Symptoms of sleep deprivation: icky skin

Gotta bit of a grey pallor this morning? Yes, some days I’ll wake up to a particularly dismal looking dermis myself. It’s tough to describe – but something’s just off about it. Like one of the post mortem Death Becomes Her chicks who skipped their latest spray job to conceal their decaying faces. This might […]

Symptoms of sleep deprivation: memory and mind

It seems obvious. You’d know if you were running low on shut-eye, right? You’d either be narcoleptic level tired (like the time your car’s hood accordioned into that one fire hydrant that totally jaywalked into the street)… or you wouldn’t. No in between, right? Eh… not necessarily. Thing about sleep deprivation is that it can […]

7 ways chi tweaking could solve your snooze issues…

After a night’s sleep like last’s, bishes be getting desperate. And when we don’t wanna reach for the booze or Rx bottle, we consult more esoteric sources for answers. Just to see what they have to offer. Just in case mysticism might be the missing link from my nocturnal routine. And what’s today’s spotlight on? […]

A few fixes for your sleep induced back pain

Hello there, darling. How was your sleep last night? Did you rest like a log? Or more like a log was crushing your vertebral string the whole time? Ah. I can relate. While some people talk about drunkenly going to bed with a ten and waking up with a two, for some of us, it’s […]

What should you wear to bed?

In my 20’s, I’d get gussied up before I went out. In fact, I expended a lot of brainpower picking the right outfit. Why? I dunno. Probably ‘cause I was amped to go loaf off’a someone else’s bottle service. These days, however, what excites me most is that moment I climb into bed to read, […]

Why do we sleep with lights and noise?

“Could you get the light?” When I was a kid, I’d ask this every night I was tucked in. I mean, I knew that if I forgot to request it, my mom would turn on the tin teddy bear beaming perforated rays across the room anyway. But I never wanted to risk it. I was […]

Here – snort this stuff. It’ll help you sleep.

With a thin lipped smile, I accepted the lavender infused pillow my mother handed me. “No, really,” she said. “Give it a try. It’ll help you sleep.” At the time, I was a bit dismissive of the concept. I’d been living in such a way that countered openness to aromatherapy as a cure. My mind […]

Graveyard shifts: No nighttime Z’s could cause the big “C”.

The graveyard shift. There are plenty of fun explanations for why they coined this term for nocturnal working. For instance, one fun rumor centers on the belief that the phrase initiated in the 19th century. The idea’s that sometimes people who hadn’t officially checked out got boxed up and sent for an extended subterranean stay […]

Sig other’s subconscious mattress chatter keeping you up?

Ever wish your lover was more vocal in bed? Well, be careful what you wish for. Because you might just end up with a loquacious slumberer instead of… whatever your dirty mind was thinking just now. Case in point? Last serious relationship I was in. Dude was half Brock O’ Hurn, half hulk. And that […]

Fancy an un-nap nap, anyone?

Anyone here heard of the un-nap nap before? No? Me either – up until yesterday. When my dad handed me this excerpt from the Huffington Post, I couldn’t help but be intrigued. Why? Well, obviously, part of it’s ‘cause droning on about dozing’s what I do. But the other part is the nature of the […]