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Having Vivid Dreams and Nightmares Since the COVID-19 Pandemic Started? Here’s why

Usually, my dreams feel pretty elusive, but lately, I’ve had weirdly memorable ones. Some so disturbing that I won’t even attempt to ...

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To Become More Productive & Focused In Your Life, Make Rest & Rejuvenation A Priority

Let’s face it, we live in a culture that values those who work, work, work and then work some more. And the more you work, the more heroic..

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Healthy Sleep Is Vital For School Success

Healthy sleep is vital for student success. Yet, a new survey from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) shows that many ...

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5 Ways A Weighted Blanket Can Improve Your Life

Quality sleep is essential to good health, but daily life - the stresses of work and family, too much screen time, caffeine or ...

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How To Use Yoga To Sleep Better During The Pandemic

Whether due to illness, altered work schedules, homeschooling or social distancing, COVID-19 has impacted us all personally. Stress ...

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Worried Sleepless? Try These 3 Things

Three evidence-based tips to help calm the mind and reduce insomnia. This is the fifth installment of “The Sleep Suite,” a six-part series

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How to Use Your Bed: Use it for these three things and these three things only

I recently started rotating through a Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital; not unusual for many clinical psychology residents. The vets ...

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DAY 20 of '24 DAYS OF GIVING': Hope To Dream - Give The Gift of Sleep

This month, Ashley HomeStore’s Hope to Dream program is celebrating its 9th anniversary. Since its inception in 2010, the program has ...

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Why Do We Dream?

Quite often it is when we close our eyes, fall asleep and dream that we see the most. Why are our minds capable of having such elaborate ...