During the course of our lifetime we will spend one-third of it sleeping. That sounds like a lot, and it is, but children sleep even more: 12 to 14 hours each day. New born babies sleep 18 hours a day. An Individual Thing As we get older we tend toContinue Reading
Although it’s common to think of sleep as a time of “shutting down,” it is actually an active physiological process. While our metabolism generally slows down during sleep, all major organs and regulating systems continue to function normally. REM and Non-REM Sleep can be categorized into two distinct types: RapidContinue Reading
If you think you might be having a problem not getting enough sleep – print out this quick Sleep Test and answer Yes or No to the following questions: Count the answers you marked as Yes. If you answered Yes to 3 or more statements, you are probably not gettingContinue Reading
Unfortunately sleep is often given a low priority in modern life, taking a back seat to our busy schedules and lifestyles. Yet sleep is as essential to good health as diet and exercise, and as necessary for survival as food and water. Complex Activity Sleep is a complex activity thatContinue Reading
“The purpose of life is a life of purpose” said American author Robert Byrne (1930-2016). This important yet simple statement is the answer to a question that has been asked throughout all of history. Why are we here? What is the purpose of our lives? Underlying these questions is theContinue Reading
How can I tell if I have meaning and purpose in my life? The following short quiz has statements from two different but related scales. One set of statements, 1 through 5, measures meaningfulness and belongingness. The second set, 6 through 10, measures whether you are undergoing a crisis ofContinue Reading
Wellness is a positive state of good health. But not just the absence of disease. Truly healthy people are able to enjoy a state of well-being. Maintaining wellness should be a lifelong pursuit and hopefully a labor of love, not just an avoidance of illness. People who have a senseContinue Reading
No one wants to be depressed, but is it possible that depressed people secretly invite disapproval and negative comments? Not consciously, we don’t believe. But human feelings act rather like water, in that they tend to seek their own level. Put another way, people tend to self-verify and seek outContinue Reading
Yes, it is possible that you can fight mild depression without the use of drugs, without tricks, without feeling weak or hopeless and beat it. It happens everyday. Over two thousand years ago, Epictetus, (1st and early 2nd centuries C.E.), a philosopher in ancient Greece, proclaimed that “men are disturbedContinue Reading
If you want to feel positive and energetic, concentrate on your good qualities, your abilities, your strengths and your talents rather than your faults and failures. It is one thing to want to learn and improve but beating yourself up over your faults is negative and leads to depression. AndContinue Reading