night owls

How does caffeine affect sleep?

For some reason, a classic Folgers jingle keeps playing in my mind as I write this blog post. You know... I'm talking about the one that...

"Changing your chronotype is like changing your hair" - Mayra Carlos Lazo, MD

Do you think you can change from being a night owl to a morning lark? Do you think a morning lark can change into a night owl? Well,...

Learn how to sleep well as a night owl

Night owls are truly cool. They are creative and kind of do better on IQ tests (for what that's worth). They also tend to have greater...

Why would you need a sleep coach to sleep well?

After years of sleep app and sleep onset research and development, the Somnolence+ Initiative began to provide sleep consulting services,...

Are Night Owls Lazy and Unambitious?

I think it's time to put to rest a stereotype, the one of the lazy night owl. In fact, in comparison to morning larks, night owls tend to...

Are You a Fake Night Owl?

Night owls are a very specific "breed", and many myths exist about them. One of the biggest myths out there is that being a night owl is...

Vitamin D and Night Owl Health

Vitamin D is essential to health and wellness and supports the immune system, respiratory health, bone health, and calcium absorption....

The Night Before Christmas... and Sleep Wellness

I have always loved the poem The Night Before Christmas, by Clement Clarke Moore. Of course, my Christmas Eves were of a much different and

7 Work-From-Home Tips to Support Productivity and Sleep

Earlier this year, I wrote about how working from home has been a really good thing for many night owls, many of whom are sleeping a...

What Should Be the Default "Standard" Time?

Have you heard about the discussion on doing away with our annual springing forward to daylight savings time (DST) and falling back to...

For some night owls, "lockdown" mode has a surprising benefit...

Over the course of this pandemic, I have observed that some night owls ...