Evening Routine – A Place to Start
Two of the most important routines suggested to improve your overall wellbeing and living a life well-lived are morning routines and bedtime or nighttime routines.
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Fall Back Wisely
That’s right, it is our bi-annual clock changing habit this weekend — fall back an hour. Have you ever noticed that your body starts to adjust to the fading light? I decided to track my waking and bedtimes leading into this fall’s time change. Well, as of this week, my body has already fallen back one hour! Curious about this […]
5 Daylight Saving Time Preparation Tips
Daylight Savings Time (DST) means you lose one hour of sleep in the spring, but gain an hour in the fall. But is this seasonal occurrence good for you? Research suggests that maybe not so much. In fact, according to Science Daily, there is “25 percent jump in the number of heart attacks occurring the Monday after we ‘spring forward’ […]
Sleep Matters
The Foundation Habit of Sleep Sleep — why do you need it? Good question. Fostering good habits of exercise, eating right and sleeping are intertwined and synergistic. According to Gretchen Rubin, author of Better Than Before, suggests that “people who work on one positive habit often find it easier to improve in other areas.” (58) So where should you start? […]
Sleep Tip #5 – No Light
Light. You know the kind that your alarm clock emits or any digital device is notoriously known to illuminate the dark. That’s right, I hate any kind of light that “might” wake me or for that matter, keep me awake. I usually have to cover any light with something dark. While I was in California, I had to cover the […]
