealth: To care [...]
Relief. I can breathe. I can’t believe how good I feel. I cried through the whole swearing-in. If you’ve been chronically on edge for the past 4 years, these post-inaugural comments might [...]
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