Articles on Sleep
Back to School Blues: 9 Ways to Help Your Tween Go Back to School with Ease
It’s almost that time again…the transition to a new school year. This can be a time of joy and excitement for some and it can also be a time...
What to Do about New School Year Anxieties
Here it comes! School is reopening in a week or two. Are you and your children ready? Transitions are hard for most people but particularly for young people. It’s...
The Essentiality of Sleep Through the Recovery of Depression
When I think of how important sleep is, I am reminded that sleep deprivation is often used as a form of torture. In an article titled “Why Sleep Deprivation...
15 Natural Ways to Fall Asleep Faster Tonight
We all crave a good night’s rest. According to the national sleep foundation, it is recommended to get between seven to nine hours of sleep a night, but that...
15 Tactics to Cope with Anxiety, Insomnia, or Depression
You’re always tired, but not sleepy. You find yourself breaking down for no apparent reason while getting ready in the morning. Simple tasks like grocery shopping can suddenly become...
Tips for Reducing Worry
Worry zaps precious energy and motivates us to act against our best interests. When worry takes hold, our mental filter becomes clouded. Our mental filter allows our brains, when...
Book Review: End the Insomnia Struggle
So much of how we live our lives depends on getting good sleep. If you have a poor night’s sleep, you feel tired all the following day, you may...
Dreams: Your Inner Guidance
Dreams are far more than fantasies and wishes. They reveal inner truths, and expose incorrect conscious attitudes and resolve conflicts, providing a healing and self-regulating function. If you are...
Book Review: The Power of When
Just when you think there isn’t anything more to learn about yourself, a self-help book comes along to surprise you with a new way of looking at things. That...
Book Review: The Secret Life of Sleep
Kat Duff’s carefully researched, engagingly written, and wide-ranging The Secret Life of Sleep is an ode to sleep. The author documents the contemporary preoccupation with productivity, alertness, and cheating...
The Value of a Child’s Bedtime Routine
“But I don’t want to go to bed. Why does Jimmy get to stay up later? It’s not fair. Just let me watch this show. It’s my favorite! It’s...
Hints To Help Kids Get Enough Sleep
Setting healthy sleep habits when your child is young is key for their wellbeing. Here, Stephanie Silberman, , clinical psychologist, sleep specialist and author of The Insomnia Workbook: A...
9 Tips for Destressing Getting the Kids to Bed
One of the sweet pleasures of parenting can be the nightly ritual of tucking a child into bed. It can also be a waking nightmare. It’s up to us....
ADHD and Sleep
Children with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are more likely to have sleep difficulties. ADHD is a neurological condition characterized by inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity. Three subtypes of ADHD generally...
7 Ways Parents Can Help Their Teens Get Enough Sleep
You might be surprised to learn that teens actually need more sleep than adults. Unfortunately, they tend to be very sleep-deprived. But as parents, you can do a lot...
