Mar 18, 2013 | Sleep tips
No one wants to hear that they snore, which is why so many of us are quick to dismiss, deny, or redirect any claim that the strange, snuffling, snorting noise someone else heard came from us. While we may not like to think that we are one of the 40% of men and 25% of...
Feb 28, 2013 | Sleep and health, Sleep tips, Uncategorized
If you are an average American your answer would be 6 hours and 40 minutes which is most likely less than you need. According to one of the National Sleep Foundation’s Sleep in America polls, this is the average amount of sleep adults are getting even though most of...
Feb 21, 2013 | Sleep Disorder, Sleep tips
It is a common misconception that having a couple glasses of wine before dinner will help you sleep. Many people mistake the drowsy feeling that a little alcohol can bring as a quick way around insomnia, but the truth is that drinking makes you drowsy but it doesn’t...
Feb 14, 2013 | Sleep tips
Sleep thieves are all around us and most of the time we don’t even realize they are there. There are the sleep thieves that mask themselves behind good intentions like squeezing in a workout right before bed. There are the “to much to do too little time” sleep...
Feb 13, 2013 | Sleep tips
Feeling slow and sluggish today? Feeling slow and sluggish every day? If so, you may be dealing with excessive daytime sleepiness. The National Sleep Foundation estimates that almost 20% of us suffer from excessive daytime sleepiness often enough that it impacts...
Jan 17, 2013 | Kids and sleep, Sleep tips
As long as there have been parents, there have been bedtimes. It has long been an accepted idea that children need more sleep than we do but few of us think to question if this is a true truth or just one of those things that gets handed down as if it is true. When...
