Happy National Napping Day!
Since today is National Napping Day, I thought I would highlight this recent article by Christopher Lindholst in Corporate Wellness Magazine: As companies review and adjust their budgets
“We’re still stuck in this perception of sleep as a luxury”
The BBC has a piece about "How to nap successfully at work." For a short piece, it ranges pretty widely, talking about the various national approaches to napping
“why so liberal and impartial a benefactor as sleep, should meet with so few historians”
I'm working on a short ebook on my early morning practice and how it illustrates the way I combine work and rest, and (via Roger Ekirch's classic work
Another thing to look for when I’m in London: Nick Littlehales’ new book on sleep
Nick Littlehales, a sleep coach who's worked with many world-class athletes and is a fellow Penguin Life author (I can't tell you how cool it is to be able to
Churchill’s naps
I've mentioned Churchill's naps (and the napping habits of leaders, and people who want to be leaders) in several posts, but his history of napping is worth a post.
Is your brain’s need for stimulation leading to sleep deprivation? You suffer from “Trump Syndrome”!
Science of Us writer Drake Baer lays out the argument that Donald Trump's, umm, distinctive personality characteristics can be blamed on (or are exacerbated by) sleep deprivation: Earlier
New studies on the impacts of sleep deprivation
Sleep, as I say in my book, is the original deliberate rest, an activity that is both natural, and something we can learn to do better. One reason
Sleep appears to reset the brain for improved memory and learning
We all know that periods of sleep deprivation have an adverse effect on mental performance. Particularly when you're young, you can tolerate an all-nighter or weeks of sleep
Science of Us on the virtues of naps
It’s a rare thing indeed when something fun also happens to be good for you. Fried food, alcohol, sitting in front of the TV for long stretches at
“Getting enough sleep… [is] a question of going to bed in the right neighborhood, and in the right body”
“Sleep is one of humanity’s great unifiers,” writes Huffington in one of her many articles about sleep. But while the need for sleep may be one of humanity’s