Category: Falling Asleep

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I have a secret weapon for falling asleep. It’s my new superpower. I can now reliably fall asleep just about as quickly as I settle into bed and squish my pillow under my head just so. It’s a pretty new discovery for me even though I’ve known about it for quite some time. We even suggested it back in our June 2022 blog post called Adults Love Bedtime Stories Too. I tried it maybe around six months ago but didn’t really give it a chance – I didn’t stick with it, and kind of forgot about it. Then a couple …

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By Posted on Posted in Falling Asleep, Sleep Obstacles, Stress, Uncategorized

  Have you ever felt too afraid to sleep? Or maybe too anxious or worried to sleep? It’s not a good feeling. So on this scariest of days, it might be a good time to talk about what to do when you’re feeling scared or troubled or agitated and you just can’t fall asleep. One of the most frustrating obstacles to sleep you may encounter is the vicious circle of being too anxious to sleep, so you lose sleep, which makes you less able to deal with or even solve what’s making you anxious in the first place. And around …

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By Posted on Posted in Falling Asleep, Sleep Hygiene, Sleep Obstacles

When you were a kid, did your parents ever tell you to “put that book/magazine/video game away and turn off the light?” Do you now hear yourself telling your own kids – or partner – to “put that phone down and go to sleep?” Maybe you’ve been meaning to say it to yourself. I know I have! It’s well-known, at this point in the 21st century, that the blue light emitted by devices like your phone, tablet or even your TV are not best friends with your circadian rhythm. They play games with each other. Sometimes they bicker: 11:30 pm …

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By Posted on Posted in Falling Asleep, Help Sleeping

Have you ever used relaxing music or other audio to help you fall asleep? There are tons available on streaming services, podcasts, or for purchase to listen to on your phone or devices. But have you ever considered that visuals can help you sleep, all by themselves? By visuals I mean anything from a still image like a photo or painting, to the view of the world out your bedroom window or the stars through a skylight, to an image or video you can watch on a screen. In particular, visuals featuring calming nature scenes signal to our brains that …

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By Posted on Posted in Falling Asleep, Self Care

“When did you last put yourself first?” This question screamed at me from an email subject line a few days ago. It came from Calm.com, the company we all know with the meditation and helping you sleep app. Since I had been struggling mightily to get anywhere near enough sleep for several nights before I saw that email, the thought came to me suddenly…”Sleep is self care. And I need some of both!” Of course, I already know that. I know it intellectually, and I truly believe it. But in the hustle-bustle of everyday life, and especially during particularly busy …

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By Posted on Posted in Falling Asleep, Seasons

If you find it as helpful as we do to fall asleep with a soothing nature or white noise soundtrack in the background, we think you’ll love this track of winter sleeping sounds. Snuggle into your warm bed and let the cozy crackling of the fireplace and the watery sounds of snow falling on a late-winter lake lull you into a beautiful sleep. Nighty-night!

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It can be hard to let the easy days of summer go as they slide into autumn. Vacation time is done. Kids are back in school. Those warm summer nights get a little cooler as the days get shorter. Let’s try and hang on to that summer feeling a little longer. Enjoy the sounds of a late summer night as you relax into a deep, wonderful sleep.  

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We’ve been talking a lot about bedtime stories around here. Of course, when you think of them, you immediately think about bedtime stories for kids. But bedtime stories for older adults is definitely a thing too. You just may not call them that. For the most part, older adults like the same kinds of bedtime stories as any other adults do. But there might be a few differences here and there. Maybe the difference has a lot to do with what kind of older adult we mean. Is it AARP’s definition of 50+? Are we talking about seniors, retirees, the …

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Adults love bedtime stories? Really?? Did you feel skeptical when you read that? Would you get funny looks if you declared it to your family, friends, co-workers? We all know that kids love bedtime stories. That’s a given. But as adults, we like to think of ourselves as mature, and sophisticated. Beyond anything so childish as a bedtime story. We are well-adjusted people who get into bed, turn the light out immediately, and simply fall asleep. Right? Hmmm…. I’ll admit it. That doesn’t always happen for me. Calming Your Nighttime Mind When I get in bed and turn off the …

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