Clinton Approves…..Sleep Product Sale! Sale! Sale!

For over 12 years I researched all the best Sleep and Dream products. I used to stock an inventory of them, but I am now focussing on providing seminars and workshops.  I still have a few products left and they … Continue reading

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Stop Snoring with Chin-Up Strips

A couple of months ago I started selling off my remaining Web store stock so that I could focus on providing more sleep and dream seminars and workshops. For all my loyal readers like you, I promised to find suppliers who could … Continue reading

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Stimulus Control – Stimulus Control Instructions for Insomnia

Dr. R. Bootzin pioneered the use of Stimulus Control instructions as a behavioural treatment for insomnia in 1972. Treatment involves the use of six instructions with logical ties to good sleep. The first thing people are required to do is … Continue reading

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Sleep Restriction – Sleep Restriction Therapy for Insomnia

The longer you stay awake the more likely you will start to feel sleepy and have a hard time staying awake. Seems like basic common knowledge doesn’t it? This increasing sleepiness is known as the homeostatic sleep drive in scientific … Continue reading

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Insomnia – Do You Have Insomnia?

Poor sleep plagues many North Americans. Unfortunately, troublesome nights are a chronic condition for a large portion of sleepers. Fifteen percent of poor sleepers have psychophysiological insomnia. According to the International Classification of Sleep Disorders (ICSD) psychophysiological insomnia is a … Continue reading

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Dream Recall – I Never Remember My Dreams

Typically people enter dreaming (REM – rapid eye movement) sleep four or five times per night. Research has shown that dreams can also occur during non-REM periods. This means we may be dreaming all night long. This may seem strange to … Continue reading

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Nightmares – Devils of the Dreamland

Dream anxiety attacks, nightmares, devils of the dreamland, whatever you want to call them, they are intense, distressful and anxiety provoking. Interestingly it is not always the content of the nightmare that is frightening; it is the experience of the … Continue reading

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Reading Between the Lines – An Inside Look at the Polysomnogram

  Has your doctor told you that you will have to get all wired up and then sleep in a lab while technicians and specialists watch you sleep? This is one way to find out what is going on with … Continue reading

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Mixed Sleep Apnea

Mixed Apnea It’s finally spring! The tulips are poking through, the trees are budding and the grass is even starting to turn green. Nature is changing and that means your sleep could be changing too. I thought it would be … Continue reading

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Graveyard Shift – Tips for Shiftworkers

Shiftworkers often feel like they have permanent jet lag. In today’s fast paced society shiftwork cannot be avoided. The following tips will help you deal with the effects of shiftwork. If you have to work rotating shifts, then make sure … Continue reading

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