Julia, Author at I Dream of Sleep

How to Make a No Sew Eye Pillow in 20 Minutes or Less

There’s a few things that I must have whenever I go to bed at night. One, my favorite pillow, my SleepPhones, and most importantly, my lavender eye pillow. If I don’t have those three things, it’s not going to be a good night. For anyone. Hey, I’m a sleep diva, okay? I even take allRead More

10 Relaxing Sleep Gifts for Her: A Sleep Diva’s Gift Guide

Some men think that chocolates or flowers are the way to a woman’s heart, but I have to disagree. Flowers die and chocolate makes me fat. Women live hectic lives. We’re raising kids, going to work, and keeping it together at home. At the end of the day, we’re just stressed out and exhausted. No,Read More

How to Make an Essential Oil Sleep Inhaler in Less than 5 minutes

Essential oils can be so beneficial to your health, and especially for your sleep. I have to admit, though, I came late to the aromatherapy party. It never dawned on me that sniffing some oils could possibly help my insomnia. But once I found out how well they worked for me, though, I was allRead More

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 playRead More

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. ThatRead More

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 allRead More

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 theRead More

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 haveRead More