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The other day I was talking to a friend who asked how I was. It had been a particularly “awake” night prior, 1 where I’d slept only in short bursts...

It has been a rough couple of months at home for my family. I'm not talking about run-of-the-mill COVID-19 rough, but we have struggled through unimaginable things over the past...

I hold a controversial opinion about insomnia. It's an opinion formed by my experience as a person with insomnia and my professional experience as a person who treats people with...

I’ve lived with insomnia for a long time. For the most part, I have developed tools and skills to manage my sleep disorder. That doesn’t make me exempt from struggles!...

There seems to be no rhyme or reason to my sleep patterns. I would not even call it a pattern. Sometimes I sleep. Sometimes I do not. Occasionally, I sleep...

I decided to write an article about preparing for my return to full-time work outside of my home. Doing a brief Google search, I looked for suggestions I could share...

I recently had a pretty major shift in the status of my health in a pretty awful way. I was living and loving "normal life," as I had just recently...

Living with insomnia is a unique and intensely personal adventure. Let me tell you about my experience. When I was a little girl, I used to run around a lot...

I'd like to dedicate some words to those in the sleep disorders community. Words, that if you'd like, have the option that you can come back to, read aloud or...

I’ve loved coffee my whole life. It’s normal for children to drink coffee in my family’s culture. I vividly recall having a mug every morning alongside my bowl of Cocoa...

If there is 1 thing you can count on when you have insomnia, it is that you cannot count on anything. Sleep schedules vary wildly. The only constant is that...

I’ve shared before that I began struggling with signs and symptoms of insomnia as a child. From frequent movement during the night to blankets strewn across the floor in the...

2020 was a rollercoaster to say the least – and not the good kind. It’s akin to that 1 ride at the amusement park you look forward to all summer...

I think I inadvertently put a restraining order on the sandman at some point in my life. Surely that is the case because he refuses to visit me. Sheep no...

Last week, I begin transitioning back to my full-time office schedule. I will still have days I work at home through May, but this is to prepare me for a...

Without fail, each winter season my mood tanks. As the days get shorter and shorter, the sun hides more than it's found, and the temperatures in the midwest get extremely...

It seems to me that we spend the majority of our lives focussed on caring for others. Our spouses and partners. Our children. Our boss' and business' needs. It's not...

Digital therapeutics (DTx) first entered clinical discussions in the 1990s. The idea was that technology could improve healthcare access. It could help overcome barriers of location, time, and resources. This...

Many people with insomnia, myself included, can become obsessed with tracking their sleep or lack thereof. How many hours did I sleep? How many times did I wake up during the...

My body is no stranger to inflammation. As a kid, it was high sed rates and other inflammatory markers. After college, it was constant physical fatigue far beyond that I’d...