Restless Nights

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 [...]

Can you try an experiment with me? What if you could reverse how you experience gratitude? The usual path to gratitude is to start thinking of what you are blessed to have — family, roof, food, [...]

My friend is an expert at meditation— and that’s the only thing that saves her at night. The agony of restless legs keeps her from falling asleep, or it wakes her up. My restless legs aren’t as [...]

Are you breathing? Of course you are. Breathing is a gift, because it’s both automatic (involuntary) and controllable (voluntary). You keep going without noticing, and when you do notice, it [...]

My friend Mary Beth is ahead of the news. She and her husband started doing 12 minutes of bone supporting stretches last thing before bed. Since then, she said, both have had the consistently [...]

I remember the details: I was about to turn off the light in bed when my daughter called. Her voice was breathless, beyond distraught to say, “I think he’s going to win.” Beyond my own panic was [...]

Did you have a lullaby to fall asleep? My kids did, we sang them “Tender Shepherd” or “Dream a Little Dream of Me.” It might serve you to have one as a grown-up, too. Especially if you’re like my [...]

I don’t need to tell you, you already know… from the news, Twitter posts, family discussions. It arises in your shallow breathing, anxious thoughts at 3 AM, clenched teeth, apathy towards daily [...]

My client’s mom was doing well in her treatment for cancer—but my client, Yesmina, wasn’t. Her what-if worries (that the cancer might return) constantly kept her body on alert and shortened her [...]

Time to get your body settled down for bed… You brush your teeth, put on PJs, lower the lights, snuggle under the covers. But doesn’t your mind need settling, too? Since we [...]