Posts Tagged ‘sleep’
Standards
Much of the life we experience is determined by the standards we accept. If the quality of our food, sleep, training, or communication is less than acceptable, and we accept it anyway, our quality of life is dimished. We establish many of our standards before we even come into adulthood. We set and forget them…
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Rested potential
Your resting potential represents how close to threshold you are while at rest. This is how quickly you respond favorably to the presentation of an immediate need to act. Your rested potential is the elevation of your resting potential due to rest. Sleep deeply. Act profoundly.
Read More35,000 decisions
The decision to be healthy is not just one decision. We make roughly 35,000 decisions per day and each of them is an opportunity to influence health for better or worse. There is variability is the number of decisions among people of course. For example, a child’s choice count is perhaps closer to 3,000. Regardless,…
Read MoreThe 90-second phenomenon
A three-year-old throws a tantrum about not wanting to go to sleep. He lies in bed wailing about wanting to do a laundry list of other things instead of getting rest. Each time the thought of sleeping re-enters his mind, a new emotional action potential spreads throughout his physiology. The boy’s dad lies with him…
Read MoreTeach a girl to sleep
The most common question I’m asked in the office is, “What is the best position to sleep in?” If I say, “On your side,” the girl might try it that night. If I say, “On your side, because you have two sides,” she’ll sleep better twice as often and gain agency in having a choice.”…
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