My Cure for Insomnia
I have this little prayer and ritual that I do every night just before I go to sleep. I lay in my bed and do a few things to balance my body and go through a short mental intention to make sure I get the kind of sleep I want. Then I ask for something [...]
Sleep ‘Green’, Sleep Well
‘Green’ Sleep is Good Sleep. They call it ‘sleep hygiene’ in the medical community: those simple things you can do to get better sleep. And most of them, not coincidentally, are also ‘green’ things to do. Clean your world, your body and your mind. Then enlist the powerful, free and renewable resources of your brain and the [...]
The Ugly Child: Eight Tips for Transformation
By the time I arrived in this world, the spots of First Born Son and the Pretty Little Girl were already taken in my family. And my parents didn’t have the imagination to create another spot, such as talented, creative, artistic, athletic, intelligent… Instead, when I was just in diapers, my brother dared to [...]
Pondering the Serious Science of Sleep
Neuroscientists love a mystery. And the brain, and what it does when we sleep is a really big one. As much as they know, and they know a lot, it’s just a drop in the bucket of true understanding of our mind in all its aspects – physical, chemical, energetic. Here is what Harvard says [...]
The Best Bedtime Story
Magic Nights for Children How could a bedtime story help your child feel empowered and honored for who they are. How could it show them that friends come in all shapes and sizes, and that, in the end, the universe they live in is a safe and supportive place to be. Maybe it could be [...]