...become a vicious cycle since our anxiety about sleeping can keep us up even longer.
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With a few simple changes, you can turn your sleep routine around and boost your mental and physical health at the same time. Consider external factors, such as your bedding and the comfort level of your bedroom.
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I have never been the best sleeper. I think it is because I get anxious at night- I always have. This cartoon explains it perfectly: Usually those thoughts crop up when I am in that hazy place between asleep and fully awake, which means that as I am about to drift off or just as I am about to wake up, I go to a very unhealthy place, emotionally. And if life is good? (Which it usually is now). My mind will make something up or think of something from years ago! Did I chew my food too loudly…
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Isabella is a sensitive kid, just as I was when I was little, and maybe still am. As a sensitive person in an unpredictable world, she needs a certain amount of routine she can count on. I started a new night time ritual just so she would have a nice transition in to sleep. It all started when we were building Lego as a family one Saturday afternoon and Isabella turned to us and said, “I have a secret I have been keeping for awhile, and some of it is bad.” Did your blood just run cold? Mine did! My…