3 Things You Should Know About REM Sleep

3 Things You Should Know About REM Sleep Sleep is a vital part of good health and optimal function during your waking hours. As you get your much needed, revitalizing rest at night, your body actually goes through various sleep cycles. Each phase of sleep is important...

11 Fun Facts About Dreams

The images, scenes, or stories that play out in your mind during slumber are always present during REM sleep. We have dubbed them dreams, and they can make our nighttime rest periods exciting, confusing, mystifying, and even terrifying at times. While you are trying...

Do I Really Need 8 Hours of Continuous Sleep?

  By: Lauri Leadley, CCSH, RPSGT – Clinical Sleep Educator|Sleep Coach Sleep is fundamental to good physical and mental health. When you are rested sufficiently, the body and brain are energized and you tend to be sharp, focused, and more productive. However, a...

Sleep Deprivation Can Cause You to Lose Focus

Getting enough sleep is as important as clean air and plenty of food and water to our health and well-being. You need adequate sleep nightly to remain mentally sharp. Continued sleep deprivation and untreated sleep disorders can cause problems with memory, learning,...

7 Amazing Things You Unknowingly Do While You Sleep

7 Amazing Things You Unknowingly Do While You Sleep Sleep is undeniably an important building block to living a healthy, happy, and productive life. Regularly sleeping seven to eight hours a night helps your health, body, and your mind perform at their very best....

3 Ways That Sleeping Too Much May be Diminishing Your Quality of Life

3 Ways That Sleeping Too Much May be Diminishing Your Quality of Life   The amount of sleep that you need to function effectively and successfully each day is directly correlated with living a healthy, happy life. Too little, or even too much sleep can create...