42 Simple Tips To Help you Get To Sleep

This is a video of a Choral Music Piece which was based on the “42 Simple Tips To Help You Get to Sleep” on the webpage of Mick Winters. Very unusual! Not sure if you will be able to hear all the words.

Here is what the composer said about it:

“In my search for a [...]

Genes Determine Sleep Needs

Wondering why some people seem to be able to function well on only 6 hours sleep a night while you are a complete zombie after several such nights?  The answer is in your genes.

Those fortunate souls who need less sleep are born with a variant of a gene called PER3 that regulates their sleep needs.  [...]

You Have To Relax To Get To Sleep

Tension and Sleep are Incompatible

Anxiety and a busy mind are the enemies of sleep, we need to be able to relax in order to sleep well. Today I want to explain a bit more about brainwave entrainment and how it can help you to relax  and sleep at night.

The main thing such a program needs to [...]

The 90 Minute Baby Sleep Program

I wish this had been written when my babies were babies. My daughter, a psych graduate, discovered this plan and it really worked for her baby. (I pinched her book so I could learn more and tell you about it. I hope to send it back before she notices!)  All the reviewers on Amazon.com give [...]

Restless Legs Syndrome Tips

When you have Restless Legs Syndrome you are likely to be feeling desperate to find a cure. There isn’t a completely reliable cure to restless legs syndrome unfortunately. Whenever you see anything medical that is called a ’syndrome’ beware. It usually means they don’t know what causes it and there is no real cure- just [...]

Sleep Hygiene

Yesterday I talked about sleep hygiene -that is ways in which you can wind down for sleep in the hour or so before you go to bed. Today I want to give you some more tips on ways you can improve your sleep hygiene so that you are more likely to be able to get [...]

Sleep Hygiene to Cure Insomnia

Sleep hygiene is about the habits you can get into and the things you can do to help ensure that when it’s time for you to go to bed, you are able to fall asleep and stay asleep. Here are some ways you can improve your sleep hygiene.

Have Regular Sleep and Rising Times

Having a regular [...]

Insomnia May Cause Depression

An article in this week’s New Scientist reports research which shows that depression and other mental health problems may be caused by, rather than being a result of, insomnia.

It has been assumed that if a person were depressed and was unable to sleep, that the lack of sleep was causing the depression. But this new [...]

Help For Sleep Problems

Darkness Is Nature’s Sleep Time

Did you know that the onset of darkness is what triggers your body to begin initiating sleep? In days gone by we would have listened to this call to sleep and gone to bed soon after sunset.

We need darkness to get our sleep hormones flowing. Even a 100 watt [...]

The Crying Down Method For Baby Sleep Training

Should you use the ‘crying down’ /’crying it out’ method to help baby sleep through the night?

Several studies have shown that the crying down method of training a baby to sleep through the night  (see Helping Baby Sleep) is effective at reducing sleep problems and producing less stress in parents.

Some studies also show that a [...]