Your Definitive Time To Time Change: Why Daylight Savings Time, & What To Do With It
A lot of people really like daylight savings time because it lets them enjoy more daylight in the warmer months. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine really does not like it because of the effects it has on our sleep and health. And we’ll dive into all of that soon, but first it’s important to take a look at where daylight savings time comes from in the first place and why we have it at all.
The Positive Feedback Loop Your Life Might Be Missing
I talk with a lot of people about their thoughts and feelings—their worries, moods, memories, sleep, what’s meaningful to them... And somewhere in nearly every one of those conversations, I work to bring some measure of focus into the body.
The Myth of the 8-Hour Sleep (Part 1): Why Waking Up at Night Doesn't Mean You're a Bad Sleeper
We've been told, over and over, that a good night’s sleep is a single, solid, unbroken block of eight hours—from lights out to alarm clock, no interruptions. So when our body or mind doesn't do that, it feels like proof of a problem. We’ve failed, and we’re not good sleepers.
But here's the thing. That’s just not true.
3 Unexpected "Supplements" for Better Sleep (Backed by Research)
If you've spent any time on the wellness side of the internet, you've probably seen an explosion of sleep supplements: magnesium glycinate, apigenin, shwagandha gummies shaped like little bears, and melatonin in doses that would knock out a horse. There's a lot of noise, and some of it is genuinely useful. But when clients ask me what they should be taking for sleep, my answer usually surprises them, because it has almost nothing to do with what's in a supplement aisle.
Does Weed Help You Sleep?What the Research Actually Says.
The appeal of cannabis as a sleep aid is understandable and, to a degree, pharmacologically grounded. Before we fully get into it, however, there’s a few things that you need to know.