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My Child Is An Early Bird — Can I Do Something About It?
By: Spencer George
Tags: Sleep, Parenting, Baby, Health, Parenting Advice

Early morning wakings are one of the toughest sleep problems to fix, if not the toughest. If you’re wondering why, it’s because after a decent night’s rest your child has got more energy to fight sleep in the morning. And the truth is, all of us come up into lighter sleep phases in the last hour of our sleep, preparing to take up for the day.

Remember, however, your child is waking early only if he is not getting the right amount of night rest for his age and his body. In other words, if your child sleeps from 7 PM to 6 AM, it’s a perfectly reasonable schedule for him, even though it might feel early to you.

We can’t ask our children to sleep more than 11 hours at night. Their bodies are usually rested after this much sleep, and they won’t be able to do more.

Also keep in mind the following fact: if your child is waking even at 10/½ hours, if he is rested and energetic in the morning and makes it easily till his naptime, then he’s getting enough rest for his body.

Problems arise if your child sleeps from, say, 7 PM to 5:30 AM. In this case, you’ll need to push the bedtime later by 15-minute increments, then watching to see if your child can sleep later in the morning,

A word of caution, though: Making the bedtime later can often have the opposite effect of causing your child to wake up earlier. This is the reason why things need to be done in small steps.

Here are some other ideas to try if your child is an early bird:

• Make sure that your child’s room is very, very dark.

• If there are any sounds that could be waking him — such as garbage trucks, barking dogs, sprinklers — put white noise in the room and make the volume loud enough to protect him from these sounds

• Remove all stimulating toys from your child’s crib or bed, which can be distracting once the sun enters his room.

• If you are checking in on your child within the last hour before his wake time, your interaction may prevent him from returning to sleep. Don’t check on him if it’s less than one hour till his wake time.

• Make sure the bedtime is not too late for your child’s age. Adjust the bedtime earlier by 15-minute increments, and watch what happens in the morning. In doing so, you will allow your child to sleep later, as he is less overtired at bedtime. If he does wake earlier, return to your previous bedtime. If moving the bedtime earlier has no effect on the wake time, you may want to consider using the earlier bedtime anyway to help your child get the right amount of night sleep for his age.

• Make sure your child is not hungry. If you have a child under 12 months and have newly begun to wean feedings, you may want to slow the process down to give him more time to adjust. Moreover, be careful to ensure that you are offering the breast or bottle more often during the day to help him transition his previous nighttime feeds to the daytime, so he won’t be hungry going down for sleep at night.

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CBD and Sleep — Here’s What We Know
Tags: Sleep, Hemp, Cbd, Cannabis, Sleep Study

If you are like me, the holidays can be a stressful time. Finding the perfect gift for everyone on your list, making sure the house is clean before guests arrive, decking the halls and not your family… it can be enough to drive anyone nuts. Sometimes I just want to hide in the liquor cabinet. However, thanks to recent research, there may be another option.

According to an article published by Medical News Today, “Early studies indicate that high dosages of CBD may support sleep”. With a study of 103 participants over a three month time period, researchers found that more than half the recipients who received CBD reported improved sleep. While this was a small clinical trial, it has opened up the doors for more in-depth research to study how CBD impacts our sleeping patterns.

In a larger study published by the US National Library of Medicine, over 400 participants with sleeping problems were monitored between June 2016 and May 2018. The study reported that “ The current results are consistent with survey-based studies showing increasing reported usage of cannabis for treating insomnia in healthy people and patients with other primary health conditions, and a patient preference for high CBD products “.

While medical research is finding that CBD has the potential to be an effective sleep aid, there are multiple other variables that still require research. Cannabis is an herb, and just like peppermint and chamomile, it can impact everyone differently.

I myself find that small doses of CBD has a calming impact, however, larger doses can work more as a sedative. My grandmother, on the other hand, takes medication that would amplify the effects of the CBD, and cause potential side effects. This is just one real world example of why it is so important to consult with your doctor if you are on any sort of prescribed medications before adding CBD to your daily routine and starting out with smaller doses to find out how it affects you.

For many, CBD may be a helpful holiday stress management tool. Current clinical studies support that CBD has the potential to help with stress and sleep, however, both studies discuss the need for more in-depth research. Always consult with your doctor before adding CBD to your daily routine if you are already on any prescribed medications and start out with smaller doses if you decide to try CBD. But if you are like me, CBD may be a great way to help keep from turning into the Grinch during the holiday season.
Sleep Problems And Nighttime Feedings
By: Spencer George
Tags: Sleep, Baby Care, Parenting, Baby, Parenting Advice

Although your baby may give up regular nighttime feedings on his own by the time he’s three months old, do not expect — or insist — that such a young infant give them up altogether, all of a sudden.

But if your child is at least three months old, still nurses or requires a bottle at bedtime, and needs to eat again several more times during the night, then the extra feedings may well be causing the extra wakings. If that is the case, you may be able to help him sleep better by decreasing the number of these feedings.

However, if your baby takes in a substantial amount of food — from extended feedings at the breast, or bottles adding up to more than eight ounces over the course of the night — then he has learned that certain times of night are mealtimes. To eliminate these feedings suddenly wouldn’t be wise or nice.

The amount of milk or juice your child drinks during the night may be considerable. If he finishes four full eight-ounce bottles, that is a large amount for even an adult to consume overnight.

Solving The Problem

If you have concluded that excessive and unnecessary feedings at night are disrupting your child’s sleep, you will be relieved to learn that although such feedings can lead to severe sleep disturbances, the problem is also one of the easiest to fix.

Two things need to be addressed. The first is to reduce or eliminate the nighttime feedings to avoid their various sleep-disrupting effects. The second is to teach your child new sleep associations so that he can fall asleep without being held, without eating, and without sucking on the breast or bottle. You can do these things at the same time, or one at a time.

To fix the problems caused by the feedings, start by gradually decreasing the number of nighttime feedings, their size, or both. Just don’t stop the feedings suddenly. A program designed to allow new patterns to develop will be easier for him to follow.

Your goal is to gradually move your child’s feelings of hunger out of the nighttime and into the daytime. Once there is only a single remaining nighttime feeding left, you can choose to stop that feeding right away — instead of gradually — if you prefer, since the total amount of ingested food during the night is now fairly small.

If you are working on sleep associations and hunger patterns simultaneously, put your child in bed as soon as each feeding is over, even if he wakes and begins to cry. If you nurse him and he sleeps next to you, move him off of you when the feeding is done so that he can learn to fall asleep without using your breast as a pacifier. You’ve just fed him, so he is not hungry — now you are only changing his expectation of what happens while he falls asleep.

Within a week, if all goes well, you will have finished cutting down or even eliminating the nighttime feedings. After that, continue applying the technique of progressive waiting at any waking at night (except for feeding times) until the wakings stop. It should not take more than another few days.

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Interesting piece, thanks for sharing.
By: Bryan Dijkhuizen
Tags: Sleep, Science, Mental Health, Psychology

Why Your Body Sometimes Jerks As You Fall Asleep

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Sleep Struggles — Why Do Children Cry As They Learn How To Sleep
By: Spencer George
Tags: Sleep, Baby Care, Parenting, Baby, Parenting Advice

Seeing your baby cry is perhaps the most heartbreaking moment of all. You don’t want him to cry. You want him happy. And of course, you want him healthy. But for all that to happen, he needs to sleep properly.

It would be nice if your child could learn how to sleep without any crying or frustration whatsoever. Every parent would sign up for that. Unfortunately, the truth is that all children, regardless of the method you use to help them sleep, inevitably do shed some tears in the process. Let’s see why.

First and foremost, children cry when learning to sleep because they are protesting — they don’t like change. In fact, they hate change. Just think about it.

Do you remember what your favorite book was as a kid? Do you remember wanting to read that book over and over again, even though you knew every word of it?

We all resist change, children and adults alike. It’s normal to do so, and it’s normal for your child to express his resistance by crying. After all, crying comes before words — not the other way around.

Second, as children begin to learn how to sleep but haven’t yet figured out how to do so, they are understandably frustrated. They no longer have Mom and Dad on their side to help them get to sleep, and they don’t yet know what to do differently. They will eventually.

What’s really interesting about falling asleep is that although each of us is born with the inherent ability to do so, it is considered a learned behavior. And yet you can’t teach anyone else how to do it — you can’t simply say to your child to close his eyes and sleep. Instead, each of us has to learn for ourselves what to do to settle into sleep.

Of course, there are children who seem to learn how to sleep almost magically, with very little effort on the parent’s part. However, children are different. Everyone is unique.

Your child, along with many others, hasn’t learned this essential skill yet, which is why he needs you to take a step back, so he has the opportunity to achieve that on his own.

How will he do it? He might kick his legs around a bit, he might gently rock his head from side to side, or he might grab his lovey. Or maybe he’ll suck on his thumb. If he’s a bit older, maybe he’ll play with his hair.

The truth is, each of us has different things we do to soothe ourselves into sleep, and your child will surely find a way that’s perfect for him. But he won’t discover those things nearly as easily with you standing right next to him or picking him up — he won’t have the motivation to do so.

Simply put, if you “help” him, he will cry even harder because the touching feels like a tease that serves to reinforce the crying.

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4 Habits I Developed To Improve My Health
By: Prince Verma
Tags: Exercise, Food, Sleep, Habits, Health

Health is real wealth in today’s world.

Photo by Sage Friedman on Unsplash

On September 9th, 2019 I took charge of my health and never looked back. I was overweight and completely out of shape. Since then, I have incorporated many changes in my lifestyle and lost 25 pounds in the last 16 months. I feel so good about my body and feel happier than ever.

Here are the habits I inculcated in my day to day life:

1. Eat Banana in the Morning

Start your day with a banana and not tea and coffee. Banana improves the digestion system and controls sugar craving. Besides that, bananas are an excellent source of fiber. Have your first meal 15–20 minutes after eating the banana.

2. 30 Minutes of Exercise for 4–5 days a week

Exercise is the single most transformative thing to your mind and body. I can’t stress enough the importance of exercise in my daily routine. I started running 16 months ago and since then my life has not been the same. I feel more energetic throughout the day and I have started eating healthier foods.

Believe me, if a person like me who had not exercised at all till the age of 24, can do it then you can also do it. It’s never too late to start.

3. Not Buying Snacks

Snacking plays a huge role in your diet. Constant snacking barely makes you hungry and you never eat a proper meal. One way to change your habits is to change your environment. You probably will not eat snacks if you don’t have snacks at your home. It’s very hard to use your willpower every time so instead use your environment to your advantage.

4. Sleep 7–8 Hours Every Night

Sleep is your superpower and you should use it to your advantage. Focus on being productive during the daytime and don’t sacrifice sleep at the mercy of your work. Good sleep improves your concentration and helps you maximize your working hours.

Tip: Don’t use any gadgets at least 30 minutes before sleeping. It helps in falling asleep quickly and you get quality sleep.

These small things make a great impact on the way we feel about our bodies. Don’t wait for tomorrow, start taking actions from today, and change your life.
Top 8 Scientific Reasons Why Sleep Is Important for Your Health | Top 5 Tips Sleep Better At Night’s
By: Healthy Lifestyel
Tags: Sleep, Healthcare, Important, Health, Sleep Tips

Today we’re going to talk about the importance of sleeping and the 8 scientific health Important of sleep we’re also going to finish with some proven sleeping tips that will ensure you get a full night’s rest and make sure you get the right amount before that let’s talk about the health

Top 8 Reasons Why Sleep Is Important for Your Health

1: not getting enough sleep is linked to fat

did you know that lack of sleep is one of the largest risk factors in obesity and a study on sleep duration researchers found that adults not getting enough sleep were 55 percent more likely to be obese worse than that children were actually 89% more likely to be obese when not getting enough sleep lack of sleep association with fat accumulation seems to be for several factors many of which are listed below

2: getting the right amount of sleep improves your hormones cortisol

3: good sleep improves the immune system another health benefit

4: sleeping helps improve learning

5: good sleep lowers the risk of developing depression

6: people get more sleep naturally eat less

7: sleep helps us empathize with others

8: sleep improves athletic performance

Top 5 Tips Sleep Better At Night’s

1: use blackout curtains and duct tape to black out your room

2: have a routine

3: use your bed for nothing but sleep and the occasional physical activity

4: use a pillow between our underneath your legs

5: napping is great
Why I Chose NOT to Wake Up at 4 am . . .
By: Mike Wang
Tags: Sleep, Self Improvement, Work

Why I Chose NOT to Wake Up at 4 am . . .

Photo by Gregory Pappas on Unsplash

Sleep is the most important if you want to feel energetic and motivated the next day. Without it, your life will suffer.

Studies show that a normal adult should have around 7–9 hours of sleep. So this means if you want to wake up at 4 in the morning, you will have to sleep at 7–9 pm. This for me is way too early to sleep, but even if you can deal with this, you will lose precious time with your loved ones.

Find your optimal time

When you are searching for when to wake up, you see many people pushing you to wake up and work. But they fail to see that everyone is different, and everyone has different schedules. If you know you’re an early bird then do a 30-day experiment to see if it is right for you.

How to find your time

The way you should find when you should wake up is by doing this on a weekend (or a time when you are free).

Don’t set an alarm, and sleep normally.

Whenever you wake up, should be the time you feel comfortable waking up at, then just experiment on when to sleep.

You should at least try each hour for about a week, but after you should find your optimal sleeping time and fall right to bed.

My experience with finding my optimal sleeping time

When I read somewhere that waking up at 4 am was going to be great, I tried and… failed miserably. I had a very hard time even waking up at 4 am even after I got used to it. My life was a mess and I got sleep deprived. So eventually, I found some time that fit my schedule and my sleep hours.

The time I found was to sleep around 10–11 pm and wake up at 7 am with an alarm. This allowed me to have enough time to go to work and have time to work on anything after my job.
how to make baby calm after vaccination
Tags: Sleep, Baby, Cry, How To, Calm

how to make baby calm after vaccination

Although very important and necessary, vaccines hurt and increase the anxiety of our children. Being somewhat painful, you will notice that most babies come out of their health checks crying inconsolably. You may be wondering what you can do to soothe your baby after vaccination. The following tips from experts can help you:

Wrap your baby in a blanket on his side or tummy and shake him from side to side to comfort him.

• If your baby is using a pacifier, you can give it to him to calm down.

You can give him a little sugar water before injection; some studies show that it reduces pain after vaccination.

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• Breast milk also helps. In fact, babies who are exclusively breastfed are less likely to develop a fever after injection.

• Talking calmly to your baby before and after the injection is also very beneficial. Calmly explain that the injection was for her good, to keep her healthy and because you love her so much.

• Charge and cuddle. This is the perfect time to pamper her and show her all your love.

• Bring her favorite toy and give it to distract her.

Take a deep breath. Place your little one on your chest and take a deep breath to convey your peace of mind.

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• Ask your doctor about anesthetic creams. If he recommends it, it should be applied before the vaccine as it takes about an hour to take effect.

• At home, gently move your leg or arm (depending on the area where the injection is given) to reduce pain.

• Massage the skin around the injection area to divert attention from the pain.

• Don’t forget to praise your baby for his courage; Positive reinforcement is very important!

Remember to follow your doctor’s instructions if your baby is very ill or has a fever.

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The Modern Day Shakuni
By: Devil S Advocate
Tags: Sleep, Food, Isha Foundation, Sadhguru, Left

In the Mahabharat, the Kauravas taunt the Pandavas to no end but when Bhima or Arjuna responds back in kind, Shakuni and Duryodhan use this argument:

“You are the good guys and you are not supposed to hit back; that is against your Dharma!”

At some point, Krishna steps into the picture and enlightens the Pandavas about what Dharma really is and that sometimes a seemingly violent act upholding Dharma is not Adharma. The big war happens, Shakuni is killed and war is won by the Pandavas thereafter. The story goes on.

This method used by Shakuni is exactly the same rhetoric used by the left ecosystem in India these days also.

“We will keep hitting you. You should not hit us back because you are supposed to be the good guy.”

And they had a major meltdown over this weekend when one of the good guys did hit back.

Let me explain …
Staying up all night is not the answer.
By: Aj Picard
Tags: Sleep, Startup, Hustle, Tips, Business

By AJ Picard — founder of Sauce Designs & Clava App

Photo by bruce mars on Unsplash

I’ve been building my own products, other peoples products and I’ve also been learning a shit ton of information over the past 3 years. Everyday I wake up with new tasks to handle or fires that need to be put out.

One lesson I’ve learned along my journey so far is…

Staying up all night to get work/tasks done is not the answer.

I recently pulled yet another all night the other day due to so many tasks I needed to complete before my vacation. I quickly realized why I no longer pull all nighters...

The next day was very very very hard to get through. I felt like I didn’t want to do anything but sleep. There were meetings I needed to attend but felt like I couldn’t even think straight. So I decided to cancel them, which in the end effected my business and team members. Now my business can’t continue to grow and my teammates have been let down since they’re relying on me for certain tasks/updates.

I then tried to dive into more creative tasks which I usually excel in, but I couldn’t generate any thoughts.

Once I failed at that task I figured it was time to go take a nap for a couple of hours and see how I felt when I woke up.

After I woke up my body felt more awake than it did before but I was still having the same results when it came to productivity. Since my day was pretty much shot I took the rest of the day off to hang out with my family… which I thought I’d be able to do.

This was an even harder task to take head on. I found myself not being able to pay attention to my family and instead I was day dreaming thinking about my bed.

Once family time was over I went to bed early so that I could recharge and come back the next day to repair the damage that was done today.

Conclusion

The moral of the story is staying up all night isn’t the answer to getting your tasks done quicker, I would actually argue that it decreases your time to get tasks done.

We live in a society where everything has to get done NOW, which forces individuals too overwork themselves. I understand there are times or even emergency’s that will require you to stay up all night to complete the tasks you need to, but I want to encourage you to think of alternative routes.

You could always go to bed early and wake up earlier than normal, or try to take a long nap (2–4 hours) so your brain gets some rest.

Sleeping is so important for the body especially when you’re building a business or even a family. Without it your body can’t function and it will effect the things around you, in the end setting you back instead of moving forward.
Sleeping and Walking Are More Valuable than Gold Now
By: Desiree Driesenaar
Tags: Sleep, Self Improvement, Healing, Wellness, Nature

My Sleeping Hours

During my sleep, my walk is unconscious. But I do walk my path. My dreams are sometimes fierce. And I let them be. I don’t believe in writing them down because I know the wisdom of flow is doing her work anyway.

My sleep and dreams are meant to process my past. Daily doings, experiences, thoughts, and emotions flow through the wide-open rivers. And when the daily processing is done, the river uses her remaining capacity for my karma pasts longer gone. That’s why it’s so important that I sleep enough hours. And that I sleep as relaxed as possible.

First, the karma from my own life flows through the river. Then there might be karma from my ancestors or my past lives that need healing. I involve them all. Although I don’t want to know what they are exactly. I just want to heal.

My river of healing has become wide and turbulent before she slowed down and showed me my calm heart. After my 7 years’ learning cycle, that’s the case now for me. I think I processed lots and lots and lots.

But for everybody this is different. Some people are born rather clean. Other people are healers of the past. They can handle it if they figure out during their lives how the alchemy of healing works.

For me, it was very important to stop trying to understand. I’m a rational woman, longing for knowledge. Wanting to know. But by wanting to know I also held onto everything that needed healing. I slowed down my process big time. The huge streams of sh*t couldn’t flow through because I used valuable time trying to figure it all out.

So, now I prefer the methods I don’t understand. Like sleep. I surrender.

And she works her magic.
LUCID DREAMING
By: Sai Patil
Tags: Lucid Dreaming, Sleep, Lucid Dream, Dreams And Visions, Dreams

What is Lucid Dreaming?

A lucid dream is a dream during which the dreamer is aware that they are dreaming. During a lucid dream, the dreamer may gain some amount of control over the dream characters, narrative, and environment; however, this is not actually necessary for a dream to be described as lucid. Lucid dreaming has been studied and reported for many years. Prominent figures from ancient to modern times have been fascinated by lucid dreams and have sought ways to better understand their causes and purpose. Many different theories have emerged as a result of scientific research on the subject and have even been shown in pop culture. Further developments in psychological research have pointed to ways in which this form of dreaming may be utilized as a form of sleep therapy.

At what time do we experience lucid dream?

When we sleep, our brain cycle undergoes REM (Rapid Eye Movement) and Non REM cycles.

Non REM cycle includes three separate stages. During non REM, our brain waves, heartbeat and eye movement begins to slow down gradually,

Whereas, in REM sleep, your brain is fully active. Your heartrate and eye movements also increase. Lucid dreaming usually takes place in REM Sleep mostly.

How can one experience lucid dream?

To experience more lucid dreams:

Try to Get more REM Sleep Keep a dream journal to write about your dream Practice reality testing that whether you are dreaming or awake

How to practice reality checks?

Finger through palm. Push your fingers against your opposite palm. If they pass through, you are dreaming.

Push your fingers against your opposite palm. If they pass through, you are dreaming. Mirrors. In a dream state, your reflection won’t look normal.

In a dream state, your reflection won’t look normal. Nose pinch. Pinch your nose. You’ll be able to breathe if you’re in a dream.

Pinch your nose. You’ll be able to breathe if you’re in a dream. Reading. Look away from text then look back again. If you’re dreaming, the text will change.

Look away from text then look back again. If you’re dreaming, the text will change. Tattoos. If you have tattoos, look at them. They’ll look different in a dream.

Benefits of Lucid Dreams

Benefits of Lucid Dreams are:

Decrease Nightmares

Relieve anxiety

Enhance Creativity

Increase Motor Skills

Risks of Lucid Dreams

As every coin has two sides, lucid dreams having some benefits also possesses some risks too.

The risks of lucid dreaming are:

Sleep problems

Depression and anxiety

Derealization

Dissociation

Final verdict: Should we lucid dream or not?

The answer depends totally on you. If you want to be ware of what you are dreaming and explore more about yourself, you are free to practice lucid dreaming, but beware of risks too. If you, after reading this blog fear about the risks and circumstances, I suggest you not to practice lucid dreaming.

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Tips for Better Sleep and Weight Loss
By: Santosh Kumar Sing
Tags: Sleep, Weight Loss Tips, Diet, Supplements, Weightloss Foods

When you don’t sleep enough, your cortisol levels rise. Can you say stress hormone?? Yikes, raised Cortisol levels means something is not lining up in your body… and as Elsa sings, “you’ve got to let it go.” Cortisol also activates reward centers in your brain that make you crave sugary foods or perhaps sandwiches. Getting between seven and nine hours’ of sleep nightly helps keep blood pressure and cholesterol levels under control and can help combat Cortisol levels as well.

“So how do I do this with kids, dogs and all of life’s usual distractions you ask?”

I’d like to share with you some of my favorite bedtime rituals. If you are the type of person that sits up at night worrying about your to-do list for tomorrow these might help:

Write in a Journal

Writing out what you are grateful for each night before sleeping will help refocus your mind on the positive things in your life. This in turn will allow you to slumber off without worrying about what tomorrow might bring. If you still have trouble falling asleep, pick on item from your journal and practice visualization every aspect of this item, what does it feel like, smell like, taste like, how do you feel when you are have this item or are doing this thing?

Hot, Hot, Hot

Research shows that a hot shower or cup of hot tea will help your body relax. Try any non-caffeinated organic tea with a little honey or lemon. Hot tea is perfect for days when stress runs high and will help you sleep better. If Tea is not your thing, then go for a nice steaming shower. Hot water helps your muscles relax and when your muscles relax the rest of you will soon follow.

Melatonin

The hormone melatonin plays a role in your natural sleep-wake cycle. Natural levels of melatonin in the blood are highest at night. My favorite melatonin supplement is The Sleep Spray, which is part of a Brain and Sleep Support System. I use this supplement each night to help me stay in deep sleep longer. When your body is able to sustain longer hours of deep sleep, you wake feeling refreshed and renewed.

Bedtime Belly Buster

Another favorite bedtime routine is the BBB or Bedtime Belly Buster. I love helping my body fight fat while I sleep and that’s actually what the BBB is designed to do.

Did you know that consuming protein before bedtime can help you feel fuller and boost your metabolic rate? The Bedtime Belly Buster (or BBB) is an amazing bedtime snack that uses IsaPro with Fruits or Greens to combat late-night cravings. This helps keep you stay on track to burn belly fat while you sleep! To order your own BBB Click Here.

At the end of the day the best gift you can give yourself is a good nights sleep. Here wishing you sweet, restful dreams!

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What a fantastic article
By: K P Vasudeva Rao
Tags: Sleep, Jerks, Sleeping

David B. Clear, you have very nicely explained many of my own doubts about things that happen in our sleep. Especially the monkey free fall hypothesis. This I have experienced first hand during he first few minutes of sleeping off. Ever tried sleeping with hands on the chest? Sometimes, you get such a bad nightmare if your hands are resting on the left side of chest, particularly over the part where there is heart below. Can you explain this phenomenon? Another example is of one getting nocturnal leg cramps- I get it very often. If you could explain why, probably I can prevent it.

Thank you for a well researched article. I am sure many people would have read it and benefited by reading it.

Adios.
Top 12 Dream Facts
Tags: Sleep, Lifehacks, Dreams, Facts, Blogger

1.You can’t read or say the time when dreaming

If you are unsure whether you are dreaming or not, try reading something. The vast majority of people are incapable of reading in their dreams.

The same goes for clocks: each time you look at a clock it will tell a different time and the hands-on clock won’t appear to be moving as reported by lucid dreamers.

2.Low stress indicates good dreams

If you experience low stress and feel fulfilled in your daily life, you’re more likely to have fun dreams.

3.Faces are known

You typically dream only of faces that you have already seen in person or on TV.

4.Better in the morning

In the early hours, longer dreams occur.

5.falling sensations

Hypnic jerks, which is one of the most popular dream themes, may be the source of dreams about falling.

6.Eating late is not beneficial

Eating before bed makes you more likely to have insomnia, and it raises your metabolism, signaling your brain to be more active.

7.This could help you dream of other things, too

Sleeping face down is not only correlated with more sex fantasies but also dreams of:

swimming

To be shut up

Nakedness

Being smothered, unable to breathe

8.Not all of us dream in color

Around 12% of people have black and white dreams.

9.Dream-inspired inventions

Dreams was responsible for all of mankind’s best discoveries.

Examples:

The idea for Google -Larry Page

Alternating current generator -Tesla

DNA’s double helix spiral form -James Watson

The sewing machine -Elias Howe

Periodic table -Dimitri Mendeleyev

10.Animals are dreaming, too

Our pets are dreaming as well. See a dog or a cat sleep, and you can see that they’re shaking their legs and making movements like they’re following something.

11.Blind people are dreaming, too

In their visions, blind people who weren’t born blind see pictures, but people who were born blind see none at all. They still dream, and their visions are just as intense and fascinating, but they include the other senses beyond sight.

12. 90% Forget about Your dreams

Half of your dream is forgotten within 5 minutes of waking. 90 percent is gone in 10 minutes.

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3 Things You Should Do Before You Go To Bed
By: Mike Wang
Tags: Sleep, Health, Advice, Life, Personal Growth

Do you ever wake up wanting to get work done, but then mope around and get nothing done?

If this has ever happened to you, you are likely to do things wrong before bed. And as a result, don’t get good enough sleep.

You don’t ever want to wake up with a foggy mind with a deadline to meet.

Tim Roth once said:

“Sleep is an investment in the energy you need to be effective tomorrow”

Doing the wrong things before you go to sleep will set you up for an inefficient next day. You will have a lack of energy, motivation, and the ability to do anything through the rest of your day.
Sleep! Some nights I’m like a toddler and become alive creatively and cannot switch off.
Tags: Sleep, Restless Legs Syndrome, Leg Cramp, Restless Leg Syndrome, Leg Cramp Treatment

Sleep! Some nights I’m like a toddler and become alive creatively and cannot switch off. Other nights my mind is tired but my legs are restless and get cramp. I’ve tried magnesium cream, tiger balm and even resorted to putting Vicks vapour rub on them. Ginger oil, rosemary oil. A bar of soap in the bed! The only one I found to work is having a crisp cold bed!
CONQUER STRESS WITH THESE 5 NIGHTLY YOGA POSES
By: Everything Cj
Tags: Sleep, Exercise, Yoga, Night, Sleeping

CONQUER STRESS WITH THESE 5 NIGHTLY YOGA POSES

Photo by Conscious Design on Unsplash

Looking for a great way to unwind and de-stress each night to achieve better Zzzs? Yoga is a great way to relax the body and soothe the mind, so we partnered with The Huffington Post to bring you five yoga poses to do at night that will help you kick tomorrow’s butt. Because after all, a great day starts with an even better night of sleep.

After a busy and stressful day, what should be one of life’s simplest actions can often feel like the most difficult: falling asleep. If your thoughts are racing and your body is tense, getting high-quality, restorative sleep may seem impossible.

Enter the more than 5,000-year-old practice of yoga, which relaxes the body and soothes the mind.

1. MARJARYASANA-BITILASANA (CAT-COW STRETCH)

This combination of poses stretches the spine, hips, neck and abdomen, and can help relieve lower back pain. Yoga-teacher trainer Rachel Scott said Marjaryasana-Bitilasana is perfect for “restoring mobility through the hips, spine and shoulders at the end of a long day.”

2. BĀLĀSANA (CHILD’S POSE)

This zero-impact, resting pose allows you to focus on breath and reflect, said Ashley Josephine Zuberi, a private yoga instructor. “If this is the only quiet time you get all day, savor it,” Zuberi said. “Just 10 deep breaths in Child’s Pose can begin to shift your mind into a calming state, prepping you for a restful night’s sleep.”

3. SUPTA MATSYENDRASANA (RECLINED SPINAL TWIST)

The Reclined Spinal Twist is a “perfect choice for bedtime because it’s a great way to unwind,” said yoga teacher and blogger Erica Rodefer Winters of Spoiled Yogi. “Gentle twists stretch the spine and can help melt tension in the shoulders, chest and upper back.”

4. VIPARITA KARANI (LEGS-UP-THE-WALL POSE)

Yoga instructor and artist Mary Catherine Starr likes to practice Viparita Karani before bed, which helps improve blood circulation and relieve stress, she said. Starr, who blogs at Starr Struck, added that the pose is a “great way to get grounded and release tension.”

5. SAVASANA (CORPSE POSE)

Lying flat on your back in Savasana helps stimulate a relaxation response, explained yoga instructor Amy Dannheim, who has a blog and popular Instagram feed. “Your brain gets a chance to relax,” Dannheim said, “and all of the pieces of the day get put back together so you can fall asleep with less stress and more peace of mind.”

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Tags: Sleep

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Sometimes I Kill Goldfish
By: Martha Manning
Tags: Death, Grief, Loss, A Cornered Gurl, Poetry

Sometimes I Kill Goldfish

Photo by pouria oskuie on Unsplash

I kill goldfish.

If I’ve done it before. Could it happen again?

Bought for my distracted daughter, they always became

mine. By default.

“Too much of a good thing?

All right, I was a little free

with the food and the drops.

The awkward stabbing of the cold

New England backyard dirt. Enough

for a depression

deep enough for a baggie coffin. And a

moment of fleeting sorrow.

Five tiny mounds in the yard.

Five reminders of my failure.

With each death, a same-day

replacement. The circle of life

was quick and painless.

Finally, I knew that I just

couldn’t keep a simple fish alive, which made me

uneasy,

since as a mother and a healer,

that was sort of my reason for being.

For years the empty tank occupied an empty shelf,

a rebuke of my ineptitude in caring, and sustaining.
Mindful Musings
By: Tre L. Loadholt
Tags: Creative Writing, 2020, A Cornered Gurl, Community, Letter

Photo by cottonbro via Pexels

Mindful Musings

We have been through so much with this year — words cannot even begin to describe the roller coaster we’ve all been riding for the last ten-eleven months. For those of you who have grieved this year — we send a prayer, we lend our hearts to you. For those of you who are struggling to make it through each day remaining of this year — we hold you close. You have our love.

As creatives, we know how to make our art work for us and during this daunting season, writers in A Cornered Gurl have not wavered. I am grateful for a community that connects, encourages, and shares openly with each other.

All of you are amazing and I am glad you are here.

There have been so many incredible pieces of poetry (with accompanying artwork from the authors), mesmerizing fiction, intense nonfiction, and dope challenge responses. Here you’ll find some of the work that truly stood out over the last three months.
To Build a Home Within Yourself
By: Wild Flower
Tags: Photography, Sonnet, Life, A Cornered Gurl, Poetry

These boats we row, across a life of waves

ebb and flow of ever-present insight

the flickering force, readying our graves

for an entrance with no given promise.

Majestic and tragic at the same time

we anticipate the zest of unknowns

living willingly to follow the chime

of fate upon our shoulders, no regrets.

Wandering hearts divulging new layers

as we explore ourselves within others

writing our pages full of disclaimers

in search of perfecting our place within.

Seemingly, we age and begin to delve

into the home, we built within ourselves.
Complicated
By: Jonathan Greene
Tags: Relationships, Life, Self-awareness, A Cornered Gurl, Poetry

Complicated

Photo by Lysander Yuen on Unsplash

The reason I am so complicated

is because you want me to be

so simple

My complication is a byproduct

of what you want me to be

But nothing about the makeup

of a human being

is simple or easy

We are blood, cells, water, skin

pulsating emotions and hot flashes

moving beings against gravity

and you think that understanding me

should be

easy

But I don’t want to be easy

or simple or something to take for granted

because you think you can read me

I’d rather be this endless maze

a logic problem inside a Rubik’s Cube

a deep thought inside of an allegory

so you can peel my onion

and watch me cry

The reason I am so complicated

is because it’s protection

a suit of armor

with the perfect amount of patina

from being out in the snow and rain

and being weathered by the world

and death and loss and grief

so I just look out of the eye holes

of my helmet and into your confusion

and resign myself

to sleeping in this suit

so I don’t have to explain myself

again
Unwell
By: Muthia Huda
Tags: Weakness, Life, Self, A Cornered Gurl, Poetry

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To the Ether
By: Afiyah The Poet
Tags: Unwanted Thoughts, Heartwork, 365 Days Of Poetry, A Cornered Gurl, Poetry

The dungeon of my mind

holds secrets

It’s where I even

fear to tread

Tabooed whispers

play for fun

Torment is the

currency of choice

Makes me crazy

to cross this place

Blurred vision

I begin to stumble

How did I even

create this space

Caged place

of unwanted thoughts

More I control

scarier it gets

Makes me question

the sanity I have

All I want to do

is vomit out of myself

Scared of my own self

for what I might be

For now, I sit

and let the fear pass

One day this too

shall pass to the ether.
Business Decisions
By: Never Sugarcoated
Tags: Women, Life, A Cornered Gurl, Feminism, Poetry

Business Decisions

Photo by Paula Schmidt from Pexels

Your space cannot be filled.

It grows deeper

with each passing day

that you’re gone.

I can’t take it.

I pray to the

the moon,

and the sun,

and the stars,

help me fake it.

But I can’t.

You opened my eyes,

held me while I

wailed and cried

in your bed.

On a Wednesday,

no less.

You needed to sleep

but you stayed

by my side

while

I mourned.

Ten years

of our lives

intertwined,

a true friendship

was born.

And now I’m supposed to act normal?

I’m supposed to pretend

your departure is fine?

Show up to events

and “have a good time?”

It’s a lie.

I won’t act

like my soul

isn’t coming apart

to comfort

the men

who used

us to look

smart.

If my pain makes them mad,

that’s too fucking bad.

They broke up your life for no reason.
Thirty
By: Jasmine Poulton
Tags: Growing Up, Life, Self, A Cornered Gurl, Poetry

Thirty

Photo by Angèle Kamp on Unsplash

An age approaches

formalities beckon

my orchard of expectations

appears lacklustre in fruition

but if this number

were just another

like twenty-nine

or thirty-one

I might feel more accomplished

or less and caring less

but in my heart

I find solace

and pride

this heart of thirty circles

has made it through the trenches

scarred

still hungry

free

unjaded.
The Runaway Soul
By: Vicky Prokopi
Tags: Happiness, Poetry On Medium, A Cornered Gurl, Peace, Poetry

Looking for you

everywhere

In hidden cabinets and secret drawers

In deep waters and crystal seas

I asked for you the moon and her celestial friends

I chased you

Found you wandering

Wanted to be found

Suddenly you slip

like a teardrop

and vanish

running like the stormy wind

Other nights

I found you sitting in my lap

following me around

like a blurry shadow

scratching the walls of my fears

with your nails

My deepest desire

The day I crave

to sing together

a song of peace
Don’t Tell Me How To Be Myself
By: Tima Loku
Tags: Decolonization, Women, A Cornered Gurl, Feminism, Poetry

Don’t Tell Me How To Be Myself

Photo by Eric Nopanen on Unsplash

Tradition? Culture?

come with me

I’ll show you how the woman used to be

before the fingerprints of

the colonizer

erased her memory

implanted false morality

I’ll show you how the woman used to be

before she fell

at the sly hands of patriarchy

asking for forgiveness

for sins not her own

Let’s remember woman

hidden behind the veil of consciousness

her wild state of anarchy



— the repressed is never dead

She gave birth, she made, she destroyed

the world was hers to take

not to be slouched and shy

feigning purity

No, I’ll show you woman

before she was touched by the dirtiest hands

I’ll show you woman

she takes as much as she gives

she sets free.
.44
Tags: 2020, Quadrille, Challenge, A Cornered Gurl, Poetry

.44

Original photo by Danya Gutan (Pexels). Redesigned by the author.

When all the toilet paper was bought off the shelves

I knew we’d have to depend on ourselves

and defend ourselves

it was then that you looked over at me and said:

This is how Mad Max started —

FUGERE CITO

LONGE

ET TARDE REVERT
Holding Space for Emptiness
By: Barry Dawson Iv
Tags: Quadrille, Challenge, Pandemic, A Cornered Gurl, Poetry

Console them, or

respectfully say nothing

else, when asked directly

say less than needed

knowing no way

to reconcile

global tragedy

needless death

empathy for humanity’s

growing isolation

emotional trauma

loneliness

with what has been

for fellow atypical

extreme introverts

an appalling

personal boon.
The Monday Song
By: Priyanka Srivastava
Tags: Songs, Mondays, Writing, A Cornered Gurl, Poetry

The Monday Song

Photo by Sebastian Banasiewcz on Unsplash

Monday my song is different.

the words are heavy and they are stuck

in the crevices of the mind.

Monday the coffee has to be a special one,

a bit more strong, I need to pull out those weeds

from within.

Monday is for awakening

my mind quietly.
Sustain the Pain
By: Anthony Cloe Huie
Tags: Loneliness, Mental Health Awareness, Lost Love, A Cornered Gurl, Poetry

Oh how I wish I had the courage it took

to sustain the pain

of walking away from your love

in the darkness and the rain

I wish I had the courage to be

the drama

like in the movies when the single

bag has been packed

the audience prays for a change

of mind

but I would have the courage

it took to be the stronger

kind



But I’m not

So here is my letter of regret

I walked away only after you

left

I took the coward’s way

having to spill

no emotional blood

I even cried as I watched you

close the door

knowing our love

will never again

be as it was before

And the irony of it all

I can finally see what it was

you found so very lacking in me

I was unable to find the courage

to set you free

Instead my weakened attempt

was no more than

me quietly choosing to flee

Now in the sadness of my mind

I know I am unable

to sustain the pain
Learning
By: Aspen Blue
Tags: Foundation, Learning, Injury, A Cornered Gurl, Poetry

Poem

Learning

Photo by Clay Banks on Unsplash

Again, I am learning to walk

in this age of every answer

Broken pieces puzzled together

an ambulant mosaic of pain

Each footfall counted corrected

conscious action in motion

A self-programming robot

defying intelligence with artifice

Again, I am learning to stand

in this age that strains the middle

Glued and sutured, spackle and paint

an aging house of ache

I remake every stick of my structure

re-engineering damaged foundations

One step forward, two back

rewinding degraded old reels

Again, I am learning to be

in this age when doing is better

Patient pieces sewn together

embroidering acceptance again

Scars whisper ‘goodbye’

acquiescing to obsolescence

Lightness rises, kite to sky

to fly a kiss to the sun

© Aspen Blue 2020