Many people consider yawning a sign of boredom or tiredness. And if someone yawns while you’re talking to them, it can feel a bit rude – even if they try their best to excuse themselves. In...
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Lucid Dreaming: How To Control Your Dreams
Have you ever become aware that you’re dreaming? Maybe even able to change what happens in your dream and do amazing things like fly through strange landscapes? It sounds like the stuff of...
Sleeping With Hay Fever
It’s almost summer in the northern hemisphere. For many of us, this is our favorite time of year. For hay fever sufferers, however, it can be an endless nightmare of wheezing, sniffing and red eyes...
How To Help Children Sleep With A Good Bedtime Routine
As you might already know, sleep problems in young children are one of the most common worries of parents. Whether it’s resisting going to bed, having nighttime fears, or continually waking in the...
How To Remember Your Dreams More Often
I often wake up and take a moment to try and recall exactly what I was dreaming about – where I was, who was there and what was happening exactly. And then, of course, it’s time for the...
Why Tiredness Leads To Bad Food & How To Control It
When you haven’t slept well, do you tend to eat more the next day, perhaps indulging in food that isn’t so healthy? Personally, when I’ve had a bad night’s sleep, I’m...
Do You Learn Better By Studying Late Or Sleeping More?
Studying for exams, preparing for interviews, memorizing speeches or work presentations – sometimes it feels like there just aren’t enough hours in the day to get all that information to stay...
10 Plants That Might Help You Sleep
Do you keep any plants in your bedroom, adding a touch of natural color and beauty? My personal favorite is a trailing spider plant that sits by the window. Not only is it fun to watch new shoots...
How To Help Children With Stress And Insomnia
In the storybooks, childhood is a stress-free period of our lives. There are no looming bills, problems at work or expensive car repairs to worry about. Playing with friends and creating vast...
What’s The Best Bedroom Color For Sleep?
How does the current color scheme of your bedroom make you feel when you slide into bed at the end of a long day? Do you find your eyes relax when you cast your gaze around the room, or do you feel...
How Do You Know You Slept Well? 4 Indicators Of Good Sleep
Some mornings you crawl painfully out of bed, just knowing that you had a terrible night’s sleep, and that you’re going to have a difficult day because of it. Other days you might wake up...
Full Moon Insomnia: Does The Moon Affect Your Sleep?
Can you remember how well you slept the last time there was a full moon? Do you feel that when the moon shines brightest, things just don’t seem quite right? If so, you’re not alone...
Sheet Music – Does Your Bedding Sing You To Sleep?
We remember those particularly perfect nights of peaceful sleep on our travels. Maybe it was in a little country hotel we found once and never got to visit again. Or a deep, dreamless night we spent...
Can Light Therapy Improve Your Mood And Sleep?
Humans have a complicated, but vital relationship with sunlight. Like all life on our planet, we need it to survive, but too much or too little time in the sun can lead to serious problems. To much...
Gifts For Insomniacs – 10 Great Sleep Gifts
As an insomniac myself, I’m always happy to receive a gift that upgrades my bed or helps improve my sleep in some way. I mean, I love chocolates and the latest gadgets, but I love my sleep even...
The Best Wake-Up Lights For Easier Mornings
A wake-up light is a great way to make getting up in the morning an easier and more pleasant experience. If you’re not a fan of loud alarms, or you struggle to get up when it’s still dark...
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy For Insomnia & Your Online Options
The promise of falling asleep faster, reducing the time you’re awake in the night, and sleeping for longer would appeal to most people with insomnia. And if you can achieve this without taking...
How Short Sleepers Survive On Less Sleep
In our increasingly hectic and digitally connected world, many people regularly sleep for less than 6 hours per night. Personally, I prefer to sleep for at least 7 hours, but for various reasons...
10 Amazing Sleep Deprivation Experiments
Sleep deprivation is a fascinating topic, spawning a wide range of research and experimentation over the years. Many of the experiments were rigorously scientific; there have also been some notably...
The Effects of Sleep Deprivation – What Happens If You Don’t Sleep?
Not getting enough sleep is a common problem for many people in today’s busy world, but few are aware of the associated risks, some of which are potentially very serious. With enough lost...
Sleep Deprivation Causes, Symptoms And Treatment
What’s the longest time you’ve ever gone without sleep? 24 hours? Several days? Do you remember how it affected your mood, appetite or mental ability? As a lifelong insomniac, on more...
Sleep Apnea – Do You Stop Breathing While Sleeping?
Before looking more closely at what sleep apnea is, here are a few key questions to ask yourself: Have you or your partner noticed that you sometimes stop breathing while sleeping? Do you sometimes...
7 Tips For A Successful Sleep Study
This guest post was written by Nick, a reader who has undergone 2 sleep studies. A sleep study can be an effective way to diagnose some serious sleep disorders. But people often worry that their...
What Happens During A Sleep Study?
Have you been having difficulty sleeping for more than just a few nights? Do you feel your poor sleep is affecting your health, leaving you tired during the day and less alert when doing important...
Ways To Cope With Insomnia During Menopause
This guest post was written by Jane, a reader who offered to share her story and tips for coping with insomnia. I’d like to thank her for sharing her experiences here. Let’s talk about something half...
Are Periodic Sleep Patterns Better Than One Solid Sleep?
Do you feel like the usual “8 solid hours” approach to sleeping just isn’t working for you? Are you waking up frequently in the night? Feeling tired earlier in the day than most people? If so...
My Top 10 Tips For Insomnia
When I tell people that I write about sleep, they usually ask me if I suffer from insomnia myself. When I tell them that I do, they invariably ask me to recommend some techniques for dealing with it...
Snoring Solutions: Devices And Lifestyle Changes That Help
Do you or your partner snore, making it difficult for one or even both of you to sleep properly? Snoring is very common, and can be difficult for a partner to cope with. But it can also affect the...
Why You Can’t Sleep On The First Night In A New Place
Do you find it even more difficult than normal to sleep on the first night in a different bedroom? And even if you can sleep, do you feel groggy or tired the next day? I personally find this an issue...
Possible Health Problems Due To Restless Legs Syndrome
Do your legs shake or twitch uncontrollably at night or even during the daytime? Perhaps you get a sensation of burning or a creepy feeling in your legs? And do these annoying movements or feelings...