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7 Totally Doable Ways to Reduce Stress and Sleep Better

7 Totally Doable Ways to Reduce Stress and Sleep Better

Everything, including sleep, seemed so much easier and better when you were younger. Remember when you were a kid? For the most part you probably didn’t have a care in the world. Your typical routine was to get up, go to school, come home and play until dinner, eat, watch a little TV or play […]

Why your Natural Sleep Remedy isn’t Working (and How you Can Fix it!)

Why your Natural Sleep Remedy isn’t Working (and How you Can Fix it!)

You’re fed up with being wide awake night after night, so you search the internet high and low for a natural insomnia remedy that will help you get some zzz’s. You’ve scoured tons of sites and asked around in groups you’re a member of to find out what actually works. Then you find it. That […]

Best Insomnia Tip Ever: Exercise for Good Sleep at Night

Best Insomnia Tip Ever: Exercise for Good Sleep at Night

You’ve heard that exercise is good for sleep at night, right? I heard it, too, but never really believed it would improve sleep and it was never something I’d even consider because, well… I absolutely HATE exercise. Like, positively cannot stand it and I will go out of my way to avoid it at all […]

16 Hilarious Can’t Sleep Quotes and Sayings Only Insomniacs will Understand

16 Hilarious Can’t Sleep Quotes and Sayings Only Insomniacs will Understand

Negative thoughts fan the flames of insomnia and make it worse, but being positive in the face of a sleep starved existence is pretty darn hard. What’s an insomniac to do? We laugh in the haggard face of insomnia, that’s what we do! A 2007 Japanese study of nursing mothers found that laughter actually causes the […]

The Healthy Natural Homemade Sleep Drink you Need to Help Insomnia

The Healthy Natural Homemade Sleep Drink you Need to Help Insomnia

The other day when I was scrolling mindlessly through Facebook, I came across an interesting homemade sleep drink…turmeric golden milk! I’m kind of a natural sleep remedy collector, so I decided to whip me up a cozy cup and give it a try. I always like to research sleep drink recipes to see if they have […]

Help! My Husband Snores and Won’t Do Anything About it

Help! My Husband Snores and Won’t Do Anything About it

Have you ever laid in bed next to your supersonic snoring husband (again!) and thought to yourself, “what can I do when my husband snores and won’t do anything about it?” Girl, I’ve so been there. I feel your pain. You know that cute vision you had before you lived together where you’d fall asleep […]

How to Use Lavender Oil to Get your Best Sleep Ever

How to Use Lavender Oil to Get your Best Sleep Ever

So you’ve got insomnia and heard lavender essential oil might help, but you have no clue as to how to use lavender oil for sleep. Plus, you’re probably thinking, can lavender really work for insomnia? Back when I was looking for natural ways to beat my insomnia, essential oils weren’t even on my radar. Seriously, how […]

How can I Relax and go to Sleep? Try These Easy Relaxation Techniques to do Before Bed

How can I Relax and go to Sleep? Try These Easy Relaxation Techniques to do Before Bed

Have you ever laid in bed and said to yourself, “OMG, I’m so tired, how can I relax and go to sleep?” Lately I’ve been struggling with falling asleep. I may be tired as heck, but sleep’s just not happening. My brain is all wound up and my muscles just don’t seem to want to […]

AC Vinegar and Honey Sleep Remedy: Does it Work?

AC Vinegar and Honey Sleep Remedy: Does it Work?

Vinegar and honey?  I agree, it sounds kind of gross together. But maybe it’s because I’ve struggled with insomnia in the past, or maybe it’s because my dad was a health nut and I grew up using home remedies. But when I saw a recipe for a vinegar and honey sleep remedy, I wasn’t immediately […]

How to Cope with Sleep Anxiety Using EFT

How to Cope with Sleep Anxiety Using EFT

Help Cope with Sleep Anxiety by Tapping Our mind races thinking about all that didn’t get done today and all that needs to be done tomorrow. The feelings can be overwhelming! With so much anxiety, how can anyone sleep well at night? Learning ways to let go of this anxiety and overwhelming feelings that keep […]

How to Help Snoring without Wearing a Mouthpiece (or other snoring torture devices)

How to Help Snoring without Wearing a Mouthpiece  (or other snoring torture devices)

*I received a 5 night supply of Snorelax free with no expectation of anything in exchange. All opinions I’ve expressed here are my own. When I first got married a few years ago, I had this cute little scenario in my head. We’d go to bed every night curled up in each other’s arms. The heavens would […]

The Lazy Girl’s Guide to Healthy Sleep Hygiene: 13 Easy Ways to Sleep Clean

The Lazy Girl’s Guide to Healthy Sleep Hygiene: 13 Easy Ways to Sleep Clean

I’m lazy. I want results without all the work. I want a flat stomach without the bother of exercise. I want to eat healthy without having to eat Brussels sprouts. Dang it, I want to sleep like the dead and still check Facebook before I go to bed! Is that too much to ask?? It’s […]

How Positive Sleep Affirmations can Help you Beat Sleep Anxiety

How Positive Sleep Affirmations can Help you Beat Sleep Anxiety

That sounds so simple, doesn’t it?  Just think positive and you’re on your way to better sleep. It sounds like something your well-meaning best friend would say when you told her you didn’t sleep last night. Again. The trouble is she doesn’t see you sitting on the couch at 1am, 2am, etc., crying because your […]

Do you Have Healthy Sleep Hygiene?

Do you Have Healthy Sleep Hygiene?

Does the word hygiene makes you think of brushing your teeth and wearing deodorant? Well, it’s not exactly the same idea when it comes to sleep. Sleep hygiene has nothing to do with not stinking like a gym bag and everything to do with your lifestyle. What you do in the hours leading up to bed can […]

How to Create a Relaxing Bedtime Routine for Adults

How to Create a Relaxing Bedtime Routine for Adults

Did you think a bedtime routine was something you outgrew when you were a kid? We want to go to bed when we want and wake up when we want, darn it. We’re adults! As much as we think we’re grown and in control, our body clocks crave being on a schedule. Somehow our circadian […]

11+ Cozy Bedtime Beverages to Help you Sleep

11+ Cozy Bedtime Beverages to Help you Sleep

Sipping on yummy drinks for sleeping has come one of my favorite nightly rituals. Hot or cold, there’s just something about curling up with a cozy drink as I wind down and prepare to embrace the night ahead that makes me smile. 🙂 Drinking these bedtime beverages to help you sleep is a good way […]

How I Used a Dodow to Relax my Mind and Sleep Effortlessly

How I Used a Dodow to Relax my Mind and Sleep Effortlessly

Wanna know what I hate? Laying in bed, exhausted, while my brain holds me hostage by running through important scenarios. You know, like the pros and cons of organizing my kitchen pantry alphabetically, by expiration date, or by food group. It’s so aggravating when you WANT to sleep, but your mind takes over and just […]

7 Ingenious Hacks to Sleeping Better Away from Home

7 Ingenious Hacks to Sleeping Better Away from Home

I’ve learned there is one cold hard truth when it comes to sleeping better away from home. Wherever you’re sleeping has to be cozy. Homey, ya know? If you’re not comfortable, you’re going to be miserable. It doesn’t matter if I’m staying in a cheapo motel like I did when I was younger, or if […]

Sweet and Dreamy Warm Almond Milk Sleep Recipe

Sweet and Dreamy Warm Almond Milk Sleep Recipe

Years back I would drink warm milk in the evenings to help me feel drowsy. It was a yummy ritual…until I found out milk didn’t like me. I was lactose intolerant. Even though one comes from a nut and the other a cow, almond milk and regular milk are pretty similar because they both contain […]

Absolutely Awesome Gifts for People who Love Naps

Absolutely Awesome Gifts for People who Love Naps

Nap Lovers Need Gifts Designed just for Them! We all know that person. You know, the one whose day comes to a grinding halt just so they can have their daily siesta. So I figure if they’re going to nap anyway, I might as well give them something they’re going to use. I’m all about […]

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