Living

Now I lay me down to sleep, but first, I must know if penguins have knees and why cows have 4 stomachs. I need to know why Saturn has over...

Simple, small joys can make a big difference to how we feel when we are between the sheets. Although I have not suffered from insomnia for many years, I still...

Hormones. Can’t live with them. Can’t live without them. For 27 years of my life, I experienced heavy, painful menstruation – on a more than monthly basis. At age 38...

I know that I’m not the only one who has additional trouble sleeping during the summertime. Why do I think that is? For me, the long days, filled often with...

I used to love bedtime – many, many moons ago. I loved everything about it. Snuggling into the sheets, bringing the quilt up to cover my entire head, and finding...

The irony of insomnia is that I can sleep almost anywhere. I easily fall asleep on the couch watching TV, on a train or plane, or on my hammock in...

I was about to birth a baby, but I'd already birthed sleeping trouble! Sleeping when pregnant isn't easy. Sleeping when pregnant with insomnia is, of course, even harder! I was...

Insomnia is something most people have dealt with at one point or another. In fact, the American Sleep Association says that 50 to 70 million American adults have some kind...

This is a 3-part author series. You can read Part 1 which explains how I got into this conundrum in the first place and Part 2 which talks about my...

Getting consistent and good quality sleep is something that evades me on a daily basis. Dealing with insomnia is not easy. Many people simply do not have any idea of...

I’m incredibly blessed to sleep most nights. It hasn’t always been the case. I suffered chronic and debilitating insomnia for years, which deteriorated to a critical level that couldn’t be...

What does the doctor tell you to do when you are sick? They tell you to rest. I cannot tell you how many times over the years I have had...

You know when someone tells you not to think about something, and then obviously, it’s absolutely the only thing you can think about? Well, that for me is infertility. And...

This is a 3-part author series. You can read Part 1 which explains how I got into this conundrum in the first place. I’ve had a medical intervention and am...

My perspective on living with a sleep disorder has changed significantly over the years. When I was younger, my inability to fall asleep easily or to stay asleep throughout the...

Insomnia is common following a trauma, and it can stick around if a survivor struggles with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). So will insomnia go away if you treat PTSD? Maybe...

As the days grow longer, it is harder and harder for me to sleep. I need time to wind down at the end of the day. My body will not...

2020? It was bad. 2021 - Personally bad. I thought 2020 was pretty awful – for so many reasons. I tried not to complain though I was a mess inside...

This article is part of an author series on finding and focusing on 1 thing to improving sleep hygiene. Check out Part 1: Getting Enough Sleep and Keeping a Schedule...

It’s strange, really. I think about the statistics that are widely known to the human race in regards to “how many years we sleep through the course of our lives.”...