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1-minute tip: Sleep on hot summer nights

This summer has set records for heat, which has meant sleepless nights for many who have found it too hot to sleep. To help you sleep...

Mattress tips for back pain

Today, we talk about mattresses and back pain.... and this post will be short and sweet! A recent systematic review of 39 studies,...

Is it better for your sleep to have a partner or not in bed?

Well, it seems that it really depends upon who that partner is. According to a study by Fuentes et al. (2022), at the University of...

Why is sleep important for cognitive health?

Growing up, it is likely that you would have heard your teachers say, "Make sure to sleep well," on the night before an exam. In fact,...

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 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...

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...

Massages and sleep...

Last December, I spent a week in a charming inn in the Laurentians. When I looked out the window, I felt like I was in a picture-perfect...