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The Problem with Alarm Clocks

Beep-Beep. Beep-Beep. Beep-BEEP. BEEP-BEEP. BEEEP-BEEEEP! Using the alarm clock each morning to wake up is common for many Americans. It's a practice that is hard on sleep, and a practice I'd like to do away with for everyone. Here's some of the problems. - If you are...

Progress on Bell Times in Seattle – Press Release

Since spring of 2012, thousands of people in Seattle have been asking for bell times to be aligned with the times teens best times for learning, health and safety.  The District convened a Bell Time Task force in the fall.  Participating on the Task Force, I share...

Seattle’s Early School Start Times – personal experience

It's 9am Saturday as I write this. My middle school student is still sleeping, despite the household noises. Yesterday, and every school day, she would be finishing math and be headed into science class in 10 minutes. Both essential subjects to master. Yet difficult...

Sleep Class for New Families

With a new child in the family, sleep becomes a major issue, both for babies and for parents! If you are one of the many parents who need more good information about sleep, this is the perfect class for you. In this interactive class you will learn:- about normal...

Sleep Health for Powerful Women – Class May 15

Women have unique sleep challenges – keeping a balanced life between work and family, hormonal changes, aging and stress. If you are one of the many women struggling to sleep well and enjoy all the benefits of healthy sleep, this class is for you. In this interactive...

Sleep and Cancer

The connection between sleep and cancer is a complex issue, as getting poor sleep increases the risk of cancer, and sleep in cancer patients is disturbed.

Gratitude Meditation for Sleep

Each night after getting into bed she does this meditation until she is asleep. One by one, she slowly thinks of each person in her life, and thanks them for the ways they have helped her.

REM Behavior Disorder, a Parasomnia

What are Parasomnias? In sleep medicine we define parasomnias as ‘undesirable events that accompany sleep.’ What makes these disorders so interesting is that they can involve more complex and apparently purposeful behaviors than other disorders of sleep. There are...

Sleepwalking in Seattle

Sleepwalking As an 11 year old child, I had a champion sleep walking event - let me tell you about it. Growing up in the Seattle suburbs, we lived in a one story rambler. We were friends with the neighbors, who were our age, and also lived in a rambler. One night,...

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