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When you’re caught up in fear of the future, regrets about the past, trying to care for yourself in this stretched-thin world—it’s so easy to lose the present moment. You could be missing [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Jia had long ago stopped reading articles titled “Why Sleep is Important.” They just made her feel if she didn’t fall asleep within 5 minutes, she was doomed to early death. She [...]

Do your legs jiggle and keep you awake? Mine do from time to time. They start to feel twitchy at the end of the day. If I stretch or move them, they get a little better for a little while, but [...]